Say what you want about Satan, but the Dark Lord of the Pit certainly has a work ethic. Having only recently butted his horned head with Russell Crowe in The Pope’s Exorcist, the Lord of the Flies is back in a legacy sequel to arguably the greatest horror movie of all time. But will this fourth big screen follow up to The Exorcist be a patch on the original? have a little faith…
How to watch The Exorcist: Believer in New Zealand
The Exorcist: Believer is now in New Zealand cinemas.
The Exorcist: Believer
What is The Exorcist: Believer about?
As is the fashion these days, The Exorcist: Believer ignores previous sequels (feature films, two seasons of TV, if you’re keeping track) and prequels (it’s a long story…) to tell the story of two families whose kids are possessed by demons.
Or, as the official synopsis puts it:
Since the death of his pregnant wife in a Haitian earthquake 12 years ago, Victor Fielding (Leslie Odom, Jr.) has raised their daughter, Angela (Lidya Jewett) on his own. But when Angela and her friend Katherine (Olivia O’Neill), disappear in the woods, only to return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, it unleashes a chain of events that will force Victor to confront the nadir of evil and, in his terror and desperation, seek out the only person alive who has witnessed anything like it before: Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn).
The cast of The Exorcist: Believer
The big get is, of course, Burstyn, reprising her role from the the late William Friedkin’s original masterpiece. Also in the mix are Jennifer Nettles and Norbert Leo Butz as Katherine’s parents, Miranda and Tony, along with Raphael Sbarge, Okwui Okpokwasili, and Danny McCarthy. There’s an outside shot at an appearance by original star Linda Blair, too, who was reportedly on set as an advisor.
The Exorcist: Believer trailer
Why we’re excited about The Exorcist: Believer
Let’s go with “cautiously optimistic”. Director David Gordon Green recently gave us roughly one and a half (by weight) decent Halloween sequels, and is planning a full trilogy here, which strikes us as supremely confident, to say the least. Still, Paramount ponied up $400m for the rights, so the studio, at least, thinks they’re onto a good thing. Then again, somebody thought that about The Exorcist II: The Heretic at one point. We shall see…
