"Let's take a story by a Catholic writer, about Catholics dealing with a Catholic subject, in a Catholic way, and shoe-horn other religions in, because we are more modern, now and tastes have changed." I'm not religious, but blimey, what a cop out. Why do film companies buy a story, then abandon the thing that it's about?
Ironically people forget that in the Exorcist book the Regan and her mum are atheists. Especially the Mum and is very anti religion and wants to "protect" her daughter from religious influence. - just finished reading it lol. Mind you I have always had an issue about possession films when an ancient demon which pre dates Christianity is defeated by Priests and their doctrines/rites. A demon from a different religions or ancient belief would not acknowledge the existence of other religions so wouldn't even fear it. Same goes with demons of other faiths yet always a Catholic/Christian priest exorcise the demon - seriously lol
@GrumpyAndrewsHorrorHouse Its so absurd. Some of these religions forbid each others practices for numerous reasons. This movie doesn't understand how religion works, which is dumb considering it's the foundation of the subject matter. It also says that all religions are interchangeable and that nothing else matters, ignoring everything that seperates them from each other.
This review made me laugh out loud. Don't sit on the fence Andrew! Oh dear. I think we all thought this would happen when the idea was first muted! Thanks for sharing Andrew.
A three-thumbs-up review! This cash grab/insult was doomed from when it was first announced. And it's rightly being generally met with massive indifference by even curious horror fans.
The Exorcist and The Exorcist III were the two good films in the franchise. The Exorcist III amazingly got bad reviews when it was released but I have always loved it. The two things that this movie had going for it were the inclusion of Ellen Burstyn and the cameo of Linda Blair.
It’s great; Brad Dourif was phenomenal. But it should have been called Legion like Blatty’s book, and delete the exorcism at the end. It wasn’t needed…period.
@@jonoeschger1552 I don't know if the exorcism at the end was needed or not. My initial reaction was to agree with you, but then I started thinking about it and I like the way Kinderman shot Damien to free him from the Gemini.
@@tonyharden7159 Well I mean, the same thing happens in the original cut before the reshot ending- there's just no exorcism or a priest's skin getting peeled off. He just walks in and shoots him.
I agree that the movie was not very good but i dont think you should say that what the majority says about something is automatically the truth and the minority is automatically wrong.
One of the worst things about a lot of modern movies I’ve noticed is like that even when there’s only one writer in the credits, so many big budget films feel like they’re written by multiple people with clashing ideas in terms of pace & tone. There were so many moments in the new Halloween trilogy. Some of these nigh-fourth wall-breaking haha moments did get a chuck or two out of me, but it feels often tonally like really incongruous in these “serious”movies. Humor can be really effective but hard to nail in a lot of horror movies admittedly. In my opinion Exorcist 1, 3 & The Ninth Configuration have close-to perfect scripts and dialogue. The pontifications and kinda philosophical staccatos characters dance around each other’s lines is really special and thought-provoking. A real testament to Blatty’s scripts & direction, love those aforementioned movies because of that especially. These film’s & characters are really engaging even before the nasty stuff starts. Sorry for the tirade, I just feel like Blatty’s scripts and lines involving faith & philosophy specifically sound like they came from a personal place, where everything I’ve seen, heard and watched about this new film just sounds like the most generic regurgitated slop. Sounds very bitter and definitely unfair before seeing, but I have no interest in this and I’ll be surprised if we get 3 of these. But with the weird state of cinematic horror these days, who the hell knows. I could Believe it.
I think you're absolutely on the money with regard to how personal Blatty's words feel. As to another of your excellent points: a lot of people gloss over how frikking funny parts of Blatty's scripts are, There are parts of The Exorcist, Exorcist III and The Ninth Configuration which are downright hilarious, but they ALWAYS come from character.
You definitely showcased the "Grumpy" part of your name. Love the review. Screw this movie. Pope's Exorcist with Russell Crowe looks like a Best Picture winner at Oscars compared to Believer
When I saw the trailer of this movie for the first time, the moment they said they were missing for three days but they thought it was hours, I thought "Ooh, and Alien Abduction/Time Displacement movie. We don't get a lot of those." Since, you know, that's a common motif of the supposed cases of those. And then it was an Exorcist sequel. I haven't even seen the original, and I was disappointed.
This first weekend will be its biggest money haul and then a quick dose dive after that. I don't even think overseas or DVD will save it down the road. The real kicker is sthe $400 million dollar hole they're starting in. I am still surprised they took such a risk on a film franchise that has not been profitable since the original one 50 years ago.
Since I saw Ridley Scotts "Prometheus" way back there´s been a shift were we just cant do mystery anymore. When the man himself manages to flounder what made Alien so good, you know something is up. Great vid, subscribed!
Welcome to my Horror House! Thanks for watching. And yes, even though there are things about Prometheus I do like, the trailer did lead us to believe that film would yet again be an exploration into the ineffable.
I can totally respect that, even though I find it such a high fall from Alien Im having trouble completely disregarding it. For a while I at least enjoyed the visuals but watching it recently I came to realise how artificial it looks compared to Alien. Even the dialouge feels peculuar - I often find myself thinking "people dont talk like this". Perhaps the hole crew consists of androids instead of just David? Wich lead to my final thought; like George Lucas, I strongly suspect Ridley was surrounded by more talented people at the beginning of his career than today.@@GrumpyAndrewsHorrorHouse
Glad I skipped this one for the other possession film playing in theaters, the Argentinean film When Evil Lurks. Would love to hear your thoughts on that one if you end up watching it!
Someone called this a "film, written by people who know words". Mark Kermode called it a film for the "hard of thinking". (spat out my tea at that one)... I thought it was a unique experience in which I felt a little less intelligent as a result.
Thanks, I think that about sums it up for me. I already didn't want to watch this and now, I won't. Right off the bat, when I heard of this coming, I thought, "there is no fvking way they can top the original." The original was so well made, so shocking, even by today's standards. It is a movie that CANNOT be remade today. There's no way a movie studio is going to allow an under aged actor to go through the hell that Linda Blair went through in order to get the shocking scenes. Linda had to go to therapy to get over the making of the film. There are just too many grey areas in production to halt a movie from being THAT shocking. This movie was doomed from the get go. You can't tip-toe around the horror and borrow the name of a franchise and hope you get a monetary return. This was a business movie, not a film.
This is the least surprising news ever. Should of left the exorcist alone an impossible task to match the original. Didn't have a chance In hell with David Gordon green at the helm
I don't think I've ever seen you so annoyed, 😮😂I'd just listened to Mark kermode talk about this film and was wondering did he dislike it because he's such a huge Exorcist fan, but this certainly answers that. Thanks Andrew😊
So grateful David Gordon Greens attempt at destroying Suspiria failed. On a general point it’s such a shame that the very people who get the opportunity to make these horror movies are the complete wrong people with the wrong intentions & takes on the stories. Very disheartening.
@@lorenzo_smit DGG has already done an interview where he says he's not certain he'll be directing the next Exorcist movie (although I suspect he'll still have his fingerprints on the script and producer hat)
Oh it’s a shame this movie turned out to be a disappointment. I adore the original book and movie, and honestly thought the trailer was really interesting. I had high hopes but unfortunately it couldn’t live up to them. I’ll still watch it eventually but this review and others has definitely pushed it down on my watch-list.
