The Exorcist: Believer is now taking part in in theaters, so tell us what you considered the horror sequel within the feedback!
What a superb day for an exorcism… once more. For the primary time in almost twenty years, The Exorcist franchise has returned to the large display screen with The Exorcist: Believer, which is predicted to be the primary of a brand-new trilogy. The brand new movie serves as a direct sequel to the 1973 authentic and options the return of Ellen Burstyn as Chris MacNeil.
“For the reason that demise of his pregnant spouse in a Haitian earthquake 12 years in the past, Victor Fielding has raised their daughter on his personal,” reads the official synopsis for The Exorcist: Believer. “However when Angela and her pal Katherine, disappear within the woods, solely to return three days later with no reminiscence of what occurred to them, it unleashes a sequence of occasions that can drive Victor to confront the nadir of evil and, in his terror and desperation, search out the one particular person alive who has witnessed something prefer it earlier than: Chris MacNeil.” Along with Ellen Burstyn, The Exorcist: Believer additionally stars Leslie Odom Jr., Ann Dowd, Jennifer Nettles, Norbert Leo Butz, Lidya Jewett, Olivia Marcum, and extra. The movie was directed by David Gordon Inexperienced, who additionally helmed the Halloween trilogy, from a script he co-wrote with Peter Sattler.
The sequels (and prequels) which adopted the unique Exorcist had been pretty hit and miss, and sadly, The Exorcist: Believer is shaping as much as be the latter. Whereas the movie is predicted to have a reasonably first rate box-office opening, the opinions haven’t been type. In his assessment, our personal Chris Bumbray stated that the sequel is an abysmal, uninteresting try and relaunch the franchise. “It’s purported to be the primary entry in a brand new trilogy of Exorcist movies, however the film is so abysmal one shouldn’t maintain out an excessive amount of hope for a follow-up,” Bumbray wrote. “Whereas it could have a powerful box-office opening, phrase of mouth appears positive to be dire. The one factor that saves Exorcist: Believer from being referred to as the worst Exorcist film ever is the truth that this explicit sequence has some very unhealthy entries.” You may try the remainder of Bumbray’s assessment proper right here.
Common and Blumhouse have already slated one other sequel, The Exorcist: Deceiver, which is ready to hit theaters on April 18, 2025, however the reception in the direction of this one might change issues. The movie is at the moment sitting at 21% on Rotten Tomatoes, which surprisingly locations it in the course of the pack, above Exorcist II: The Heretic at 9% and Exorcist: The Starting at 11% however behind Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist at 30%, The Exorcist III at 58%, and The Exorcist at 78%.
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