When I stumbled upon this 2021 Mexican horror movie titled "El Exorcismo de Carmen Farías" (aka "The Exorcism of Carmen Farias") here in 2023, of course I opted to watch it, since it was a horror movie that I hadn't already seen, much less even heard about.
However, with "El Exorcismo de Carmen Farías" being an exorcism movie, I have to admit that I didn't really harbor much of any high hopes for the movie, since the vast majority of movies in this subgenre of the horror genre tends to be rather dubious movies. But I figured that I would give the movie the benefit of the doubt.
Writer Molo Alcocer Délano delivered an insanely slow paced and uneventful script for the movie. Nothing happened throughout the 80 minutes of the 93 minutes that the movie ran for. It was the last 13 minutes where things started to happen. But truth be told, by then it was just too little, too late. And it didn't really help much that what did happen in those 13 minutes felt very rushed and anti-climatic.
I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in "El Exorcismo de Carmen Farías", but I will say that the actors and actresses in the movie put on good performances, despite the fact of having a horribly weak and thin script to work with.
Visually then "El Exorcismo de Carmen Farías" wasn't particularly memorable. It was mostly low-key and practical effects, such as slamming doors, pictures falling from the wall, and such effects. So you're not even in for a visual treat, should you opt to sit down and watch director Rodrigo Fiallega's "El Exorcismo de Carmen Farías". Well, it should be noted that the house, in which the movie takes place, is actually the best thing about the entire movie, given the atmosphere of the run-down and antiquated feel of the location.
While I managed to suffer through all 93 minutes of "El Exorcismo de Carmen Farías", I have to admit that I was anything but entertained. The narrative is so insanely slow paced and devoid of anything thrilling, exciting or interesting, that it is virtually quite the ordeal to sit through. I wish I could be exorcised of the immense boredom that the movie instilled in me.
Don't waste your time, money or effort on "El Exorcismo de Carmen Farías". Some of us suffered through this ordeal so you don't have to. And while the movie does hint of an exorcism in the title, don't get your hopes up for such a thing to be the main focal point of the movie.
My rating of "El Exorcismo de Carmen Farías" lands on a very generous three out of ten stars.
However, with "El Exorcismo de Carmen Farías" being an exorcism movie, I have to admit that I didn't really harbor much of any high hopes for the movie, since the vast majority of movies in this subgenre of the horror genre tends to be rather dubious movies. But I figured that I would give the movie the benefit of the doubt.
Writer Molo Alcocer Délano delivered an insanely slow paced and uneventful script for the movie. Nothing happened throughout the 80 minutes of the 93 minutes that the movie ran for. It was the last 13 minutes where things started to happen. But truth be told, by then it was just too little, too late. And it didn't really help much that what did happen in those 13 minutes felt very rushed and anti-climatic.
I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in "El Exorcismo de Carmen Farías", but I will say that the actors and actresses in the movie put on good performances, despite the fact of having a horribly weak and thin script to work with.
Visually then "El Exorcismo de Carmen Farías" wasn't particularly memorable. It was mostly low-key and practical effects, such as slamming doors, pictures falling from the wall, and such effects. So you're not even in for a visual treat, should you opt to sit down and watch director Rodrigo Fiallega's "El Exorcismo de Carmen Farías". Well, it should be noted that the house, in which the movie takes place, is actually the best thing about the entire movie, given the atmosphere of the run-down and antiquated feel of the location.
While I managed to suffer through all 93 minutes of "El Exorcismo de Carmen Farías", I have to admit that I was anything but entertained. The narrative is so insanely slow paced and devoid of anything thrilling, exciting or interesting, that it is virtually quite the ordeal to sit through. I wish I could be exorcised of the immense boredom that the movie instilled in me.
Don't waste your time, money or effort on "El Exorcismo de Carmen Farías". Some of us suffered through this ordeal so you don't have to. And while the movie does hint of an exorcism in the title, don't get your hopes up for such a thing to be the main focal point of the movie.
My rating of "El Exorcismo de Carmen Farías" lands on a very generous three out of ten stars.