The Exorcist Franchise

[claws]

Looks like Blumhouse is doing three new Exorcist movies, starting with The Exorcist: Believer coming to theaters October 2023



The Exorcist (1973) was groundbreaking, scary, disturbing, controversial. Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) was a failure. Exorcist III (1990) was heading in the right direction. Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) was awful and Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005) a snoring bore.

The Exorcist: Believer trailer did not much for me. It looks like your polished, stylized average horror movie.

Any thoughts?

[Trevor]

All three original Exorcist movies were banned here for many years so people here never saw them in cinemas until they were un-banned and released to home video. I liked all three but the new movie trailer left me feeling a bit bleh.

[zombie no.one]

sounds like they're just tagging the Exorcist name on for clout... I mean, what exactly does the EXORCIST universe even consist of? part 2 is completely gaga, and I'm pretty sure part 3 wasn't even supposed to be part of the franchise, and got re-branded

[Cult_Moody_Movies]

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[chainsaw midget]

sounds like they're just tagging the Exorcist name on for clout... I mean, what exactly does the EXORCIST universe even consist of? part 2 is completely gaga, and I'm pretty sure part 3 wasn't even supposed to be part of the franchise, and got re-branded

Nobody thinks of anything but the first movie when they think of the Exorcist. 

[bob]

All three original Exorcist movies were banned here for many years so people here never saw them in cinemas until they were un-banned and released to home video. I liked all three but the new movie trailer left me feeling a bit bleh.

Finally, someone else who likes Exorcist 2!

[M.10rda]

All three original Exorcist movies were banned here for many years so people here never saw them in cinemas until they were un-banned and released to home video. I liked all three but the new movie trailer left me feeling a bit bleh.

Finally, someone else who likes Exorcist 2!

Count me in that camp, too. (Another typically arbitrary/contrary opinion I hold.)

[Alex]

I watched the first one, thought it was overrated and didn't bother with any of the others.

[Rev. Powell]

All three original Exorcist movies were banned here for many years so people here never saw them in cinemas until they were un-banned and released to home video. I liked all three but the new movie trailer left me feeling a bit bleh.

Finally, someone else who likes Exorcist 2!

Count me in that camp, too. (Another typically arbitrary/contrary opinion I hold.)

Me three. EXORCIST is a better movie, obviously, but if you gave me the choice of rewatching it or EXORCIST 2, I think I'd pick 2 every time.

[RCMerchant]

^ Sick, sick people. 

[zombie no.one]

me four... I put it in my 'top 10 first sequels' list in the thread I made the other day

[claws]

If anything, The Exorcist has aged very well.

I love watching millennials on youtube reacting to The Exorcist for the first time. From the 50+ reaction videos I've seen pretty much all reactors are horrified and freak out 

Recommended viewing, very entertaining 

[Trevor]

^ Sick, sick people. 

[Trevor]

If anything, The Exorcist has aged very well.

I love watching millennials on youtube reacting to The Exorcist for the first time. From the 50+ reaction videos I've seen pretty much all reactors are horrified and freak out 

Recommended viewing, very entertaining 

I know young people who haven't seen it, I tell them to and they tell me later that it scared them. Then I hit them with the info that the film is fact based. 

[The Burgomaster]

All three original Exorcist movies were banned here for many years so people here never saw them in cinemas until they were un-banned and released to home video. I liked all three but the new movie trailer left me feeling a bit bleh.

Finally, someone else who likes Exorcist 2!

Exorcist 2 is in my top 5 worst mainstream movies of all time.