The Exorcist Devotion (The Exorcist Believer) finally emerges with a demonic image. Will the director of the Halloween trilogy scare us again?
After the (missed) resurgence of cinema’s greatest adventurer with Indiana Jones 5, Hollywood has another memorial in its sights. “The Scariest Movie Ever” by William Friedkin (Cruising, Bug, French Connection…), the Exorcist. A feature film that still haunts the oldest among us and will make its big comeback in dark rooms. And instead of releasing yet another feature-length version of Director’s Cut Final Cut++, the franchise is changing hands for a new film that will all but erase the past. The Devotion Exorcist begins to reveal himself, already angering the Tokens.
A first image of The Exorcist Devotion that makes you uneasy
Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions launched the advertising campaign for The exorcistic devotion (The Exorcist: Believer in VO) with the very first frame of this new film. A promotional poster where we see two little girls who are already possessed and scary as hell. Because yes, in this feature film, which is an official sequel to William Friedkin’s masterpiece, it’s two little girls who fall victim to a demon.
The production of The Exorcist Devotion entrusted Olivia Marcum, who is taking her first steps as an actress, and Lidya Jewett (good girls). You will have the difficult task of being the next Regan, once played by the stunning Linda Blair. Tough, tough, but with luck and talent, they might manage to hatch like Blair once did.
Ellen Burstyn, aka Chris MacNeil, who was Regan’s mother in the original, will reprise her role in The Exorcist Devotion. She will surely be there to provide her expertise and help the kids get back to normal. Or not. Joining the cast is Leslie Odom Jr., who won two awards for Best Actor in the musical Hamilton. As Ann Dowd seen in inheritance by Ari Aster or the series The Handmaid’s Tale and The rest, Raphael Sbarge (24 hour chrono), Okwui Okpokwasili (Madeline’s Madeline). However, their roles have not been announced at the time of writing. As for Linda Blair, she was on set, so…
A new trilogy from the Halloween director
This first picture of The Exorcist Devotion is controversial and it was a foregone conclusion. Some are already planning to change clothes, while others felt that AI software was used in this shoot. As a die-hard fan of the first film, the only one out there, we stand between the two and will wait to see more.
This return, which will delight horror lovers if it succeeds, will not be a one-shot. It will be a new trilogy, partially deleting the two old parts, directed by David Gordon Green. The filmmaker who dusted off the mythical Halloween. For better or for worse. The 2018 episode was a big surprise, then autumn came with the two sequels. We are therefore entitled to be very concerned about the end result.
For The Devotional Exorcist, Green wanted to avoid Halloween, which makes perfect sense. “You have nothing to do. Halloween is a horror movie. It’s a slasher. It’s midnight madness where we have a good time at the movies and eat popcorn. “The Exorcist” is a well-documented drama with overwhelming facts. Spirituality, religion, mental health, family. You can bring these two works together in very different sub-genres of horror, but the technical, creative approach is very different.”
But he still intends to reproduce a similar model. “I hope that with The Exorcist we can do what we did with Halloween, do something new and prove that this revisit was worth it. In order to satisfy viewers, we have to offer something different.” he added in interviews (via Ecran Large). appointment at October 11, 2023 In the cinema.
