Exorcist 2017 -

Posted on October 14, 2024

Father Marcus is a trauma machine—a man who performed an exorcism as a child that killed his own mother. Father Tomas is a skeptic forced into the supernatural. Their relationship is part Lethal Weapon , part Doubt . When they pray, it sounds like they’re begging.

And then Fox cancelled it after two seasons. Because of course they did. exorcist 2017

Let’s be honest: when Fox announced a television adaptation of The Exorcist in 2016, most of us rolled our eyes. A network TV sequel to the most terrifying film ever made? Starring a guy from Daredevil ? It sounded like sacrilege.

Have you seen The Exorcist (2017)? Are you Team Marcus or Team Tomas? Let me know in the comments—just don’t invite any demons. Posted on October 14, 2024 Father Marcus is

Without spoiling: a priest gives his last confession while possessed. The demon mimics his dead mother’s voice. The priest absolves himself . Then he walks into a furnace.

But for those of us who stuck around? Season 2 (set in a group home for troubled boys) was even better. More intimate. More brutal. Featuring John Cho as a father desperate to save his son from a demon that feeds on grief. The Exorcist (2017) is not a guilty pleasure. It is a straight-up pleasure. It respects the original film while building something new: a serialized horror novel about the cost of belief. When they pray, it sounds like they’re begging

I watched that at 2 AM. I did not sleep. Low ratings. Surprise.