Review #65: The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
This review was originally written in October 2019. October Horror Movie Review #13: The Taking of Deborah Logan Hooray, more found-footage. I'm not really sure what overall thoughts to give other than "it's not as bad as most found-footage" but that isn't really meant as a compliment. I enjoyed most of the movie but it falls victim to so many of the problems other found-footage films do, and lots of standard horror tropes as well. I can't really think of much this film did that hasn't been done many times before. Let's start with the plot: A documentary crew are doing research on Alzheimer's, so they set up a long-term study on a woman named Deborah Logan, with the crew living in her house and documenting the progression of the disease. As her conditions begin to worsen, supernatural happenings start to occur, and eventually it's discovered that her condition and behavior are tied to this evil ritual attempted by a dying man many years ago. Th...