This inexcusable “requel” to the classic horror film will shake your faith in the power of franchise reboots
the faithful and the pious might have been able to tell you what an exorcist was, or what they did, before the early 1970s. Afterknew about priests who supposedly specialized in dealing with demonic possessions; there were reports that churches were getting dozens of calls from congregation members requesting the ancient ritual after the movie became a sensation. The word soon became synonymous with both resurgentdrags said term through the mud. A “requel” — i.e.
The two teens return home. Strange things start happening. Angela has a tendency to turn bathroom lights off and on, and thinks she’s hearing voices. Also, there are some scars on her abdomen that maybe, just maybe, spell out “Help me.” Katherine has developed a severe allergy to church, as well as polite behavior in public. Both of them begin to spend a lot of time in their respective beds and experience makeovers from Lucifer’s personal stylist. This is not normal sassy-teen behavior.
The climactic showdown might have been borrowed from any Blumhouse movie over the past 10 years. The Catholicism that was so key to the original film’s crisis of faith is pushed aside in favor of a ragtag multireligious crew that hammers home its message of belief in people being as important as belief in God. And even that inherently interesting notion is reduced to a wonky speech that poor Ann Dowd is forced to recite as one last montage wraps everything up.
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