The Exorcist Believer – Movie Review
Director: David Gordon Green
Writer: Peter Sattler, David Gordon Green (Screenplay)
Writer: Scott Teems, Danny McBride, David Gordon Green (Story)
Cast
- Ellen Burstyn (Requiem of a Dream)
- Jennifer Nettles (Harriet)
- Leslie Odom Jr (One Night in Miami)
- Olivia O’Neill
- Lidya Jewett (Feel the Beat)
Plot: When two girls disappear into the woods and return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, the father of one girl seeks out Chris MacNeil, who’s been forever altered by what happened to her daughter fifty years ago.
Runtime: 2 Hours 1 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: The Exorcist Believer starts when two 13-year-old girls Angela (Jewett) and Katherine (O’Neill) disappear. Their parents from different backgrounds, Victor (Odom Jr), Miranda (Nettles) and Tony (Butz) lead a desperate search. However, 3-days later the pair are found with no memory of what happened.
Although the girls haven’t come back the same as they left. They have become possessed and Victor reluctantly takes advice about who to ask for help. This leads to him meeting Chris MacNeil (Burstyn) and he learns what they are really up against.
Verdict on The Exorcist Believer
The Exorcist Believer is a legacy horror movie following two families who find their daughters possessed by the devil. They must understand different beliefs if they are to ever fight back. All while turning to people who have battled evil before.
This is the latest attempt at a legacy sequel of a popular horror movie. David Gordon Green is back after his venture in Halloween which got mixed reviews by the end. This time he took on The Exorcist and left us with one of the weakest horror movies of the year. When it comes to everything going on, we get the basic exorcism material and the jumps scares that feel completely basic. The biggest takeaway from this movie is that it feels dull, nothing much happens and the characters are not interesting. There is one scene attempting to bring a shocking moment that ends up feeling comical more than anything else.
Final Thoughts – The Exorcist Believer is dull, lifeless and boring.
3 replies on “The Exorcist Believer (2023) Movie Review”
Some of the worst remakes of all time have been made in the past ten years by a few companies who mine classic cinema and leave a pile of , well know know what, in their wake. Shameful that they butchered the legacy of this film – except that a few other projects purporting to be sequels didn’t do the original any favors at all…this style of modern horror is nothing more that shock turns and cynical pandering, with no respect for storytelling or the building of suspense at all…for anyone who hasn’t seen the original, it’s a masterpiece!
While some movies work for remakes or legacy sequels, this one feels more like they got an original exorcism story script and decided to work it into the original
Some of the worst reviews ever seen for a film – not sure it matters to movies like this!