The Taking of Deborah Logan
Short description
A student film crew records a documentary about Deborah Logan and the challenges her daughter faces while caring for her as she suffers from Alzheimer's disease. As the team films the family's daily life, they witness unsettling events and strange behavior that suggest the woman's condition is not caused by dementia, but by a malevolent entity. This presence begins to threaten the sanity and safety of everyone involved in the project.
The film was directed by Adam Robitel, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Gavin Heffernan. This project marks the first in a list of four films directed by Robitel, followed by Insidious: The Last Key, Escape Room, and Escape Room: Tournament of Champions. The cast features Jill Larson in the title role, alongside Anne Ramsay, Michelle Ang, Ryan Cutrona, Anne Bedian, and Brett Gentile. Produced by Bryan Singer and Jeff Rice, the production involved a credited crew of 76 people.
Audience reception has been moderately positive, with a 6/10 rating on IMDb from 49,000 votes and a 6.6/10 rating on TMDB from 1,542 votes. Professional critics gave the film a slightly higher score of 6.8/10 based on 13 reviews.
What's left behind the scenes
- Director and screenwriter Adam Robitel, along with special effects supervisor Vincent J. Guastini, deliberately cut down the transformation scenes, believing this would add to the realism of what was happening on screen.
- When the control panel of Deborah Logan (played by Jill Larson) explodes, the image of what she has become appears on screen for a fraction of a second.
- Approximately half an hour into the film, the main character sits at a piano and slowly turns her head towards the camera, after which the screen goes dark. For a moment, Deborah's face takes on the guise of the entity that has possessed her soul and body.
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