The Exorcist: Believer
Summary
The future of the reboot trilogy ofThe Exorcistis now looking uncertain , but the problems it ’s currently face are revealing a abrasive truth about 2018 ’s big revulsion revival . The repugnance genre has been go through a trend of reboots and requels that have been used to bring back some of the musical genre ’s most popular and profitable franchise . While some have succeeded , as is the typesetter’s case oftheScreamfranchise , this rule has n’t had the same effect in all horror franchises that have taste to make a comeback with it .
Among the most late franchises that joined the requel trend isThe Exorcist , which was come to with the 2023 movieThe Exorcist : Believer . aim by David Gordon Green , The exorciser : Believeris a lineal sequel to William Friedkin ’s 1973 horror classic and espouse Victor Fielding ( Leslie Odom Jr. ) , a lensman who is forced to confront the nadir of evil when his girl Angela and her friend Katherine show signs of infernal self-control . regrettably , The exorciser : Believerwasn’t the exciting return to the enfranchisement that viewers expect , making the future of the trilogy uncertain while also bringing to light the tough truth of the 2018 repugnance revivification that madeThe Exorcist : Believerpossible .
The exorciser : Believer construct to a last dispossession to fork over an ending with twist and subsequence setup . Here ’s everything that chance and what it mean .
The Success Of 2018’s Halloween Led To The Exorcist Trilogy Plans
Halloween was successfully revived in 2018.
The Exorcist : Believerand the trilogy plans that come with it were possible thanks to the winner of theHalloweenreboot trilogy . In 2018 , Blumhouse broughttheHalloweensagaback to life with a requel simply titledHalloween . Directed by David Gordon Green and written by Jeff Fradley , Danny McBride , and Green , Halloweenis a unmediated subsequence to John Carpenter ’s 1978 motion picture of the same name , thus ignoring all subsequence and timeline that came after it . This allowed the writer to fetch the saga ’s Final Girl , Laurie Strode ( Jamie Lee Curtis ) , back with a new level in which she was n’t related to Michael Myers , but their traumatic encounter on Halloween night , 1978 , profoundly affected Laurie for the rest of her life .
Halloweenwas a critical and commercial success , with critic praise Green ’s focal point , Curtis ’ performance , and the movie ’s darker tone , which made it easier for the studio apartment to move forward with two sequels . The winner of Green’sHalloweenwas highly influential in the repulsion genre as it shew that a bushed horror franchise could be revived , and inhale the resurgence of other horror franchises , such asCandymanin 2021,Scream(which also plan a reboot trilogy ) , andTexas Chainsaw Massacre , even if not all of them succeeded . The Exorcist : Believeris also a event ofHalloween2018 ’s achiever , and even followed the same rule by being a direct sequel of the first movie and retconning the sequels , with David Gordon Green direct and co - writing along with McBride and Scott Teems .
Everything That Went Wrong With The Exorcist’s New Trilogy Plans
The Exorcist: Believer was a huge disappointment.
Despite being part of a well - have a go at it repugnance franchise and a sequel to what ’s wide regarded as the best repugnance movie ever made , The Exorcist : Believerfailed to match what made the first motion-picture show so gravid and scary . The Exorcist : Believerwas labeled as an unneeded subsequence as it did n’t institute anything novel to the dealership , instead being an all too familiar story of diabolical self-possession that did nothing to ball over the hearing . This was also a big part of the reason whyThe exorciser : Believerwasn’t chilling as it made it predictable , and not even the return of Ellen Burstyn as Chris MacNeil was worth it , as she was underused and her role was , at long last , underwhelming and disappointing .
The Exorcist : Believer failed Chris MacNeil in her cameo comeback and , in the process , proved Ellen Burstyn was right-hand to ab initio avoid returning .
Despite gain back its production budget and becoming the high - grossingExorcistmovie since Friedkin ’s movie , grossing a total of $ 137 million , The Exorcist : Believeris debate a flop due to the $ 400 million that the studio paid for the statistical distribution right to the franchise . The bad critical receipt and boxwood federal agency number cast a shadow over the future of theExorcistreboot trilogy , despite two sequels reassert to be in evolution since 2021 , withThe Exorcist : Deceiver , contrive for an April 2025 release . The future tense of theExorcistreboot trilogy is now more unsure afterGreen stepped down fromDeceiverand the movie was removed from the release schedule .
The Halloween Sequels & The Exorcist Trilogy Failed For The Same Reasons
The Halloween reboot trilogy & The Exorcist: Believer lacked originality.
Halloween2018 was a boastful success , but the sequels failed to come close to it . HalloweenKillsbegins minutes afterthe stop ofHalloween2018 , but it did n’t do anything to add to the enfranchisement and feel like a lazy lengthiness of Laurie , Allyson , and Karen ’s bad Halloween Nox ever . Halloween Killswas labeled as “ directionless ” and being too implicated with lover service rather than pay care to the story , and it did n’t get better withHalloween Ends . Despite Curtis warning the audience thatHalloween Endswould make people " very tempestuous " , spectator were n’t ready for how unsatisfying it was . Halloween Endswas criticized for leave Michael Myers behind to focus on a copycat killer and was draw as “ uninspired ” , “ disappointing ” , and “ badly executed ” , and not even the destruction of Michael Myers by Laurie and Allyson could pull through the movie .
Most of the mistakes that theHalloweenreboot continuation made were iterate inThe Exorcist : Believer . The author seemed to be more concerned about having enough fan servicing moment ( including a surprise cameo ) and Burstyn ’s return felt more like an addition for persistence credibility than to properly expand the creation ofThe Exorcist . The Exorcist : Believerdidn’t really add to the mythology of the franchise nor did it offer anything young , throw it harder for a sequel to continue what it started .
The Exorcist Proves 2018’s Halloween Should Have Been A Standalone Sequel
The requel formula doesn’t assure success for every horror franchise.
The achiever ofHalloween2018 , the failure of its sequel , andThe Exorcistreboot trilogy making the same mistakes proves that Green’sHalloweenshould have been a standalone subsequence instead of a franchise fledgeling . Halloween2018 actually work quite well when removing the sequels , as it gave closing to Laurie Strode and run across her , her daughter , and granddaughter finally kill “ The Boogeyman ” , which also served to fix their relationship as it had been affected by Laurie ’s injury . Halloween2018 being a standalone sequel would have also shape other horror reboots and could have savedThe Exorcistfranchiseby giving it a standalone continuation rather than an try at a trilogy .
Other repugnance franchises have benefited from standalone subsequence , with the best and most recent example beingEvil Dead Rise , showing that it ’s possible to reanimate a repulsion franchise without having to commit to a trilogy or saga and without have to copy the original motion-picture show . The future ofThe Exorcistfranchiseand its reboot trilogy does n’t depend serious , but it has to ascertain from the mistakes of the reboot that made it possible .
