More on “The Taking of Deborah Logan”

Briefly: The Deadly Doll’s House looks at The Taking of Deborah Logan. It’s a spoilerous review, but the Doll has a much more precise diagnosis of the movie’s flaws than I managed: “[T]he shame is that, while The Taking of Deborah Logan is a good film, the horror story it tells can simply not come close to the terror it creates simply by documenting [Alzheimer’s]. …The shame of The Taking of Deborah Logan is that, as you might suspect, the ultimate plot is just nowhere as interesting as its leadup. The driving [spoiler] story isn’t terrible, and would work just fine in its own movie. But when you wrap it in a narrative that’s just so much more heartbreaking and compelling, it’s hard to leave the film without feeling a little let down.”

But I agree with the Doll’s final verdict as well: “Those issues aside, first-time director Adam Robitel has assembled a fascinating, scary, and sad genre film that stands a good head above most of its found footage brethren.”