>"Work out your own salvation, with fear and tremble."

I remember seeing commercials of _The Exorcism of Emily Rose_ on TV, and the marketing for it seemed like it would be as terrifying as the next _The Exorcist_. Images of faces melting with long black shadows oozing out the eyes and mouths were the kind of special effects we began to see in this post-_The Ring_ era of PG-13 horror flicks, so I was a bit intrigued. It's one of those films you'd see the DVD lying in all your friend's living rooms that you visit whether or not they're into horror. It had been on my watchlist for years after its theatrical release, and it wasn't until around 2008 when I decided to finally watch it when looking for something spooky. It turned out pretty well; slow paced, not as terrifying as I had hoped it to be, but was worth a look. Now it's playing again on FLIX channel, so I'm letting it play while I write this up. Most of it is about court drama with some small simple spoops thrown in. I just remember the hospital scene the most, and feeling sorry about what Emily Rose had to suffer through; excellent acting on the actress who played her. The exorcism doesn't show up until somewhere 3/4 of the film. I read up a little bit on the actual story that the film was based on, and it took place in Germany in the late 70s, just after _The Exorcist_ (1973) had released to the world, with a girl named Anneliese Michel in whose case suffered the same things Emily Rose did as portrayed in the film.
It's a slow, dark, and dreary one, so make sure you're ready for something this heavy before seeing it.