The Devil Inside

I found This movie fun and worried it was going to get real  Church story But it did not do that.

I thought it was a good story on following Isabella story of finding out about her mother being demon possession. It g against the church to Save people. I'm Puting a little review for theRossifile.com That isnt there now the movie said to go there LOL I saw it on NetFlix.

Review from ScreenRant‘The Devil Inside’ Review

1 year ago by Ben Kendrick 

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Screen Rant’s Ben Kendrick reviews The Devil Inside

 The Devil Inside is presented as assembled found footage that follows twenty-something Isabella Rossi (Fernanda Andrade) as she reunites with her mother, Maria Rossi (Suzan Crowley), and searches for an exorcist that can free Maria of a long-running demon possession. Maria has been locked away in a Catholic psychiatric ward, following an attempted exorcism that resulted in the murder of three people 20 years prior.
However, as Isabella spends more time with Maria in the ward, strange occurrences begin to escalate as a dormant evil finds a convenient batch of new visitors to terrorize.


Some moviegoers will no doubt be ready to compare The Devil Inside to the 2010 film The Last Exorcism – since  the film also features unique locales, documentary-style filmmaking, body-contorting horror sequences, and a weighty religious side-arc. In addition, The Devil Inside also relies on a similarly grounded tone – with a lot of exposition to fill out the story. Instead of the limited (horror in a box) scope and slow-burn pacing of the Paranormal Activity series, The Devil Inside employs larger sequences that feature characters rushing from room to room to uncover a mystery, or run for their lives. While the marketing might lead moviegoers to believe that the majority of the film takes place inside the Catholic psych ward, the film actually covers a surprising amount of Italian locales, while the exorcists’ “scientific” approach to freeing people of demon possession offers some fresh ideas – not to mention smart suspense cues.

Evan Helmuth as David in 'The Devil Inside'

The exorcisms in the film deliver some intriguing moments, but while there are definitely a number of jump scares throughout The Devil Inside, overall the “scariest” points tend to be less “frightening” and rely on expectation and tension more than in-your-face frights. The possibility of something terrible happening fuels most of the film’s best sequences – though, looking back, some horror fans may feel as though not a lot actually happens by the end of the various proceedings.
For better or for worse (depending on how much character drama a filmgoer wants in their found footage films), The Devil Inside spends a lot of time developing the primary characters – especially how the two main exorcists in the film feel about the Catholic church. David (Evan Helmuth) is a “company man” who, despite his frustrations with pastoral politics, believes in the church and identifies strongly with Catholic doctrine. Ben (Simon Quarterman), on the other hand, is the nephew of an accomplished exorcist – and feels that working outside of the church is the only way to truly help victims afflicted by demon possession. Along with the primary narrative arc involving Isabella, the movie spends a lot of time developing these side stories – all for very little payoff. As events unfold, The Devil Inside completely abandons character building and resolution in favor of “shocking” set pieces. One Ben-centric story bit is especially under served – even though it’s hinted at more than once. The result is an uneven narrative experience that’s front-loaded with too much exposition and ends without any real payoff for the mythos (or the characters). Similarly, audience members will probably find the film’s conclusion extremely abrupt or possibly outright infuriating – at least if they are hoping for an interesting (or exciting) climactic resolution.

Suzan Crowley as possessed mother Maria Rossi

That said, the most outright bizarre aspect of the film is the way that the “documentary” is actually presented onscreen. A number of segments feature hand-held camera work, via cameraman Michael (Ionut Grama), coupled with static security-like footage. However, on more than one occasion following close-up hand-held camera footage (i.e., Michael in the room filming), The Devil Inside cuts to one of the static shots ( where Isabella and Rosa are the only ones in the room, for example). While some moviegoers will no doubt consider this nitpicking, the success of “found footage” films is in their ability to (for a brief moment) attempt to trick the audience into believing that these things actually happened. As a result, anyone who is invested in how the film is being presented will likely be pulled out – due to the inconsistent strategies in presenting the footage.
The Devil Inside won’t break any new ground in the “found footage” horror genre, but it does offer some intriguing ideas about exorcism, a pair of interesting characters, and a number of tense (though not entirely frightening) moments. Overall, fans of the genre are likely to enjoy elements of the film – though, given the slow, exposition-heavy opening act and a TOTAL  lack of any ending or closure, many moviegoers will leave the theater feeling as though the experience wasn’t worth the ticket money.
If you’re still on the fence about The Devil Inside, check out the trailer below:

 

What Are The Rossi Files And What Happens Next?

Posted 5:07 PM January 9th, 2012 by Binh Ngo

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The Devil Inside cost just around $1 million to make, but it had already paid big dividends for Paramount. The movie made about $34 million at the box office in its opening weekend in spite of poor reviews from both critics and audiences.
Just how poor? The Devil Inside received a 7% from critics and a 29% from the audience on RottenTomatoes. On IMDB, the movie averaged 4.4 stars out of 10. The Cinemascore grade for the movie is an F, which is very rare. Regardless of all that, the movie made back it's production cost many times over.
In any case, that's water under the bridge. Let's talk about the Rossi Files. Apparently, when the movie ends, a website address (www.therossifiles.com) is given so the audience can go online to find out more about the movie. Having browsed through the website myself, I can tell you not to bother. There are no secrets to be found nor are there any revelations that will change one's opinion of the movie.
It's a typical website to promote the movie, designed to make it look like what transpired in the movie really happened. What you get is a couple of newspaper clippings and hand-held video clips suggesting that Maria Rossi may have been possessed as early as when her daughter Isabella was still a child.
So what's next? Is there a sequel in the cards for The Devil Inside? It's possible given how cheap the movie is to make and even if the sequel's budget was to double or triple, that still represents a rounding error for Paramount.
There's an intriguing wrinkle to this however. Today, Deadline reported that director William Brent Bell has signed a deal to make The Vatican at Warner Bros., a conspiracy thriller that will use the same found footage style as The Devil Inside. Since the two priests in The Devil Inside repeatedly alluded to a cover-up at the Church, The Vatican may allow Bell to develop that side of the story while leaving The Devil Inside 2 to focus on the aftermath of what happened at the end of the first movie.


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