EXORCIST: THE BELIEVER Footage Reaction Video - CinemaCon 2023
Universal Pictures recently premiered the very first trailer for the upcoming Blumhouse horror film Exorcist: The Believer. The footage screened at CinemaCon, and we were there to witness the spine-chilling horror of director David Gordon Green’s next movie. This looks like it’s going to be a seriously dark and sinister horror movie. It definitely looks like captures that insane terror of the original film. You can watch us talk about the footage we saw here!
This reboot is described as a legacy sequel that will take place after the events of the original 1973 film. It’s also going to be a trilogy, and this first film focuses on two young girls who become possessed at the same time. Director Green previously teased what we can expect from it, saying:
"I think we'll learn from the production on the first one to see what applies as we evolve. It's honoring Chris MacNeil and we're checking in on her 50 years later, so it's a significant evolution in her character, but I think it'll be really fun to explore.
"We're about to begin on a very different type of technical journey than Halloween. I don't even necessarily categorize it as a horror film, although it's very horror appealing, it's psychological and dramatic. It doesn't have the fun tension-breakers that Halloween would have, because you can't lean into any of the more campy qualities that I think we enjoy from time to time in the Halloween movies. It's dead serious and pretty straightforward, and I don't know, I'm excited about it."
The movie also stars Leslie Odom Jr. as the “father of a possessed child. Desperate for help, he tracks down Ms. Burstyn’s character.” It also stars Ellen Burstyn, who will be reprising her role as Chris MacNeil from the original 1973 movie. They are joined by Ann Dowd (Hereditary), Lidya Jewett (Netflix’s Nightbooks), Raphael Sbarge (Gaslit), and newcomer Olivia Marcum.
Green is directing the trilogy for Universal, Blumhouse and Morgan Creek. The first film will be released theatrically on October 13, 2023.