As said, the two young actresses were brilliant. With a better story, director and script writers(James Wan & Leigh Wannel?) , This could have been really good and a genuine trilogy could have been on the cards. Will probably go see the next one if it gets made just to see what shite gets concocted.
I've got a horrible feeling the next one will be the further adventures of Regan, face to face with Pazuzu for one final showdown... is there only one demon in Hell?
Be honest Andrew did you honestly think it would have been good? It was in the wrong hands from the get go. I actually feel embarrassed that this project was made
I came at it with this in mind: after The Exorcist there have been a LOT of sub par possession and exorcism movies. None of them have ever gotten out of the shadow of Friedkin's film, however some have been interesting. I sincerely hoped we might get an entertaining possession movie that happens t have the Exorcist tag attached. I set the bar so low for this film I would have counted that as a win.
It was f@@ked as soon as they said it was a trilogy. everything is a f@@king trilogy these days. Just start with making one semi decent movie, and we, the movie going public, will deem it, if it warrants a sequel.
I totally agree with you. I also think there wouldn’t be a circumstance where clergy or whatever you would call it of multiple faiths would join in on something like this and work as a team. If you can’t pick one it means to me that you actually have faith in none so how could something of that nature have success? I just wonder why they couldn’t simply make a movie about a possession done well following any number of the stories out there on that matter. I would be scary lol.
This is a proper review! kudos! Alot of modern films have this issue. they are dumb, they have no subtlety at all. No layers its like watching a public service broadcast. I hated it too
this movie had no story, no conundrum, and no class. it was like going to a firework show and someone lighting off all of the fireworks at once. wtf just happened. the movie was an explosion of random bull shit. looked like a middle school project
I simply wont entertain it. The only way to build on the exorcist is to have the movie completely from the demon's perspective. Warped visuals, crazy shit. Keeping on remaking the same movie with each attempt being more and more watered down is just insulting
This may be a bit long but I had to get this off my chest: This movie was horrifically bad, even worse than what I expected. It wasn’t scary at all, overused the jump scares, and bombarded you with loud noises to the point where it got old and annoying fast. This film also felt like it had a lot of stuff taken out. What was the point of the girls going in the woods in the first place? It’s never explained what exactly happened to them there, or how / why they got possessed there ; you could’ve cut out that whole subplot of them going missing in the woods and had them being possessed from the get go and nothing would’ve made any difference. Also, what was that weird shot of the dead white horse? It looked like they were hinting at something but it was glossed over fast. So yeah it seemed like there was promise, especially with the girls going missing but it just squandered it badly. What also didn’t help was that they had the audacity to lazily copy & paste shots and dialogue from the original to the point where it felt like nostalgia baiting just for the sake of it. Don’t even get me started on Chris, she was absolutely wasted and treated horribly to the point where it just became depressing. One redeeming moment was the final shot as it was legit a nice moment but even that couldn’t save the entire film. The studio really thought this would launch a new trilogy? By starting off this horribly ? It’s likely going to crash at the box office next week, especially when the Taylor Swift movie comes out.
Telling over showing seems to be a problem with mainstream cinema these days, from the various products of the Mouse-Industrial Complex through to even otherwise solid stuff - The Creator was great, for instance, but it was hardly subtle in terms of meaning. You mentioned Insidious, but this also sounds a lit like it owes a lot to the Conjuring films?
If so then they haven't even learned lessons from The Conjuring movies either. At least the best of The Conjuring films have sequences that understand how to build and release tension. Believer cannot muster that for even short periods or sequences let alone across the duration of the film. There is no building towards the ritual, more a feeling that the film thinks "well, it's time for the exorcism bit now."
I thought it was ridiculous that Exorcist Believer was billed as a direct sequel to the original. As a devoted fan of Blatty’s novel and Friedkin’s brilliant film adaptation, I felt it was an insult to call Believer a “direct sequel”. As soon as I heard that, I refused to see it. The novel Legion is a direct sequel. Blatty’s own film adaptation (The Exorcist 3) was a fantastic film. Though the novel doesn’t have an exorcism scene, the film company big shots wanted to tie the movie into the Exorcist franchise so they made Blatty alter the script and incorporate an actual exorcism so they could title the film Exorcist 3. But it explores and expands upon the original novel and film’s theme of the mystery of faith through the continued friendship of Father Dyer and Detective Kinderman. The demon allows the soul of an executed serial killer to possess the body of Father Karras and commit a series of gruesome murders. THAT is the one and only sequel. Certainly one to watch over and over upon occasion. The Exorcist Believer? I will never see it. Even if it was free.
I've been a fan of Legion and Exorcist III for many, many years. Was very excited when a recent blu ray assembled a "Legion" cut which more closely resembled Blatty's original shooting script. I've talked about it previously on this channel. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts.
Second Horror Movie List 1. The Attic Expeditions with Jeffrey Combs 2. Cobweb (2023) 3. Villains 4. Torment 5. 13 Eerie 6. Nightmare Cinema 7. Planet Terror 8. Devil Times Five (1974) 9. The Resurrected with Chris Sarandon 10. Mr. Frost with Jeff Goldblum 11. Triangle with Melissa George 12. No One Lives with Luke Evans 13. Shrooms 14. The Ruins 15. Session 9 16. Parents with Randy Quaid 17. Slither 18. No Vacancy part 1 19. The Last House on the Left 20. Willard with Crispin Glover 21. Freaky with Vince Vaughn 22. Road Games 23. Lights Out 24. Dolls 25. The Entity 26. The Nun part 1 27. Demonic 28. Demonic Toys 2 29. The Omen 2 30. Carrie 31. White Noise 2 32. The Autopsy of Jane Doe 33. Curtains 34. Krampus 35. The Pact part 1 and 2 36. Idle Hands 37. Wolf Creek 1 38. Wolf Creek 2 39. Piggy 40. Mirrors part 1 41. Mirrors part 2 42. The Roost from Ti West 43. The Innkeepers from Ti West 44. X from Ti West 45. Pearl 46. Maxxine 47. Barbarian 48. Lord of Illusions 49. House on Haunted Hill 50. Wolfen 51. Day of the Dead 52. Goodnight Mommy 53. The Wailing 54. We Are What We Are 55. Lake Mungo 56. Honeymoon (2014) 57. The Canal 58. The Bay 59. Grave Encounters 60. The Old Dark House (1932) 61. The Taking of Deborah Logan 62. Trollhunter 63. Housebound 64. American Mary 65. Absentia 66. Better Watch Out 67. Hell Night 68. The Burning 69. Creepshow 2 70. Barbarian 71. Terrifier 72. Terrifier 2 73. Requiem for a Scream 74. Look Away 75. No Escape 76. Open 24 Hours 77. Patchwork 78. The Folks (2022) 79. Steel Trap (2007) 80. Pledge (2018) 81. There's No Such Thing as Vampires (2020) 82. The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023) 83. Haunted Trail (2022) 84. Bad Things (2023) 85. Vampire Bats with Lucy Lawless 86. Haunting of the Queen Mary (2023) 87. Mother, May I? (2023) 88. Dance of the Damned (1989) 89. Habit (1995) 90. Pale Blood (1990) 91. The Nun 2 (2023) 92. Natty Knocks (2023) 93. The Retaliators (2021) is a brutal horror thriller with a killer soundtrack 94. All Fun and Games (2023) with Natalia Dyer and Asa Butterfield 95. Saw X (2023) 96. Mischief Night (2013) 97. Flick (2008) 98. Tone-Deaf with Robert Patrick and Amanda Crew 99. Totally Killer (2023) 100. I Trapped the Devil 101. V/H/S 85 (2023)
I agree they didnt have to show the whole Haiti thing at the beginning. By the time the girl says it to the dad id forgotten all about it. I knew the mom was dead but forgot how. Great video.
