Taking on a franchise that is so established and defining for what good horror is (or used to be at least) is no small endavor. Green tried it before with the Halloween franchise and made a similar mess of it.
It's strange for "The Exorcist: Believer" is made with more competence than a lot of recent horror flicks - the editing for both sound and film is very good. The jumpscares - although pathetically ineffective - are unusually placed and will at least keep you guessing. Even the costume/make-up design is well done.
Sadly though; the movie seems to lose its focus somewhere in the middle. In the first half everything is exactly the way a horror movie should be. It's tense and mysterious; I would have loved if the focus was kept on the whole missing children situation, but alas... Green had to attempt to tie it together with an exorcism, which ended up being very underwhelming, poorly executed and, I dare say, almost disrespectful to the franchise.
Maybe it is time for Green to stop trying to piggyback on old franchises and instead actually make some original material - it seems like the capability is there.
I don't recommend "The Exorcist: Believer".
It's strange for "The Exorcist: Believer" is made with more competence than a lot of recent horror flicks - the editing for both sound and film is very good. The jumpscares - although pathetically ineffective - are unusually placed and will at least keep you guessing. Even the costume/make-up design is well done.
Sadly though; the movie seems to lose its focus somewhere in the middle. In the first half everything is exactly the way a horror movie should be. It's tense and mysterious; I would have loved if the focus was kept on the whole missing children situation, but alas... Green had to attempt to tie it together with an exorcism, which ended up being very underwhelming, poorly executed and, I dare say, almost disrespectful to the franchise.
Maybe it is time for Green to stop trying to piggyback on old franchises and instead actually make some original material - it seems like the capability is there.
I don't recommend "The Exorcist: Believer".
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