Sequel to the 1973 film about a 12-year-old girl who is possessed by a mysterious demonic entity, forcing her mother to seek the help of two priests to save her.
Exactly 50 years ago this fall, the most terrifying horror film in history landed on screens, shocking audiences around the world. Now, on Friday, October 13, a new chapter begins. From Blumhouse and director David Gordon Green, who shattered the status quo with their resurrection of the Halloween franchise, comes The Exorcist: Believer.
Since the death of his pregnant wife in a Haitian earthquake 12 years ago, Victor Fielding (Tony winner and Oscar® nominee Leslie Odom, Jr.; One Night in Miami, Hamilton) has raised their daughter, Angela (Lidya Jewett, Good Girls) on his own.
But when Angela and her friend Katherine (newcomer Olivia Marcum), disappear in the woods, only to return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, it unleashes a chain of events that will force Victor to confront the nadir of evil and, in his terror and desperation, seek out the only person alive who has witnessed anything like it before: Chris MacNeil.
For the first time since the 1973 film, Oscar® winner Ellen Burstyn reprises her iconic role as Chris MacNeil, an actress who has been forever altered by what happened to her daughter Regan five decades before.
The film also stars Emmy winner Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale, Hereditary) as Victor and Angela’s neighbor, and Grammy winner Jennifer Nettles (Harriet, The Righteous Gemstones) and two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz (Fosse/Verdon, Bloodline) as the parents of Katherine, Angela’s friend.
When The Exorcist, based on the best-selling book by William Peter Blatty, was released, it changed the culture forever, obliterating box office records and earning 10 Academy Award® nominations, becoming the first horror film ever nominated for Best Picture.
The Exorcist: Believer is directed by David Gordon Green from a screenplay by Peter Sattler (Camp X-Ray) and David Gordon Green, from a story by Scott Teems (Halloween Kills), Danny McBride (Halloween trilogy) and David Gordon Green, based on characters created by William Peter Blatty.
The film is produced by Jason Blum for Blumhouse and by David Robinson and James G. Robinson for Morgan Creek Entertainment.
The executive producers are Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, Stephanie Allain, Ryan Turek and Atilla Yücer. Universal Pictures presents a Blumhouse/Morgan Creek Entertainment production in association with Rough House Pictures.
Good day and be home by dinner.
I love you.
Good morning, Mr. Fielding!
Morning, Catherine.
And here are your daughters, Angela and Catherine.
It's about seven hours ago,
and that's the last information we have.
Catherine!
Angela!
If you can hear this, we love you.
Please come home.
Hey.
Hey, you found her?
What were you and Catherine doing
out there in those woods?
We were just walking and walking.
That's all I remember.
Angela, can you tell your dad how long you were gone?
Few hours?
Baby, you've been gone three days.
What did you say?
I didn't say nothing.
Thought I heard you say something.
Hey, baby.
You okay?
Help, help!
Wherever those girls went,
they brought something back with them.
The body and blood of Jesus Christ.
Body and the blood?
Body and the blood?
Catherine.
Body and the blood!
The body and the blood!
The body and the blood!
Catherine!
The body and the blood!
Catherine! The body and the blood!
Have you ever seen anything like this?
Mommy?
No, but there are people out there who have.
You have some experience with possession?
Yes, more than I'd like.
I believe you can help get our girls back.
Exorcism is a ritual.
Every culture, every religion
they all use different methods.
It's going to take all of them.
Don't be scared.
We've met before.
Mother.
Mother, please make it stop!
It's hurting, Mom!
Mother, please!
What did you do?
Please make it stop!
Drip, drop.
Drip, drop.
Drip, drop.
Is that Catherine's heartbeat?
Drip, drop.
They're beating in sync. Drip.
God played a trick on you.