7:35---thank you , youa literally the only review on here that actually pointed it out!! I feel 'deceiver' will be using more of the series content, I see it coming, I almost expected the Rance family to have been shoehorned in this one Glad I was wrong
I remember the fan made trailers for E.B., they were pretty good. From the sound of it, they were better than the actual movie. The studios should have hired the fans that made these trailers.
So what did you really think of the movie? 😂 After watching the trailer, I had no hope for a good film. Thankfully, I saved my money and used the extra cash to buy the 50th anniversary 4K collectors edition of The Exorcist.
Your review is absolutely spot-on Andrew.... Thank-you! The Exorcist 1973 is pure-cinema! A masterpiece of the genre, film-making, and subject-matter! Exsorcist: Believer is utter UTTER shit! People who say it's a worthy sequel, know absolutely fuck-all about cinema! I've seen loads of 5-star reviews for this sack o' crap... EH??? As Mark Kermode said: "I hope Ellen Burstyn did something wonderful with the money"!
Hey Andrew, big fan and love the channel. Yeah, The Exorcist is one of those movies that should never be re-made, re-booted, etc. It's a classic that's hard to top and anything they do is going to be compared to the original, although. I do think Exorcist 3 with George C Scott and Brad Dourif is very underrated. Credit for them trying something new, but I just didn't feel it. Maybe they should've focused on just having one victim instead of two. Love the Avengers Assemble line. It felt exactly like that. Quick second question for you. I got a gift of a picture of Universals' Colin Clive(Henry Frankenstein) arm wrestling Hammers' Peter Cushing(Victor Frankenstein), with both versions of the monsters backing them up, a pretty cool picture. Who do you think would win in a knockout drag out fight? Clive or Cushing? I personally would go for Cushing, since he's not afraid to get his hands dirty, (Frankenstein must be Destroyed). Clive's Dr. Frankenstein always had someone else do his dirty work. Keep up the great work, love the content!!!
I agree, Cushing Frankenstein would wipe the floor with Clive Frankenstein. Remember Clive's Frankenstein being all bedbound in Bride of Frankenstein and overcome by the events of the first film? Cushing's version would just roll his sleeves up, get stuck into the body parts up to the elbows and go again!
I'm also a fan of his. Also I'm a new fan of this Andrew gentleman. I certainly don't blame him. While I have nothing against fellow genre fans checking this film out, the trailer honestly made it look like a _HUGE_ piece of shit. So I can safely say that I won't ever be viewing it. Alas to each their own.🤔
Same here. The trailer looked like every hackneyed ripoff of the original that we had to endure for the last 40 years. It brings nothing new to the plate and I can't be bothered to watch the tripe.
'all' of it was rubbish. The girls were unconvincing however, I do realise they have skills. Nonetheless, I believe the director is at fault here. The best way to describe this film is 'empty' - The only horrifying thing about this film was the film itself. What a mess.
Yes, I agree. David Gordon Green holds the bag on this one. There was no vision, no driving creative need, only the desire to use IP to make another movie in the Exorcist "universe". Bankrupt.
i wouldnt have minded the other religions behind thrown in if it was trying to make a statement on unity. that we should all put aside our differences and work together as a community. but at that point, why make it an exorcist movie? honestly ellen burstyn was barely in it. no reason for it to be an exoricst sequel.
Tampering with the legacy of an all time classic film is never a good idea and this turd rehash sounds like a prime example of that. Trying to make it more "diverse" sounds like pure woke for a "modern audience" trash, I'll pass hard on this one.
I said a lot of similar stuff in my review . I was looking forward to this actually for the most part enjoying the Halloween movies by DGG . I thought he would atleast bring something new and creative to the table but nope . That monologue at the end was soo drawn out and Ann Dowd great actress she’s giving the line “ u know what evil is I’ll tell you what I think it is and he didn’t even ask . She just proceeds to tell her view anyway 😅 0 tension and the way the mother died was so over dramatic she could have had a more common death and as u said off screen it wasn’t necessary at all . Ellen burnstyns character cameo was a disappointment too
I agree with Mark Kermode's impression of Green's Chris MacNeil. This wasn't Blatty's Chris MacNeil... She wouldn't have written that book. She wouldn't have made the "patriarchy"comment. And I don't believe she would have been intrigued by exorcism after the ordeal she went thru 50 years ago. In the original film, we go to the real location of Georgetown... In this film, we go to the "made up" location of Percy (not Perry), Georgia. For me, canon was immediately shattered. It might as well have taken place in Haddonfield. This film played it "safe" compared to the original. Rev. John Nicola ( one of the tech advisors for Friedkin's film) would have found this absurd IMO.
Very demonic review and youre not alone in youre opinion. The exorcist is one of my all time favorite movies so its sad they cant get possession right in 2023. Anyways im watching The Fog (1980) for the first time later, looking forward to that. Lets not give up on horror movies, they are dear to our hearths and how we grew up. Have a great new week
Most people only understand or notice messages that movies and tv shows try to say if it says the message openly out loud so yea most people are that stupid. People love to talk about subtlety very often but most people cant even see things if they are done in a subtle way. It does not matter how obvious something is if they dont say the message out loud most people wont notice it.
Tell me you don't know what The Exorcist was about, what religion is, what demons are, what possession is, or how to make a horror movie without telling me you don't know what The Exorcist was about, what religion is, what demons are, what possession is, or how to make a horror movie David Gordon Green: Hold my Beer...
They need to fire DGG, and never let him do another Exorcist movie ever, ever, ever again. They also need to hire somebody else to do any new HellRaiser movie, because right now thy have DGG as the man to ruin that franchise.
Sukt. DGG watched the original, wrote down 10 well known scenes and then remade them. Dogs fighting close up? Got it. Loud sounds close up? Got it. People working close up? Got it. Girl that looks like Linda Blair( one not cute, the other cromagnon) Got it. Etc etc
Jason Blum is the real menace here. David Gordon Green may be making the worst Blumhouse films, but Blum is the one who signs off on this shit. The man should be banned from aquiring the rights to any established film franchises. I don't care what crap he creates from his own little brain, but leave the classics alone!
I’ll go see Last Voyage of the Demeter again…it should have been Universal’s horror film for Halloween. Congrats to David Gordon Green for making a worst Exorcist movie than Exorcist II: The Heretic.
Thank you Andrew! ...For confirming my suspicions about this one. Yeah, I quite like Exorcist II : The Heretic. (minority opinion). Has a good cast and score, interesting ideas, and decent directing.
I think The Heretic is so completely bonkers that I'm glad it exists. I get why it fails as a sequel to The Exorcist, but by golly at least it strives for something of its own.
