Inner Demons (2014)

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Blistering performances.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

I don't like the movies that simulate the "handheld" cinematography, I've walked out of many theaters for that reason, they give me motion sickness. This movie's "handheld" feel was beautifully executed. It showed some motion and some scenes were shot in "selfie mode", but it wasn't that bad. Anyway, there are two types of movie that creeps me out. The ones that mess with my head, and the others that give me the "being chased/something in the dark" willys. This movie gave me tons of the latter. I love horror flicks, and I've watched so many movies about possession, and this movie knocked Deliver us From Evil out of it's number one spot for me. A few scenes had me laughing giddily because I was a bit freaked out. Lara V. (Carson) had a split personality throughout. She could be sweet and timid, but she always had this menacing look about her, and when she switched, sometimes it was overdone, but it didn't bother me. Great twist at the end, too.Now,the bad. The acting in spots was terrible, the plot is contrived and worn out, and one spot where Carson's friend plays a video for the male lead, it was so over the top... Well, you'll see what I mean. Then again, there are cult movies out there that are so ridiculous, it makes this movie look true to life. Either way, it's definitely not a 10 but it's great for a cheap thrill, as long as you can look past it's flaws.

I thought the concept of this found footage flick was pretty good. The director had produced several episodes of "Intervention", and perhaps this can be thought of either as an expose or satire of that TV show. SPOILERS************************ The fact that the staff of this Intervention-like show are so jaded and cynical is pretty funny to begin with, and the fact that the girl was possessed instead of a drug addict eventually wound up giving the staff exactly what they deserved. The director and whatever the fat guy was were both killed by the girl, and the PA/cameraman was seduced and eventually possessed by the demon. I don't know why people took this film so seriously; it was obviously intended as a kind of very dark subversion of the Intervention scenario, and as such was very entertaining. One great touch was the girl shoving the phony script that her supposedly best friend wrote for the intervention segment down the friend's throat! Another was the look on the face of the baldy producer when the girl started speaking in a demon's voice during the intervention. Some other dark comedic touches were when the nurse tied her to a tree and covered her in goat's blood to save the girl's life, and wound up getting fired for it. After watching the scene where the woman director tells the head of the rehab hospital that the show is never going to plug his rehab hospital again when he boots the possessed girl out of the place, I don't think I'm ever going to take the show "Intervention" seriously again...

Bad early execution ruins what could've been an average possession shocker. Who writes this stuff. It was failure right off the bat with the camera guy that they found on Craigslist. Then there's the main girl, why is she being directed to act like this. It's just horrible. Her mannerisms during the first drug interview are so contrived. She looks like she's acting in a high school play. Then reciting Bible verses come on. This is enough. Enough of the Bible, it's just too overplayed. No one wants to hear Bible Verses during a movie, not even if it's coming from a Satanically-possessed girl. It's just wrong. I can't say it's the girl's fault for the lines she's being fed. It's the director's fault for allowing such vanilla acting from the cast. The idea of the movie is good. Idea's are just ideas though. Execution is another thing.

Possession movies have been big now for a while. There have been sooooo many over the years since The Excorsist. Then found footage was introduced and Found footage/Possession movies started popping up like crazy. It's a genre that is hard to do without being like every other movie. Inner Demons actually manages to pull off this genre in a new and interesting way.So Inner Demons plays out like you are watching an episode of "Intervention" with demons, this was a nice touch and moved the movie along well. We are introduced to Carson who is a drug addict who uses drugs to hide something evil. She is actually a fairly interesting character, a little dull but sweet and you actually care for her. The supporting characters are also pretty well done.Things don't exactly move very fast in the movie, but I was still entertained throughout. The first 45 minutes sets things up well with interviews from the characters and banter between the TV Show crew. Once things do start to pick up and get crazy it isn't exactly anything you haven't seen before but does make for a few jump scares. The finale however, is pretty nuts and a lot of fun.Overall this actually a pretty entertaining found footage flick. It's not all original, and you will see some things you have seen done before, but it does add in some new elements to make it it's own movie and a fun ride.7/10