The Exorcist: Believer (2023)
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The story
In Haiti, photographer Victor Fielding and his pregnant wife Sorenne are on their honeymoon when a massive earthquake ensues. Sorenne is gravely injured, and paramedics tell Victor he must choose to save either his wife or child. Thirteen years later, Victor has lost faith in God since Sorenne's death and raises his now-adolescent daughter Angela by himself in Georgia. One day after school, Angela ventures into the woods with her Baptist best friend Katherine West to perform a séance, attempting to contact Angela's mother. The girls go missing and a three-day manhunt ensues. They are eventually found in a barn, but their conditions rapidly deteriorate, leading Victor to seek help from a woman who has experience with similar cases.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Following a tragic accident in Haiti where Victor Fielding's wife was injured during an earthquake, Victor raises his daughter Angela alone in Georgia. When Angela and her friend Katherine perform a séance and go missing, they are found in a barn but begin to deteriorate physically. Victor seeks help from Chris MacNeil, an expert on exorcisms. During a ritual, Chris is blinded by Katherine. A group of religious figures—including a priest, a Baptist pastor, a Pentecostal preacher, and a rootwork healer—attempt an ecumenical exorcism. During the ritual, the demon reveals a past choice Victor made regarding his wife and child. The demon demands a choice of which girl lives. While the group struggles, the demon kills the priest. In the final moments, a choice is made, and the demon reveals that the chosen one would be the one who dies. Katherine is dragged to Hell, while Angela survives. Afterward, Angela returns to school, Chris is reunited with her daughter Regan, and Victor visits his wife's grave.
- First release year
- 2023
- Runtime (minutes)
- 111
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- David Gordon Green
- Writers
- Peter Sattler · screenplay; David Gordon Green · screenplay; Scott Teems · story; Danny McBride · story; David Gordon Green · story
- Cast and characters
- Leslie Odom Jr. · father; Lidya Jewett; Olivia O'Neill; Jennifer Nettles; Norbert Leo Butz; Ann Dowd · Nurse Ann; Ellen Burstyn · Chris
- Genres
- supernatural horror; drama
- Themes
- faith; community; sacrifice
- Tone and mood
- supernatural; tense
- Premise and plot tags
- possession; exorcism; legacy sequel
- Franchise connections
- The Exorcist
- Content notes
- horror
- Reception
- The film received negative reviews from critics and was described as a 'borderline incoherent mess' and 'disappointing' by some critics, though it was praised by others for its themes of faith.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 39 · scale: 100 · review count: 54; CinemaScore · score: C · scale: A+ to F; PostTrak · score: 61% · scale: percent; USA Today · score: 3 · scale: 4
- Production trivia
- The film was the last produced by James G. Robinson before his death in February 2026.; Linda Blair's cameo appearance was filmed in secret and not in the script.; The film was originally set for October 13, before being moved up a week earlier to avoid competition with the concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.
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