This movie just comes off as generic modern horror. I actually don’t think it’s all that terrible (if you haven’t seen The Exorcist). I actually quite liked the early part when the girls were missing and I thought it could have been a decent missing persons thriller. At the point where it starts to lean into being an Exorcist sequel is where I started to feel like I was going to projectile vomit! The actual exorcism scene has absolutely no impact and is played like an action scene. It has no depth. There is nothing to tie it into the original movie apart from a few superficial bits of window dressing. Kids who have never seen the original who enjoy modern horror might get something out of it but if you are a fan of the original you will find nothing here to pull you in. It also has no cliffhanger or anything left to do at the end to justify the upcoming sequels.
First time watching your channel, great review. I haven't seen believer, i thought it looked crap from the trailer, and when i heard DGG was involved, i thought I'd stay away as i thought his last 2 Halloween movies were terrible.
Honestly, the topic of Demons and possession is rooted solely in the Christian faith. So to take the "it takes a village" approach with religions in the trailers meant I was out from the jump. Plus the Director ruined the Halloween movies so badly that I was skeptical of this movie. You really shouldn't touch beloved classics unless you are going to update them in a way that improves them, not just "we're going to have a completely different take on it".
🤣1.06 in... deep sigh!.... love it! I love your honesty. It's a good call to take the two young leads out of the equation. It's not their fault. I will say this, Green and co did an admirable job on the 1st Halloween follow-up. Then there were 2 and 3. Absolute horse muck. You should watch Mark Kermode's review of the Exorcist Believer. It'll make your day! Thanks again for your review. Brilliant!
Not just this particular movie but a lot of others I find lecture so much nonsense that the actual enjoyment and soul full filing richness you get when watching anything great has disappeared. Only just stumbled across the channel great work mate 💪🏼
Thanks for watching :) And I have to agree, a lot of subtlety seems to have gone out of movie making, it seems. Perhaps because we're in an era where companies think every movie has to make a billion dollars and they feel the need to make it work for people who are half watching, with an eye on their phones? Or, perhaps, there's less room for storytelling with any kind of singular vision, for fear that lucrative audience "quadrants" might be lost?
I LOATHED what he did with Halloween.. but honestly I thought this film 🎥 was Great! I get the things that were cheesy in the movie, but it worked for me.
Amusing review. I've yet to see it. I heard the studio paid over $300 million for the rights to this franchise (I can't confirm that is true however) . But if they did, you know they are gonna be pumping out more
I'd seen the Kermode review and I thought to myself, oh, I wonder if Andrew has seen this, Mark was extremely annoyed about it but I figured you might find something to like in among the rubble since I know you're often one to see the good parts in movies that are... not good. Nope. I don't plan to ever find out for myself, so "Both Mark and Andrew thought it was complete shit" will do me.
For the adult version of The Exorcist, see IL demonio (1963). The original Exorcist even stole a scene from it. The movie (and the scene in question) is on UA-cam.
My fiance' and I both liked the movie. Liked it, not loved it. If it wasn't called "The Exorcist," I think most people would write it off as another "just fine" possession movie. And I liked the very end, left the theater still thinking about some possibilities. It definitely does "tell you" what the themes are, though. That being said, "threatened trilogy" made me laugh. I'd still say this is worth watching... on streaming, for free.
I gotta admit I actually kinda liked the first hour. But man after that it takes a deep low. It honestly disrespected the original. David Gordon Green has talent. He managed to ruin not 1 but 2 classic horror characters.
"It'sactually got something to say." Sorry, but that puts me off😅😅, all movies need messages and themes, but they should be in the background, your mind will actually dwell more on it afterwards if its not spoon fed to you.
THE EXORCIST endures, in great part, due to his provocative persuasion. While it may not be objectively terrible as a piece of filmmaking, BELIEVER is just...nothing. Nothing at all. I wasn't engaged, intrigued, moved, scared. It's less pathetic than apathetic. We can argue whether or not the movie should exist - it shouldn't - but as an emotional experience, it effectively DOESN'T.
I was tempted to go out and catch this on opening day - now not so much - I do LOVE your reviews and your channel which is why I'm now super sceptical. Like you I'm a completist so will get round to watching this eventually - but my expectations have been significantly muted
Thanks for watching. I'm a great believer in seeing something for yourself, but on this occasion I would certainly caution against the expense of a cinema ticket if money is tight.
The Halloween remakes are terrible and once you've seen one slasher film you've seen them all, but why hire the guy who directed those turds to make this with such an insanely inflated budget?? Once I saw the scene in the trailer with the girl shouting about blood over and over in a Church I saw all I needed to see. Complete amateur desperation and lazy tired ideas.
Amen! I was fighting falling asleep all the way through this piece of trash. Let’s include everybody so we don’t hurt feelings! Damn, you can’t create anything anymore.
"Let's take a story by a Catholic writer, about Catholics dealing with a Catholic subject, in a Catholic way, and shoe-horn other religions in, because we are more modern, now and tastes have changed." I'm not religious, but blimey, what a cop out. Why do film companies buy a story, then abandon the thing that it's about?
I'm not religious either but I agree completely. To do this takes us from a story about something to a story about nothing.
How many demons do you know that react to Buhdda or alah lol! Its stupid, so stupid
Ironically people forget that in the Exorcist book the Regan and her mum are atheists. Especially the Mum and is very anti religion and wants to "protect" her daughter from religious influence. - just finished reading it lol.
Mind you I have always had an issue about possession films when an ancient demon which pre dates Christianity is defeated by Priests and their doctrines/rites. A demon from a different religions or ancient belief would not acknowledge the existence of other religions so wouldn't even fear it. Same goes with demons of other faiths yet always a Catholic/Christian priest exorcise the demon - seriously lol
@GrumpyAndrewsHorrorHouse Its so absurd. Some of these religions forbid each others practices for numerous reasons. This movie doesn't understand how religion works, which is dumb considering it's the foundation of the subject matter. It also says that all religions are interchangeable and that nothing else matters, ignoring everything that seperates them from each other.
I was in the process of leaving catholicism when I saw the original exorcist. Trust me, that made it extra frightening.
"The first of a threatened trilogy " made me laugh straight away.
This review made me laugh out loud. Don't sit on the fence Andrew! Oh dear. I think we all thought this would happen when the idea was first muted! Thanks for sharing Andrew.
Terrible
A three-thumbs-up review! This cash grab/insult was doomed from when it was first announced. And it's rightly being generally met with massive indifference by even curious horror fans.
The Exorcist and The Exorcist III were the two good films in the franchise. The Exorcist III amazingly got bad reviews when it was released but I have always loved it. The two things that this movie had going for it were the inclusion of Ellen Burstyn and the cameo of Linda Blair.
It’s great; Brad Dourif was phenomenal. But it should have been called Legion like Blatty’s book, and delete the exorcism at the end. It wasn’t needed…period.
@@jonoeschger1552 I don't know if the exorcism at the end was needed or not. My initial reaction was to agree with you, but then I started thinking about it and I like the way Kinderman shot Damien to free him from the Gemini.
I saw Exorcist III in the cinema and that jump scare had the audience screaming. I thought Brad Dourif's performance was incredible.
@@tonyharden7159 Well I mean, the same thing happens in the original cut before the reshot ending- there's just no exorcism or a priest's skin getting peeled off. He just walks in and shoots him.
I cannot praise Exorcist 3 enough!!!!
