“The Exorcist: Confession,” a direct sequel to William Friedkin’s horror milestone “The Exorcist,” opens on October 5. Appropriately, infamous production company The Asylum went to work and delivered ‘The Exorcists’ to get a piece of the pie of the hoped-for success of ‘The Exorcist: Confession’. Whether the calculation actually works out in the end remains to be seen.
It is not yet clear when “The Exorcists” will be released in this country. In the United States, the trash horror will be shown in some cinemas (for example at the Laemmle Monica in Los Angeles or the Aurora Cineplex in Atlanta) from September 29 to October 5, but will also be released digitally at the same time. It should come as no surprise that the film will almost certainly not be released in cinemas in Germany.
This is “The Exorcist”
After a demon possesses a child, a father hires three skilled exorcists to drive out the ruthless evil and save his family. However, it turns out that the demon is actually just that Gatekeepers of Hell is – and this is exactly what will be unleashed on Earth if the exorcist trio fails.
Director Jose Prendes has clearly made use of William Friedkin’s masterpiece. But you shouldn’t blame the filmmaker for that, because every horror film about possession and exorcism after 1973 has been heavily influenced by “The Exorcist”. In the case of ‘The Exorcists’, the whole thing is put through the garbage meat grinder, although at first glance the trailer doesn’t look that disastrous by Asylum standards.
But not only trash fans can look forward to the film, old-school horror fans will also get their money’s worth here. because one of the priests in “The Exorcists” is murdered by Doug Bradley played! In case you’re confused by the name, Doug Bradley became a genre icon as Pinhead in “Hellraiser.” He reprized the role of the Cenobite in seven more “Hellraiser” films.