The story follows a documentary crew—Mia, Gavin, and Luis—who are filming a thesis project on Alzheimer's disease. Their subject is Deborah Logan, an elderly woman living with her daughter, Sarah. What begins as a poignant medical documentary about Deborah's descent into Alzheimer's and her daughter's struggles as a caregiver slowly degenerates into something far more sinister.

The mid-2010s were saturated with low-budget found footage films trying to replicate the success of Paranormal Activity . The Taking of Deborah Logan succeeded where many failed due to a few crucial elements: The Phenomenal Performance of Jill Larson

The film is presented as a found-footage documentary, following a group of filmmakers who recruit Deborah Logan, an Alzheimer's patient, to be the subject of their documentary. As the crew begins to film Deborah, they start to notice strange and unsettling changes in her behavior. As the days pass, Deborah's condition rapidly deteriorates, and she becomes increasingly aggressive and erratic.

Before directing box-office hits like Insidious: The Last Key and Escape Room , Adam Robitel co-wrote this script with Gavin Heffernan. The project was notably co-produced by Bryan Singer.

As the crew dives deeper into the mystery, they discover that what is happening to Deborah is far more sinister than a degenerative disease. The 1080p resolution brings out the terrifying details of the film's climax, allowing viewers to see the visceral body horror that occurs as the "taking" reaches its peak. Warning: Light spoilers ahead.

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The crew discovers that Deborah’s old telephone switchboard has a line that rings incessantly: line 337. Research reveals that this line belonged to Dr. Henri Desjardins, a local physician who vanished after committing a series of cannibalistic ritual murders of four young girls. Desjardins, it seems, was attempting to perform an ancient Monacan ritual to achieve immortality – a ritual requiring the sacrifice of five girls who had recently experienced their first menstruation. When Sarah learns that Desjardins had originally intended to make her his fifth victim, and that Deborah killed him to protect her daughter, the pieces begin to fall into place: Desjardins’s spirit, unable to complete the ritual, has been waiting for a vulnerable host. And Deborah, her mind weakened by Alzheimer’s, is the perfect vessel.

The easiest and most legal way to experience The Taking of Deborah Logan is through streaming services. As of this writing, the film is available on (free with ads), as well as on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, and various other digital rental platforms. Physical copies exist on DVD and Blu‑ray (the Blu‑ray features a 1080p AVC/MPEG‑4 transfer, though it is a BD‑R disc, so check compatibility with your player).