Thank you for telling the truth about this film. I'm so tired of shills lying.
My pleasure! (I'm not big enough to get offered shill money, lol!)
Ah yes, people lying about there personal opinions.
I agree that the movie was not very good but i dont think you should say that what the majority says about something is automatically the truth and the minority is automatically wrong.
"Threatened trilogy". Well said.
Knowing that it’s not doing so hot at the box office, I have my doubts
$400million paid just for the rights to make stuff with The Exorcist brand.
That alone is scarier than anything this movie has to offer.
Wow. Glad I gave this one a miss. Oh, who decided that David Gordon Green and Danny McBride should be charged with reviving iconic horror franchises?
Pat, get a pile of old Bibles, set them on fire... Plunge your hand into the flames, and swear NEVER to watch-it! (Thank me later)
Blumhouse. Apparently things may be changing... I will do an update soon. Monster review and funny
You earned my sub
One of the worst things about a lot of modern movies I’ve noticed is like that even when there’s only one writer in the credits, so many big budget films feel like they’re written by multiple people with clashing ideas in terms of pace & tone. There were so many moments in the new Halloween trilogy. Some of these nigh-fourth wall-breaking haha moments did get a chuck or two out of me, but it feels often tonally like really incongruous in these “serious”movies. Humor can be really effective but hard to nail in a lot of horror movies admittedly.
In my opinion Exorcist 1, 3 & The Ninth Configuration have close-to perfect scripts and dialogue. The pontifications and kinda philosophical staccatos characters dance around each other’s lines is really special and thought-provoking. A real testament to Blatty’s scripts & direction, love those aforementioned movies because of that especially. These film’s & characters are really engaging even before the nasty stuff starts.
Sorry for the tirade, I just feel like Blatty’s scripts and lines involving faith & philosophy specifically sound like they came from a personal place, where everything I’ve seen, heard and watched about this new film just sounds like the most generic regurgitated slop.
Sounds very bitter and definitely unfair before seeing, but I have no interest in this and I’ll be surprised if we get 3 of these. But with the weird state of cinematic horror these days, who the hell knows. I could Believe it.
I think you're absolutely on the money with regard to how personal Blatty's words feel. As to another of your excellent points: a lot of people gloss over how frikking funny parts of Blatty's scripts are, There are parts of The Exorcist, Exorcist III and The Ninth Configuration which are downright hilarious, but they ALWAYS come from character.
You definitely showcased the "Grumpy" part of your name. Love the review. Screw this movie. Pope's Exorcist with Russell Crowe looks like a Best Picture winner at Oscars compared to Believer
It really does! Thanks for watching.
This Exorcist is excrement. Duly noted.
When I saw the trailer of this movie for the first time, the moment they said they were missing for three days but they thought it was hours, I thought "Ooh, and Alien Abduction/Time Displacement movie. We don't get a lot of those." Since, you know, that's a common motif of the supposed cases of those.
And then it was an Exorcist sequel. I haven't even seen the original, and I was disappointed.
You have to watch the original. Put it on your bucket list at the very least.
This first weekend will be its biggest money haul and then a quick dose dive after that. I don't even think overseas or DVD will save it down the road. The real kicker is sthe $400 million dollar hole they're starting in. I am still surprised they took such a risk on a film franchise that has not been profitable since the original one 50 years ago.
The idiots probably looked at the Halloween receipts and thought that Halloween and Exorcist were comparable properties. It's all just horror, right?
Since I saw Ridley Scotts "Prometheus" way back there´s been a shift were we just cant do mystery anymore. When the man himself manages to flounder what made Alien so good, you know something is up. Great vid, subscribed!
Welcome to my Horror House! Thanks for watching. And yes, even though there are things about Prometheus I do like, the trailer did lead us to believe that film would yet again be an exploration into the ineffable.
I can totally respect that, even though I find it such a high fall from Alien Im having trouble completely disregarding it. For a while I at least enjoyed the visuals but watching it recently I came to realise how artificial it looks compared to Alien. Even the dialouge feels peculuar - I often find myself thinking "people dont talk like this". Perhaps the hole crew consists of androids instead of just David? Wich lead to my final thought; like George Lucas, I strongly suspect Ridley was surrounded by more talented people at the beginning of his career than today.@@GrumpyAndrewsHorrorHouse
Glad I skipped this one for the other possession film playing in theaters, the Argentinean film When Evil Lurks. Would love to hear your thoughts on that one if you end up watching it!
Someone called this a "film, written by people who know words". Mark Kermode called it a film for the "hard of thinking". (spat out my tea at that one)...
I thought it was a unique experience in which I felt a little less intelligent as a result.
Thanks, I think that about sums it up for me. I already didn't want to watch this and now, I won't. Right off the bat, when I heard of this coming, I thought, "there is no fvking way they can top the original." The original was so well made, so shocking, even by today's standards. It is a movie that CANNOT be remade today. There's no way a movie studio is going to allow an under aged actor to go through the hell that Linda Blair went through in order to get the shocking scenes. Linda had to go to therapy to get over the making of the film. There are just too many grey areas in production to halt a movie from being THAT shocking. This movie was doomed from the get go. You can't tip-toe around the horror and borrow the name of a franchise and hope you get a monetary return. This was a business movie, not a film.
This is the least surprising news ever. Should of left the exorcist alone an impossible task to match the original. Didn't have a chance In hell with David Gordon green at the helm
They should have had a CGI Richard Burton flying on a giant mosquito. At least I might have stayed awake
I don't think I've ever seen you so annoyed, 😮😂I'd just listened to Mark kermode talk about this film and was wondering did he dislike it because he's such a huge Exorcist fan, but this certainly answers that. Thanks Andrew😊
You know, I don't think a film has ever pissed me off that much.
"In all things mysterious - Never explain" - H.P. Lovecraft
Wow, I saw the trailer and thought: "this looks awful and stupid". I guess I won't bother watching the film at all! 😂
If we were living in a time of plenty I'd say throw 15 bucks at it and see what you think. Save your money.
So grateful David Gordon Greens attempt at destroying Suspiria failed.
On a general point it’s such a shame that the very people who get the opportunity to make these horror movies are the complete wrong people with the wrong intentions & takes on the stories. Very disheartening.
I strongly agree.
I heard Blumhouse wants to get the rights to Nightmare on Elm Street. I really hope David Gordon Green doesn’t get to direct it too
@@lorenzo_smit DGG has already done an interview where he says he's not certain he'll be directing the next Exorcist movie (although I suspect he'll still have his fingerprints on the script and producer hat)
Oh it’s a shame this movie turned out to be a disappointment. I adore the original book and movie, and honestly thought the trailer was really interesting. I had high hopes but unfortunately it couldn’t live up to them. I’ll still watch it eventually but this review and others has definitely pushed it down on my watch-list.
As said, the two young actresses were brilliant. With a better story, director and script writers(James Wan & Leigh Wannel?) , This could have been really good and a genuine trilogy could have been on the cards. Will probably go see the next one if it gets made just to see what shite gets concocted.
I've got a horrible feeling the next one will be the further adventures of Regan, face to face with Pazuzu for one final showdown... is there only one demon in Hell?
