My second viewing of this movie is just as creepy as the first time around. This is a very well-done, low-budget horror movie. It’s obviously not perfect, but it produced two specific scenes that haunt me, and after having watched as many horror movies as I have, it’s rare for that to occur. The idea of using an older woman with onset Alzheimer’s disease as the central figure of the movie is just brilliant. For one, I find the idea works well. A person unable to remember what they have been doing casts doubt on many things, and the story can take many different angles. Secondly, viewers who have actually encountered or worked with people with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease know firsthand how devastating and sad it can be. The Taking of Deborah Logan takes this experience and creates something truly great in the horror film genre.

I’m not going to beat around the bush. Jill Larson was absolutely fantastic playing the role of Deborah Logan. A couple of scenes where she just stares at some of the cast somehow just feel so chilling and eerie. Like, yes, sure, she has a mental disease, but her expression says otherwise at certain times, and I think that’s what makes this idea work to its advantage. So, the first scene that stayed with me was when one of the cameramen went into the darkened room and somehow found Deborah just standing there by herself in her nightgown. In a deep, demonic voice, she uttered, “You’re letting all my heat out…” and then proceeded to quickly and forcefully opening the window without moving. It’s weird, but for some reason, that scene just did something for me when I saw it the first time. If that shit happened to me, shit… I would’ve bounced out of that house so fast and never looked back.

The second and crazier of the scenes was toward the end when they chased Deborah into the underground cave, where she took the little girl hostage. Filmed in typical found-footage format, we saw Mia and Sarah slowly making their way deeper into the cave. When they rounded a corner, all of a sudden we saw Deborah trying to swallow and consume the little girl headfirst. That scene was so crazy because it was completely unexpected. Up until that point, I don’t believe we had seen any hints of Deborah taking on any type of supernatural or demonic form. It was also perfect in that both Mia and Sarah didn’t scream or do anything at first, probably due to the shock themselves. They just watched the scene unfold for a few seconds, as did we, the viewers, silently and in disbelief, before Sarah fired her pistol. There was no loud music, screaming, shaky camera movement, or jump scare involved. It was just a crazy-ass scene unfolding right before our eyes.

Plot wise, I didn’t care too much about the whole dude called Desjardin whom in the past needed to sacrifice little girls and whatnot but was short one and now needed Deborah to complete that task for him. I thought they could have done something better. I also didn’t care too much for the ending where the little girl somehow overcame and defeated cancer but of course, and I mean of course, had to give that look in the camera at the very end to let viewers know that the evil lives on. I’m not exactly sure how she came to defeat cancer but it must be related to her now being somehow possessed instead of Deborah. But no matter, this movie was a fun one.