Exorcismus(2010)
2010 · Manuel Carballo · 98 min
Fifteen-year-old Emma Evans is like any other teenage girl; she thinks that her parents don't understand her. She longs for independence and a life free of family ties and responsibilities and she is prepared to do anything to achieve it. But one day she will be forced to face up to the consequences of her actions.Life seems to be carrying on as normal, until one day Emma starts experiencing frightening fits. Her parents are convinced that her problems are either medical or psychological, but when doctors' tests are unable to draw any conclusions, the family is forced to look elsewhere for answers.It all started off as a bit of fun, Emma never really believed it, but the truth is there is something dark and sinister within her, and it won't take long to surface.
Thriller · Horror
5.5127 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How scary is Exorcismus?
It starts slow, playing out like a family drama with a troubled teenager before easing into stranger and more violent territory as the fits and outbursts escalate. The middle stretch leans on mounting dread and a girl's body doing things a body shouldn't, with the occasional jolt rather than constant jump scares. It borrows heavily from other possession movies, so the shape of where it's headed feels familiar rather than surprising. Good for fans of exorcism movies who want a moody, mid-tier version of the genre rather than anything groundbreaking.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Exorcismus rates psychological 3/5, visceral 3/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 25 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 45 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
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A slow, family-drama-tinged build that gradually tightens before turning into a hard, intense final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5.
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