Be honest Andrew did you honestly think it would have been good? It was in the wrong hands from the get go. I actually feel embarrassed that this project was made
I came at it with this in mind: after The Exorcist there have been a LOT of sub par possession and exorcism movies. None of them have ever gotten out of the shadow of Friedkin's film, however some have been interesting. I sincerely hoped we might get an entertaining possession movie that happens t have the Exorcist tag attached. I set the bar so low for this film I would have counted that as a win.
Totally agree, it shouldn't have been tied to the original masterpiece. Should have been it's own thing, but in saying that it's still not good.
It was good seeing Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair and thats it. The Exorcism scene was a real mess
William Friedkin: “(When I Die) I Plan to Possess David Gordon Green and Make His Life Hell”
It was f@@ked as soon as they said it was a trilogy. everything is a f@@king trilogy these days. Just start with making one semi decent movie, and we, the movie going public, will deem it, if it warrants a sequel.
Yes. Yes. Yes.
I totally agree with you. I also think there wouldn’t be a circumstance where clergy or whatever you would call it of multiple faiths would join in on something like this and work as a team. If you can’t pick one it means to me that you actually have faith in none so how could something of that nature have success? I just wonder why they couldn’t simply make a movie about a possession done well following any number of the stories out there on that matter. I would be scary lol.
Brilliant review as always Andrew.
Your line
“Threatened Trilogy.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thank you :)
Let's hope the terrible reviews and abysmal performance at the box office has killed the idea of a trilogy.
This is a proper review! kudos! Alot of modern films have this issue. they are dumb, they have no subtlety at all. No layers its like watching a public service broadcast. I hated it too
Marvel Avengers Exorcists 😂😭 the best description!
Like the new Star Wars anyone can be a Jedi, now anyone can be an Exorcist.
this movie had no story, no conundrum, and no class.
it was like going to a firework show and someone lighting off all of the fireworks at once. wtf just happened. the movie was an explosion of random bull shit. looked like a middle school project
I simply wont entertain it. The only way to build on the exorcist is to have the movie completely from the demon's perspective. Warped visuals, crazy shit. Keeping on remaking the same movie with each attempt being more and more watered down is just insulting
The comparison to Halloween Kills says it all 😂 Evil dies tonight!😂
This may be a bit long but I had to get this off my chest:
This movie was horrifically bad, even worse than what I expected.
It wasn’t scary at all, overused the jump scares, and bombarded you with loud noises to the point where it got old and annoying fast.
This film also felt like it had a lot of stuff taken out. What was the point of the girls going in the woods in the first place? It’s never explained what exactly happened to them there, or how / why they got possessed there ; you could’ve cut out that whole subplot of them going missing in the woods and had them being possessed from the get go and nothing would’ve made any difference. Also, what was that weird shot of the dead white horse? It looked like they were hinting at something but it was glossed over fast. So yeah it seemed like there was promise, especially with the girls going missing but it just squandered it badly.
What also didn’t help was that they had the audacity to lazily copy & paste shots and dialogue from the original to the point where it felt like nostalgia baiting just for the sake of it.
Don’t even get me started on Chris, she was absolutely wasted and treated horribly to the point where it just became depressing.
One redeeming moment was the final shot as it was legit a nice moment but even that couldn’t save the entire film.
The studio really thought this would launch a new trilogy? By starting off this horribly ? It’s likely going to crash at the box office next week, especially when the Taylor Swift movie comes out.
Great, deeply considered review, Grumpy Andrew ... once again affirming my love and respect for your channel.
Thank you, my most esteemed Professor :)
There are only THREE Exorcist movies, Dominion , The Original, and Legion. NOTHING ELSE.
Telling over showing seems to be a problem with mainstream cinema these days, from the various products of the Mouse-Industrial Complex through to even otherwise solid stuff - The Creator was great, for instance, but it was hardly subtle in terms of meaning.
You mentioned Insidious, but this also sounds a lit like it owes a lot to the Conjuring films?
If so then they haven't even learned lessons from The Conjuring movies either. At least the best of The Conjuring films have sequences that understand how to build and release tension. Believer cannot muster that for even short periods or sequences let alone across the duration of the film. There is no building towards the ritual, more a feeling that the film thinks "well, it's time for the exorcism bit now."
I thought it was ridiculous that Exorcist Believer was billed as a direct sequel to the original. As a devoted fan of Blatty’s novel and Friedkin’s brilliant film adaptation, I felt it was an insult to call Believer a “direct sequel”. As soon as I heard that, I refused to see it. The novel Legion is a direct sequel. Blatty’s own film adaptation (The Exorcist 3) was a fantastic film. Though the novel doesn’t have an exorcism scene, the film company big shots wanted to tie the movie into the Exorcist franchise so they made Blatty alter the script and incorporate an actual exorcism so they could title the film Exorcist 3. But it explores and expands upon the original novel and film’s theme of the mystery of faith through the continued friendship of Father Dyer and Detective Kinderman. The demon allows the soul of an executed serial killer to possess the body of Father Karras and commit a series of gruesome murders. THAT is the one and only sequel. Certainly one to watch over and over upon occasion. The Exorcist Believer? I will never see it. Even if it was free.
I've been a fan of Legion and Exorcist III for many, many years. Was very excited when a recent blu ray assembled a "Legion" cut which more closely resembled Blatty's original shooting script. I've talked about it previously on this channel. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts.
Second Horror Movie List
1. The Attic Expeditions with Jeffrey Combs
2. Cobweb (2023)
3. Villains
4. Torment
5. 13 Eerie
6. Nightmare Cinema
7. Planet Terror
8. Devil Times Five (1974)
9. The Resurrected with Chris Sarandon
10. Mr. Frost with Jeff Goldblum
11. Triangle with Melissa George
12. No One Lives with Luke Evans
13. Shrooms
14. The Ruins
15. Session 9
16. Parents with Randy Quaid
17. Slither
18. No Vacancy part 1
19. The Last House on the Left
20. Willard with Crispin Glover
21. Freaky with Vince Vaughn
22. Road Games
23. Lights Out
24. Dolls
25. The Entity
26. The Nun part 1
27. Demonic
28. Demonic Toys 2
29. The Omen 2
30. Carrie
31. White Noise 2
32. The Autopsy of Jane Doe
33. Curtains
34. Krampus
35. The Pact part 1 and 2
36. Idle Hands
37. Wolf Creek 1
38. Wolf Creek 2
39. Piggy
40. Mirrors part 1
41. Mirrors part 2
42. The Roost from Ti West
43. The Innkeepers from Ti West
44. X from Ti West
45. Pearl
46. Maxxine
47. Barbarian
48. Lord of Illusions
49. House on Haunted Hill
50. Wolfen
51. Day of the Dead
52. Goodnight Mommy
53. The Wailing
54. We Are What We Are
55. Lake Mungo
56. Honeymoon (2014)
57. The Canal
58. The Bay
59. Grave Encounters
60. The Old Dark House (1932)
61. The Taking of Deborah Logan
62. Trollhunter
63. Housebound
64. American Mary
65. Absentia
66. Better Watch Out
67. Hell Night
68. The Burning
69. Creepshow 2
70. Barbarian
71. Terrifier
72. Terrifier 2
73. Requiem for a Scream
74. Look Away
75. No Escape
76. Open 24 Hours
77. Patchwork
78. The Folks (2022)
79. Steel Trap (2007)
80. Pledge (2018)
81. There's No Such Thing as Vampires (2020)
82. The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
83. Haunted Trail (2022)
84. Bad Things (2023)
85. Vampire Bats with Lucy Lawless
86. Haunting of the Queen Mary (2023)
87. Mother, May I? (2023)
88. Dance of the Damned (1989)
89. Habit (1995)
90. Pale Blood (1990)
91. The Nun 2 (2023)
92. Natty Knocks (2023)
93. The Retaliators (2021) is a brutal horror thriller with a killer soundtrack
94. All Fun and Games (2023) with Natalia Dyer and Asa Butterfield
95. Saw X (2023)
96. Mischief Night (2013)
97. Flick (2008)
98. Tone-Deaf with Robert Patrick and Amanda Crew
99. Totally Killer (2023)
100. I Trapped the Devil
101. V/H/S 85 (2023)
I agree they didnt have to show the whole Haiti thing at the beginning. By the time the girl says it to the dad id forgotten all about it. I knew the mom was dead but forgot how. Great video.
