The Exorcist is becoming a member of the lengthy funeral parade of traditional horror films getting sequels with The Exorcist: Believer. The brand new film from David Gordon Inexperienced, the director of the latest, and intensely dangerous, Halloween trilogy, noticed its first trailer final week forward of sure Oppenheimer screenings, however it’s now on-line for everybody to see.
The trailer facilities on the sudden and supposed exorcism of two totally different younger ladies. Each ladies are positioned within the hospital and exhibit signs of possession, however professionals are nonetheless weary to name it something so supernatural. So the dad and mom of the ladies usher in an skilled, Chris MacNeil, the mom from the unique film performed as soon as once more by Ellen Burstyn. From there, the trailer devolves into one-note references of the unique film, together with an odd image of Reagan (Linda Blair) which seems to only be a wholesale rip of the submit for Sarah T. — Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic, one other film Blair was in. 5
As with all film there’s nonetheless an opportunity that what’s actually occurring here’s a dangerous trailer quite than a nasty film being marketed correctly. However the true disgrace, no less than based mostly on this primary look, is that it appears so just like so many different films about exorcisms and possessions. Half of the scenes on this trailer might have been from The Pope’s Exorcist and also you’d barely know.
Whereas most individuals solely know the unique Exorcist, it’s really among the best and most attention-grabbing horror collection ever made. The primary is, after all, a traditional, however the second options an enchanting duel narrative that displays partly on how Reagan dealt along with her life after her possession. In the meantime, the third film is among the many finest, strangest, and most attention-grabbing supernatural horror movies ever, that includes a demon serial killer stalking Washington DC. Lastly, kind of, there’s the latest film, Dominion which follows Father Lankester Merrin (Stellan Skarsgård), the priest from the primary film, in his youthful days throughout his first encounter with Pazuzu.
Each a kind of films is value watching and attention-grabbing in its personal method, however most significantly very distinctive. However hopefully when The Exorcist: Believer comes out on Oct. 13 it will likely be a nice shock.
