title: Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes
text: # Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes
  
  Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes, or Paranormal Entity 3: The Exorcist Tapes, is a 2011 American found footage horror film directed by Jude Gerard Prest and distributed by The Asylum. It is based on the real-life exorcism of Anneliese Michel, a young woman thought to have been possessed. It is also a mockbuster of the film Paranormal Activity 3.
  
  The film was released direct-to-video on March 1, 2011.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Gerold Wunstel as Pastor Ernest Alt
  * Kai Cofer as Dr. Frederick Gruber
  * Christopher Karl Johnson as Father Renz
  * Nikki Muller as Anneliese Michel
  * Yaz Canli as Sandy
  * Robert Shampain as Dr. Kenneth Landers
  * Korey Simeone as Steve Parker
  * Annette Remter as the original Anne michel
  * David Reynolds as Josef Michel
  
  ## Release
  
  The film premiered on DVD on March 1, 2011 in the United States, which includes the film itself and the actual video footage. In Australia, the film received a DVD release on September 21, 2011. In the UK, Anchor Bay Entertainment released the film on DVD under the name Paranormal Entity 3: The Exorcist Tapes on October 17, 2011.
  
  In Germany, it was released on Blu-ray under the name Der Exorzismus der Anneliese M. on July 28, 2011.
  
  