»The Exorcist« from 1973 is considered a great classic of the horror genre and a real benchmark against which all later exorcism films have to be measured. Earlier this week, Universal and Blumhouse released a trailer for a sequel, which is set to hit theaters in October. Here it is:
https://youtu.be/PIxpPMyGcpUThe movie was directed by David Gordon Green, who also brought us the last »Halloween« trilogy, which started out quite promising, but then mercilessly bogged down. As with »Halloween«, the film was originally supposed to be called just like the original, »The Exorcist«, but it has been changed to »The Exorcist: Believer«. The film is a sequel to the William Friedkin film and ignores all other parts. Like Jamie Lee Curtis, the female protagonist Ellen Burstyn returns as Chris MacNeil and in the case of the exorcist, a trilogy is planned as well. Let's hope that with so many parallels, the quality of the films doesn't turn into a kind of Halloween déjà vu experience.
The trailer has some pretty spooky moments that make us cautiously optimistic, so we'll wait and see. On that note: "The power of Christ compels you!”