Wednesday, October 04, 2023
The Exorcist: Believer
Fifty years after the original 1973 shocking film, “The Exorcist”, comes this sequel that opens with 2 dogs fighting, a voodoo black magic protection spell, & an earthquake. Years later, two BFF girls, Angela & Katherine, wander off into the woods & are missing for 3 days. When they finally turn up, they have no memory of where they have been & thought they were gone for just a few hours. Then, peculiar behavior by these 2 girls end up requiring hospitalization & eventually calling in Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn), a known witness to a demonic possession case who is Regan’s mother from the original movie. A exorcism is set up to rid these poor girls of the evil within them, but their lives are at stake as well as people in attendance. While viewing the original film isn’t absolutely necessary, looking for the Easter Egg ties to the original is fun. Here, we get a single dad instead of the single mom raising a daughter. We also get the “spirited twins” for double the horror & double the fun. Having Burstyn reprising her role was a nice touch. The possessed girls are nice & creepy. See who dies & who survives the ritual. Look for a cameo. Will this film create enough interest & generate enough profit for another sequel?
Alien gives it 3 “making choices” stars out of 4.
