David Gordon Green's latest sequel, The Exorcist: Believer, ends in profound disappointment when compared to William Friedkin's original.
The Big Picture To make a sequel to the original The Exorcist, William Friedkin’s spectacular possession story that will forever remain the pinnacle of horror, is a tall order. Not only does it cast a long shadow over the genre writ large, but any film trying to carry on its story will have to do a lot of heavy lifting in order to justify its own existence. More often than not, some of these sequels have felt like fundamental misunderstandings of what made the original so great.
'The Exorcist: Believer' Throws in a Clumsy Twist The main thrust of The Exorcist: Believer is about the complicated relationship between widower Victor Fielding and his daughter Angela who has become possessed. There is a whole other kid and family, though they are mostly a distraction that we’ll get to later. The most important detail in regards to the ending is that Angela’s mother died when pregnant with her.
Following this, when it seems like everything may truly be lost, the other parents try to save their child by sacrificing Angela. As it turns out, this only results in their daughter being killed instead. Who would have thought making a deal with a demon would be a bad idea? The climactic exorcism over, Angela gets to return to her days of going to school while an empty chair now sits in their classroom.
However, considering this film itself could barely justify its own existence, there isn’t really anything concrete in this ending to get excited about with what could happen next. There is nothing to break down or analyze as it is all rather straightforward, leaving little sense about why we should care about anything to follow in the future. The only thing of note to this ending is how little of an impact it leaves in comparison to the original.
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