‘The Exorcist: Believer’ – The Demons Return 50 Years Later in Terrifying New Trailer
Pazuzu is back and so is one of his most powerful enemies: Chris MacNeil. Check out the first trailer for The Exorcist: Believer.
50 years ago this fall, the most terrifying horror movie in history arrived in theaters. The Exorcist, based on the best-selling book by William Peter Blatty, shocked audiences around the world. Its special effects and combined performance of Linda Blair and Mercedes McCambridge as Regan MacNeil convinced many what they were seeing on screen was real.
The movie helped kick off the Satanic Panic that would last another two decades and change the horror genre forever. Its success led to five sequels and a television series.
The Exorcist: Believer
This October, on Friday the 13th, a new chapter begins when two girls encounter a powerful demonic force. When parents don’t find medical answers to their daughter’s plight, they turn to someone who has battled this before–Chris MacNeil.
The Exorcist: Believer marks Ellen Burstyn’s return to the franchise for the first time since the original was released in 1973.
This is a remix rather than a remake. The story is only recognizing William Friedkin’s classic and doesn’t include Pazuzu, the demon from the other movies. Chris MacNeil is at the center of it just as much as the possessed girls. Director David Gordon Green confirmed:
“We use a new demon, no Pazuzu. We feature a demon who studied demonologists might know. Our film asks some questions, gives some answers, but doesn’t spell it all out.
“What I was really moved by was the mother-daughter story and bringing that up to speed, up to date, and bringing Chris MacNeil back after so many years.”
– via ING
Cast & Details
Blumhouse is hoping they’ll be able to resurrect this franchise like they did Halloween. They’ve already green-lit a sequel to this movie they’re hoping to release in 2025.
The cast is led by Leslie Odom, Jr. and includes Ellen Burstyn, Lidya Jewett, and newcomer Olivia Marcum. Plus Ann Dowd, Jennifer Nettles, and Norbert Leo Butz. David Gordon Green (Halloween trilogy) is directing from a screenplay he wrote with Peter Sattler, from a story by Scott Teems and Danny McBride.
Since the death of his pregnant wife in a Haitian earthquake 12 years ago, Victor Fielding has raised their daughter, Angela on his own. When Angela and her friend Katherine, 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. In his terror and desperation, he seeks out the only person alive who has witnessed anything like it before: Chris MacNeil.
The Exorcist: Believer arrives in theaters on Friday, October 13th.
