The Taking of Deborah Logan

2014 "Evil lives within you"
6| 1h30m| R| en
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What starts as a poignant medical documentary about Deborah Logan's descent into Alzheimer's disease and her daughter's struggles as caregiver degenerates into a maddening portrayal of dementia at its most frightening, as hair-raising events begin to plague the family and crew and an unspeakable malevolence threatens to tear the very fabric of sanity from them all.

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BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay
Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
Maleeha Vincent It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.
didimarcalinha The movie is a documentary , personally i didnt like , not scares . Bad story and scenes.
gypsywashedeyes Dont watch this movie if you're an in-patient in hospital, creepy stuff. the only negative i really have is the annoying screaming in certain scenes, it just makes it less authentic in my opinion
sol- Keen to learn more about the disease that led to her grandfather's death, a PhD student convinces an elderly woman with Alzheimer's disease to be the subject of a documentary, but the student begins to wonder whether something supernatural is afoot as the old woman's behaviour grows stranger in this mystery thriller. While the notion of making a horror movie out of a real serious medical condition sounds a little wrong, 'The Taking of Deborah Logan' gets off to a solid start with the characters only noticing occasional odd things about her. Jill Larson is very good in the lead role too - particularly in her more lucid moments as she expresses concern about being filmed. The movie falls apart a bit in the second act though as a clear supernatural possession element is introduced, subtracting from the mystery of why she is acting so weirdly at night. The third act though is where the film really trips up and becomes very repetitive with characters constantly shrieking and so much unsteady and unfocused nighttime camera-work that it is hard to become immersed in the action. Indeed, this is one of those 'found footage' films that may have perhaps benefited from a more conventional stylistic approach. The eccentric, unexplained behaviour of the elderly is a fairly decent movie theme, but this entry does not always feel like it achieves its potential.
GUENOT PHILIPPE You deal here with the new kind of cinema as you can find nearly everywhere around the world. And, believe it or not, it works. It makes creeps out of you, don't watch it alone at night...The usual horror story which will always work. But besides, you deal here with astounding Oscar winning worth performances. And this astounding little feature also focuses on the terrible aspects of the Alzheimer disease, especially the pictures shown in the first part of the movie. It is fiction, yes, but not only. It is very scary but also not destined to all audiences. a sort of mix up between THE EXORCIST - old influences, very vintage - and the new wave with the likes of BLAIRWITCH PROJECT or REC or PARANORMAL ACTIVITY...Don't miss it