All I need to know is David Gordan Greene. We will pass!
Saw X was ok. I thought I could survive a saw trap until I spent 10 minutes trying to get a splinter out of my toe.
7:35---thank you , youa literally the only review on here that actually pointed it out!!
I feel 'deceiver' will be using more of the series content, I see it coming,
I almost expected the Rance family to have been shoehorned in this one
Glad I was wrong
I remember the fan made trailers for E.B., they were pretty good. From the sound of it, they were better than the actual movie. The studios should have hired the fans that made these trailers.
So what did you really think of the movie? 😂
After watching the trailer, I had no hope for a good film. Thankfully, I saved my money and used the extra cash to buy the 50th anniversary 4K collectors edition of The Exorcist.
Your review is absolutely spot-on Andrew.... Thank-you!
The Exorcist 1973 is pure-cinema!
A masterpiece of the genre, film-making, and subject-matter!
Exsorcist: Believer is utter UTTER shit!
People who say it's a worthy sequel, know absolutely fuck-all about cinema!
I've seen loads of 5-star reviews for this sack o' crap... EH???
As Mark Kermode said: "I hope Ellen Burstyn did something wonderful with the money"!
Hey Andrew, big fan and love the channel. Yeah, The Exorcist is one of those movies that should never be re-made, re-booted, etc. It's a classic that's hard to top and anything they do is going to be compared to the original, although. I do think Exorcist 3 with George C Scott and Brad Dourif is very underrated. Credit for them trying something new, but I just didn't feel it. Maybe they should've focused on just having one victim instead of two. Love the Avengers Assemble line. It felt exactly like that.
Quick second question for you. I got a gift of a picture of Universals' Colin Clive(Henry Frankenstein) arm wrestling Hammers' Peter Cushing(Victor Frankenstein), with both versions of the monsters backing them up, a pretty cool picture. Who do you think would win in a knockout drag out fight? Clive or Cushing? I personally would go for Cushing, since he's not afraid to get his hands dirty, (Frankenstein must be Destroyed). Clive's Dr. Frankenstein always had someone else do his dirty work. Keep up the great work, love the content!!!
I agree, Cushing Frankenstein would wipe the floor with Clive Frankenstein. Remember Clive's Frankenstein being all bedbound in Bride of Frankenstein and overcome by the events of the first film? Cushing's version would just roll his sleeves up, get stuck into the body parts up to the elbows and go again!
Mark Kermode's review of it was hilariously angry too.
I'm also a fan of his. Also I'm a new fan of this Andrew gentleman. I certainly don't blame him. While I have nothing against fellow genre fans checking this film out, the trailer honestly made it look like a _HUGE_ piece of shit. So I can safely say that I won't ever be viewing it. Alas to each their own.🤔
Same here. The trailer looked like every hackneyed ripoff of the original that we had to endure for the last 40 years. It brings nothing new to the plate and I can't be bothered to watch the tripe.
'all' of it was rubbish. The girls were unconvincing however, I do realise they have skills. Nonetheless, I believe the director is at fault here. The best way to describe this film is 'empty' - The only horrifying thing about this film was the film itself. What a mess.
Yes, I agree. David Gordon Green holds the bag on this one. There was no vision, no driving creative need, only the desire to use IP to make another movie in the Exorcist "universe". Bankrupt.
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who hated that ending speech.
i wouldnt have minded the other religions behind thrown in if it was trying to make a statement on unity. that we should all put aside our differences and work together as a community. but at that point, why make it an exorcist movie? honestly ellen burstyn was barely in it. no reason for it to be an exoricst sequel.
Tampering with the legacy of an all time classic film is never a good idea and this turd rehash sounds like a prime example of that. Trying to make it more "diverse" sounds like pure woke for a "modern audience" trash, I'll pass hard on this one.
I said a lot of similar stuff in my review . I was looking forward to this actually for the most part enjoying the Halloween movies by DGG . I thought he would atleast bring something new and creative to the table but nope . That monologue at the end was soo drawn out and Ann Dowd great actress she’s giving the line “ u know what evil is I’ll tell you what I think it is and he didn’t even ask . She just proceeds to tell her view anyway 😅 0 tension and the way the mother died was so over dramatic she could have had a more common death and as u said off screen it wasn’t necessary at all . Ellen burnstyns character cameo was a disappointment too
I don't think they were interested in making a good movie, their only interest is money or a tax write-off.
That sounds about right.
I agree with Mark Kermode's impression of Green's Chris MacNeil. This wasn't Blatty's Chris MacNeil... She wouldn't have written that book. She wouldn't have made the "patriarchy"comment. And I don't believe she would have been intrigued by exorcism after the ordeal she went thru 50 years ago.
In the original film, we go to the real location of Georgetown... In this film, we go to the "made up" location of Percy (not Perry), Georgia.
For me, canon was immediately shattered. It might as well have taken place in Haddonfield.
This film played it "safe" compared to the original. Rev. John Nicola ( one of the tech advisors for Friedkin's film) would have found this absurd IMO.
Very demonic review and youre not alone in youre opinion. The exorcist is one of my all time favorite movies so its sad they cant get possession right in 2023. Anyways im watching The Fog (1980) for the first time later, looking forward to that. Lets not give up on horror movies, they are dear to our hearths and how we grew up. Have a great new week
I hope you enjoyed The Fog, I think it's a great little ghost story with wonderful atmosphere.
Most people only understand or notice messages that movies and tv shows try to say if it says the message openly out loud so yea most people are that stupid.
People love to talk about subtlety very often but most people cant even see things if they are done in a subtle way.
It does not matter how obvious something is if they dont say the message out loud most people wont notice it.
Tell me you don't know what The Exorcist was about, what religion is, what demons are, what possession is, or how to make a horror movie without telling me you don't know what The Exorcist was about, what religion is, what demons are, what possession is, or how to make a horror movie
David Gordon Green: Hold my Beer...
There are only two The Exorcist films: the original and III (Legion).
And The Ninth Configuration.
They need to fire DGG, and never let him do another Exorcist movie ever, ever, ever again. They also need to hire somebody else to do any new HellRaiser movie, because right now thy have DGG as the man to ruin that franchise.
His reign of terror as a horror director must end!
