The Taking of Deborah Logan

2014 "Evil lives within you"
6| 1h30m| R| en| More Info
Released: 21 October 2014 Released
Producted By: Bad Hat Harry Productions
Country: United States of America
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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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andreakaralic-24952 Well, I didn't see the trailer for it but I liked the poster for this movie, that's why I watched. :D Although this movie seemed interesting because what happens to Deborah is a real deal(at first) because she seems to have Alzheimer's disease. And then crap happens. It turns out not to be Alzheimer's and she goes nuts. Everybody else goes nuts because movie is repetitive. Deborah goes out at night and just walks like a ghost. Nobody knows where's Deborah at. And everybody's yelling her name, and out of fear, each other's name. I started to laugh at one point and Deborah started to get on my nerves. LIKES: Anne Ramsay's acting. She seemed natural and easy-going. Real.The idea of Alzheimer's in horror movie.Jill Larson as an odd looking old lady who I imagined in real life having her cup of tea and being a cruel but sophisticated grandma.DISLIKES: repetitiveness: it's like you're going through deja vu whenever night falls.so much going on: at first Deborah's problem is Alzheimer's, then you think she might be possessed by a demon, then you find out that demon might not be a demon but a ghost but then again was that man she killed a ghost or is she just mad? did she really kill that man or was it that neighbor? wtf.
saraccan Its one of those horrors that start out very normal and slowly get weirder towards the end but its not very climatic so you end up dissapointed. The old woman does a good job with her character but thats about it. Its about an old lady who seems to have alzheimers but in fact she has some demonic things happening to her.
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
view_and_review The Taking of Deborah Logan is another possession movie. In that regard you can expect to see the same possession type actions that you'd see in any other possession movie. The Taking of Deborah Logan is done in found-footage or documentary style. Again, you can expect the viewing experience to be the same as any other found-footage/documentary style film. Yet, I still found it entertaining.Deborah Logan (Jill Larson) is an elderly woman that is suffering from the onset of Alzheimer's disease. In order to help keep the house and pay for medical care her daughter agrees to have a team film her. Everything that happens after that is textbook possession stuff but somehow it was different with an old lady. I think the child possession was too overplayed so they went in a slightly different direction.There was a mystery element to it: who, why, how to stop it? Of course there were your jump scares, but there was an overriding creepiness to it that was directly linked to Deborah Logan's age. When someone so old, fragile and withering starts clawing at herself or disrobing it just looks so much more eerie. No one wants to see an old lady naked and no one wants to see an old lady peeling her skin off. Aah! I just got the heeby jeebies just thinking about it.Considering this movie wasn't very unique it was done well enough and it just separated itself enough to stand on its own.