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THE TAKING OF DEBORAH LOGAN (2014)

💁‍♀️Strong Female Lead

This movie doesn’t mess around. It has a story to tell and it tells it well. Found footage piece under the guise of an Alzheimer's project (that they are somehow getting paid handsomely for? Good on them for acquiring funding). Plays a bit on the “old people are scary” idea but much less than movies like The Visit.

⭐⭐⭐⭐.5

Deborah and her daughter Sarah are taking part in a study on Alzheimer's but there is something atypical about Deborah's case, she seems to be able to teleport a little bit and has quite an affinity for snakes. But pay that no mind for now! At first Deb is a normal lady who is just trying to keep her head on her shoulders and Sarah is the typical caring daughter who is being stressed out by the failing health of her mother but things quickly unravel. One night Debbie is nude in front of her old switchboard machine (that she used to operate way back when) crying and going on and on. The gang finds out that maybe Mama Deb has some secrets.

When Deborah led the switchboard, she kept a lot of secrets for the people around town so maybe she found out something she shouldn’t have? Anyway they figured out she was switching the boards for a serial killer who was into some serpent demon stuff that would grant him eternal life but he didn’t quite finish the ritual (how sad). But maybe his spooky spirit is back to try and finish the job? But why with Deb? Because she is vulnerable and NO other reason (there is another reason). It comes to light that Sarah was going to be the final victim of the serial killer's way back when, and Deborah put a stop to it by putting a stop to the killer. A bold move from a bold lady. This of course put a target on her back for the angry spirit though and now Sarah and the camera crew need to burn his body.

Debbie is pretty much totally under his control at this point and has kidnapped a fresh child from the hospital to detach her jaw and eat, really it is quite a sight to behold. It takes Sarah to scare her mom off with a gun and then she burns the bones. Everything seems relatively alright other than the fact that they are underground still and Deborah physically hurt. Deb still has to pay judicially for the crimes committed by the serial killer when he inhabited her body but she is deteriorating so quickly she probably won’t be seen as fit. The little girl who was almost all ate up recovers from her illness and it is implied that perhaps she is the reincarnated serial killer but they burned his bones, so no way, José. The movie ends happy for me.

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The taking of Deborah Logan, 2014

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The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ .5

I’ll be the first to say: she ate that!!!!

I’ve already declared on this blog that I don’t think I’m a found footage fan, but this film caught my eye because of the plot about dementia. I recently had my last grandparent diagnosed with mixed dementia and some days are very good for her, while others cause violent outbursts, irrational phobias and barely any English to express herself. I’ll be the first to admit that I never liked my grandmother before or after her diagnosis, so I guess the demonic aspects of this film was also fitting.

This film did a good job showing how gradual the changes in dementia occurs, I was honestly very intrigued by the informational aspects at the beginning of the film. The editing in the documentary parks may have been a bit cheesy, but I think that it led to a more successful and frightening impact.

Watch this for:

absolutely stellar special effects

very suspenseful POV shots

the helpful information about dementia

Similar titles:

Talk To Me (2023) (very cool supernatural horror, teens decide to not take a summoning ritual seriously)

The Descent (2005) (similar pathos surrounding grief, creature feature, horror in spelunking, you liked the last twenty minutes of this movie, you will live The Descent)

Hereditary (2019) (more family grief, cult horror)

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The Manor

directed by Axelle Carolyn, 2021

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Richard Lawson (Nick Kimball) was part of the Roundup section in the September 28, 1993, issue of Soap Opera Digest. He was on All My Children at the time.