Sukt. DGG watched the original, wrote down 10 well known scenes and then remade them. Dogs fighting close up? Got it. Loud sounds close up? Got it. People working close up? Got it. Girl that looks like Linda Blair( one not cute, the other cromagnon) Got it. Etc etc
When a main character has to have a scene where she literally explains the themes of the movie you know the movie has failed.
Jason Blum is the real menace here. David Gordon Green may be making the worst Blumhouse films, but Blum is the one who signs off on this shit. The man should be banned from aquiring the rights to any established film franchises. I don't care what crap he creates from his own little brain, but leave the classics alone!
I’ll go see Last Voyage of the Demeter again…it should have been Universal’s horror film for Halloween. Congrats to David Gordon Green for making a worst Exorcist movie than Exorcist II: The Heretic.
A "threatened" trilogy...LMAO !!!!! Nuff said !
Thank you Andrew! ...For confirming my suspicions about this one. Yeah, I quite like Exorcist II : The Heretic. (minority opinion). Has a good cast and score, interesting ideas, and decent directing.
I think The Heretic is so completely bonkers that I'm glad it exists. I get why it fails as a sequel to The Exorcist, but by golly at least it strives for something of its own.
This movie just comes off as generic modern horror. I actually don’t think it’s all that terrible (if you haven’t seen The Exorcist). I actually quite liked the early part when the girls were missing and I thought it could have been a decent missing persons thriller. At the point where it starts to lean into being an Exorcist sequel is where I started to feel like I was going to projectile vomit! The actual exorcism scene has absolutely no impact and is played like an action scene. It has no depth. There is nothing to tie it into the original movie apart from a few superficial bits of window dressing. Kids who have never seen the original who enjoy modern horror might get something out of it but if you are a fan of the original you will find nothing here to pull you in. It also has no cliffhanger or anything left to do at the end to justify the upcoming sequels.
Can't be doing with ambivalent reviews, excellent, very entertaining. (Unlike the reboot)
I didn’t even think the trailer looked good. But you’re the second guy I sub to who hated it.
First time watching your channel, great review. I haven't seen believer, i thought it looked crap from the trailer, and when i heard DGG was involved, i thought I'd stay away as i thought his last 2 Halloween movies were terrible.
Honestly, the topic of Demons and possession is rooted solely in the Christian faith. So to take the "it takes a village" approach with religions in the trailers meant I was out from the jump. Plus the Director ruined the Halloween movies so badly that I was skeptical of this movie. You really shouldn't touch beloved classics unless you are going to update them in a way that improves them, not just "we're going to have a completely different take on it".
You are not alone. The reviews are horrendous. Now the Heretic has company.
I'm calling it now: the great Heretic reappraisal will begin soon :D
🤣1.06 in... deep sigh!.... love it! I love your honesty. It's a good call to take the two young leads out of the equation. It's not their fault. I will say this, Green and co did an admirable job on the 1st Halloween follow-up. Then there were 2 and 3. Absolute horse muck. You should watch Mark Kermode's review of the Exorcist Believer. It'll make your day! Thanks again for your review. Brilliant!
Can we ban DGG from the horror genre? Make a petition or something
Not just this particular movie but a lot of others I find lecture so much nonsense that the actual enjoyment and soul full filing richness you get when watching anything great has disappeared. Only just stumbled across the channel great work mate 💪🏼
Thanks for watching :) And I have to agree, a lot of subtlety seems to have gone out of movie making, it seems. Perhaps because we're in an era where companies think every movie has to make a billion dollars and they feel the need to make it work for people who are half watching, with an eye on their phones? Or, perhaps, there's less room for storytelling with any kind of singular vision, for fear that lucrative audience "quadrants" might be lost?
Tbh, the possessed girls look extremely goofy 🤪
The original was disturbing and scary AF. This looks like boring corporate cash grab trash.
“We’re the exotic religion” 🤣🤣🤣
I LOATHED what he did with Halloween.. but honestly I thought this film 🎥 was Great!
I get the things that were cheesy in the movie, but it worked for me.
Amusing review. I've yet to see it. I heard the studio paid over $300 million for the rights to this franchise (I can't confirm that is true however) . But if they did, you know they are gonna be pumping out more
Then they're going to be forced to eat shit on that deal I reckon.
I think the figure is actually higher and yup, it’s a pre planned trilogy.
I'd seen the Kermode review and I thought to myself, oh, I wonder if Andrew has seen this, Mark was extremely annoyed about it but I figured you might find something to like in among the rubble since I know you're often one to see the good parts in movies that are... not good. Nope. I don't plan to ever find out for myself, so "Both Mark and Andrew thought it was complete shit" will do me.
For the adult version of The Exorcist, see IL demonio (1963). The original Exorcist even stole a scene from it. The movie (and the scene in question) is on UA-cam.
Thanks for the recommendation
I absolutely love this review. I haven’t even seen the movie yet but there is no way it will be more entertaining than this review
Thank you very much!
I liked it but the girl shouldn’t of die in the end it was disturbing to see her in hell asking for her mum
That was really mean spirited. Actually, quite horrible and unnecessary. I'm glad you liked it though.
My fiance' and I both liked the movie. Liked it, not loved it. If it wasn't called "The Exorcist," I think most people would write it off as another "just fine" possession movie. And I liked the very end, left the theater still thinking about some possibilities. It definitely does "tell you" what the themes are, though. That being said, "threatened trilogy" made me laugh. I'd still say this is worth watching... on streaming, for free.
I'm very glad to heat that you both liked it. I'd agree that it's worth streaming for the curious.
I gotta admit I actually kinda liked the first hour. But man after that it takes a deep low. It honestly disrespected the original. David Gordon Green has talent. He managed to ruin not 1 but 2 classic horror characters.
"It'sactually got something to say." Sorry, but that puts me off😅😅, all movies need messages and themes, but they should be in the background, your mind will actually dwell more on it afterwards if its not spoon fed to you.
THE EXORCIST endures, in great part, due to his provocative persuasion. While it may not be objectively terrible as a piece of filmmaking, BELIEVER is just...nothing. Nothing at all. I wasn't engaged, intrigued, moved, scared. It's less pathetic than apathetic. We can argue whether or not the movie should exist - it shouldn't - but as an emotional experience, it effectively DOESN'T.
I love how you expressed this and agree completely.
100 % agree, it's the patriarchy
I was tempted to go out and catch this on opening day - now not so much - I do LOVE your reviews and your channel which is why I'm now super sceptical. Like you I'm a completist so will get round to watching this eventually - but my expectations have been significantly muted
Thanks for watching. I'm a great believer in seeing something for yourself, but on this occasion I would certainly caution against the expense of a cinema ticket if money is tight.
The Halloween remakes are terrible and once you've seen one slasher film you've seen them all, but why hire the guy who directed those turds to make this with such an insanely inflated budget?? Once I saw the scene in the trailer with the girl shouting about blood over and over in a Church I saw all I needed to see.
Complete amateur desperation and lazy tired ideas.
So you performed an exorcism on your exorcist collection to banish Exorcist: Believer from being a part of the collection.
I love that!
I saw it Friday opening night......Not a patch on The Popes Exorcist and an absolute insult to the franchaise.
Amen! I was fighting falling asleep all the way through this piece of trash. Let’s include everybody so we don’t hurt feelings! Damn, you can’t create anything anymore.
Good news: Green will not do the next 2 exersist movies. His plate is full