“It has fallen upon you to finish what was started in Auschwitz.”

Holy moly! Odette Yustman stars as Casey, a pretty chick in panties who must figure out why a creepy little kid is peeping on her. Instead of putting on clothes, she figures out that there is a ghost from some Jewish folklore, that nobody has ever heard about, that wants to be born. Plus some shit apparently went down at Aushwitz back in the day. Damn. An exorcism is performed, the day is saved, and I got to go home.

Well I guess I could start by saying that while we have already seen a shitload of exorcism and ghost movies recently, at least they tried to make something new by throwing in some Jewish mumbo jumbo. It sure beats all the damn Japanese remakes coming out. But…do Jews even do exorcisms?

There is some pretty cool disturbing imagery, such as Meagan Good’s face, which rivaled Mike Myer’s Pitka as Most Frightening Character in THE LOVE GURU. Other than that, you get a creepy kid in a rain slicker with a knife and a man-faced-dog thingy. These are likely to scare most theater-goers, except those already familiar with the rain slicker from ALICE, SWEET ALICE and the dog thingy from INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS.

There is a cool chase scene through an old age home (old people are scary and smell funny!) and the climax is exciting enough. This PG-13 film is likely to turn on most weak hearted viewers, although anyone who has already seen THE EXORCIST will not be too impressed.

I should mention there are flashbacks to Nazi medical experiments involving needles in eyeballs. I found this rather tame compared to the demented Naziploitation films I’ve already seen, but I can hear the outcry now.

The movie was written and directed by David Goyer who I guess will be well known for directing XMEN ORIGINS soon. But I couldn’t care less about that. I’m more interested in him for having written DEMONIC TOYS and helping Alex Proyas with DARK CITY. Unfortunately, this movie will not earn him many accolades.

Yustman spends a good portion of the film fulfilling my editor’s fantasies by parading around in her underwear. I, too, am a firm believer that it is way hotter to see a chick in panties thinking hard than a chick popping her top and not thinking at all. Will she be the next big Scream Queen like WIL hinted at? Maybe. If she takes the Sarah Michelle Gellar route, then it might work. But other than CLOVERFIELD, she doesn’t appear to be sticking with horror. I have a feeling her manager will try to shift her towards dramas and action. Maybe she’ll learn how to shoot a gun while running in panties!

Overall, the story is not that great. But if you go into the film with a sense of humor, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it. Like most shitty new horror films coming out, I view this mostly as a comedy. Homegirl gets her demons exorcised while wearing a ball gag (hot!) and Gary Oldman plays a rabbi with magical powers. So at least I was entertained.