The Taking of Deborah Logan
Evil lives within you
A documentary crew films Deborah Logan, an elderly woman descending into Alzheimer's disease, and her struggle with her devoted daughter. As her condition deteriorates, inexplicable events spiral into terrifying manifestations captured on camera. Behavioral anomalies escalate into something far more sinister—a possessive force that transcends medical explanation. The line between pathology and the occult collapses as the crew documents a descent into absolute horror.
Robitel's gambit hinges on maintaining diagnostic ambiguity: is Deborah Logan possessed or deteriorating? The found-footage apparatus—ostensibly a documentary about Alzheimer's—becomes the perfect vehicle for this uncertainty, allowing the camera itself to gaslight the viewer. This marks a quiet sophistication missing from the genre's louder entries. Where *Insidious* legislates possession through spectral iconography, *The Taking* lets pathology and demon inhabit the same body without resolving the contradiction. The restraint is the film's architecture.
- Original Format
- Digital
- Aspect Ratio
- 1.78:1
- Original Runtime
- 90 min
- Sound
- Stereo
- Color Process
- Color
Pseudo-documentary about Alzheimer's disease. Acclaimed performance by Jill Larson.
