The Good Exorcist

I rented this movie for ninety-nine cents because I had watched the 'Rebel Without a Crew' series and wanted to see how the movies had turned out. If you don't know, this movie was shot for that series. All participants were given a $7000 dollar budget and two weeks to complete their film. There's a lot to like about this movie. The cast is good and they all totally get what the director was going for in his first feature film. There's some really good performances all around. There is a lot of craft displayed in direction, a number of good sequences, nice camera angles and good visual story telling. The opening sequence was well done and the twilight dance scene was charming.

Where the film falls short is the sound. It's pretty much drilled into new filmmakers that the sound is more important than the picture. There's huge volume jumps between the music an dialogue. There's also jumps in volume and quality of the audio during dialog scenes. A lot of this could've been fixed in post production and it really should've been. Even if it couldn't be done by the deadline it should've been done before the movie was released. Some of the special effects fall short but on this budget that is understandable. I'm sure he could raise the money on Kickstarter or GoFundMe to fix these problems and I wish he would. Josh Stifter is talented director and he has a good eye for talent.

Overall, it's a fun watch and good example for new filmmakers on what can be done on shoestring budget.

After watching El Rey's "Rebel Without a Crew" TV show, I decided to watch the 5 movies produced by Robert Rodriguez, on a tiny $7,000 budget similar to how he made his 1st feature, El Mariachi, and write reviews as I watch each one. I started with this one and have to say, it'll be tough act to follow.

In this movie, Director Josh Stifter managed to squeeze out elements of Horror, Comedy and even some decent FX. Even the acting was above average (I've seen more expensive movies look cheaper with horrid acting). Reminded me of early Sam Raimi. I see a bright future for Josh and hope to see more from him!

Cheap, Fast, Good: Pick two. I think with another week of post this movie could have had a little better sound design and visual effects without blowing the budget. Of course, cheesy effects are a staple of this sort of fun movie, so I can overlook that but what sticks out in this and much more in Grandma's House is the lack of environmental sound. Compared to traditional movies it takes you out of the moment sometimes.

Fun, exciting and above all filled with passion.

The good exorcist is one of the movies made for the show Rebel without a crew, I had ablast watching monsters, an father with a revolcer take out demons and above all, some killer metal. Gret job to director Josh Stifter

Josh stifter's low budget masterpiece! Ingenious demonic possession special effects, strange characters, and a feature that incorporates his signature animation style! Where will father Gil go next? What wrongs will he make right? And what new and dangerous demons will he send back to hell?