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Lionsgate to Distribute The Last Exorcism

Variety reports that Lionsgate has picked up the U.S. distribution rights to the horror film The Last Exorcism. The film is shot in cinema verite style and was produced by Eli Roth and Strike Entertainment.

Helmed by German director and AFI grad Daniel Stamm, pic was originally titled "Cotton" and stars Patrick Fabian as a troubled evangelical minister who allows his final exorcism to be filmed by a documentary crew.

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Project, which shot in Louisiana, has had horror fan sites salivating for months at the prospect of a scary, shaky-cam-style film shepherded by "Hostel" helmer Roth.

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"It's always great to work with our friend Eli, who has played a key role in establishing Lionsgate in the vanguard of the horror genre," said Jason Constantine, Lionsgate's prexy of acquisitions and co-productions. "'The Last Exorcism' feels as close to a real exorcism as anyone would ever want to get -- audiences are going to find this movie scary as, well, hell."

Horror movies are hot acquisitions now, especially if the budgets aren't too big.

Posted on 2010-02-11

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