Trailer Time: The Last Exorcism

Johnny-boy is usually the horror aficianado here, with me being just a novice. But since he's laid up and had previously reported on this, I figured I'd put up the first trailer for the Eli Roth produced flick, The Last Exorcism.  I haven't dug an exorcism movie since The Exorcist, since eveything seems to be a bland riff on the same idea. Frankly, this one sounds a lot like the independent film Ghosts Don't Exist that we saw a few months ago. With Roth overseeing the project I'm sure it's a lot more gruesome than it sounds and looks, which is saying something. Check out the trailer below, followed by a brief synopsis. I'm still curious why they changed the name from Cotton to The Last Exorcism, though. I liked the old name better.

When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic. An earnest fundamentalist, Sweetzer has contacted the charismatic preacher as a last resort, certain his teenage daughter Nell is possessed by a demon who must be exorcized before their terrifying ordeal ends in unimaginable tragedy.

Buckling under the weight of his conscience after years of parting desperate believers with their money, Cotton and his crew plan to film a confessionary documentary of this, his last exorcism. But upon arriving at the already blood drenched family farm, it is soon clear that nothing could have prepared him for the true evil he encounters there. Now, too late to turn back, Reverend Marcus’ own beliefs are shaken to the core when he and his crew must find a way to save Nell – and themselves – before it is too late.

The Last Exorcism is directed by Daneil Stamm, and is set to be released on August 27th, 2010.