Review: ‘The Last Exorcism Part II’ Proves Less is More, Until the End

There appears to be a laziness to a movie with a title like The Last Exorcism Part II. Neither The Next-To-Last Exorcism nor The Really Last Exorcism would have worked, but titles that quirky might have fit better with the film we get. Loopy and weird the right doses, The Last Exorcism Part II takes a different path than its found-footage predecessor , setting aside shaky camera and people running through woods in favor of character development and a slow-build arc. Cheap scares aside, the film wins major points in the choices it makes, and an ending that delivers a stamp Paranormal Activity couldn’t get to in four films. Fans of the first The Last Exorcism – the last exorcism before this last exorcism, apparently – will remember Nell, played by Ashley Bell, a sweet, innocent farm girl whose father called in a priest after suspecting his daughter is possessed by an evil demon. Things didn’t go well for anyone involved, and Nell was the only …