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 newest, and very unhealthy, 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 women. Each women are positioned within the hospital and exhibit signs of possession, however professionals are nonetheless weary to name it something so supernatural. So the mother and father of the women herald 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 simply be a wholesale rip of the put up for Sarah T. — Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic, one other film Blair was in. 5
As with every film there’s nonetheless an opportunity that what’s actually occurring here’s a unhealthy trailer slightly than a foul film being marketed correctly. However the true disgrace, at the least primarily based on this primary look, is that it appears so much 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 truly the most effective and most fascinating horror sequence ever made. The primary is, after all, a traditional, however the second options an enchanting duel narrative that displays partially on how Reagan dealt together with her life after her possession. In the meantime, the third film is among the many finest, strangest, and most fascinating supernatural horror movies ever, that includes a demon serial killer stalking Washington DC. Lastly, kind of, there’s the newest 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.
Every a kind of films is price watching and fascinating in its personal approach, however most significantly very distinctive. However hopefully when The Exorcist: Believer comes out on Oct. 13 will probably be a pleasing shock.