Exorcist

Veteran actor Ron Faber is no more. As per Variety, Faber died of lung cancer last month. He was 90. Faber`s career as an actor landed him roles in films including `The Exorcist`, `Tree of Guernica` and `The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover`, in addition to appearances on TV episodes of `Law and Order`, `Kojak` and `The Edge of Night`. In 1973`s `The Exorcist`, Faber played the role of Chuck, an assistant director who reveals to Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn) that Burke Dennings (Jack MacGowran) has died. He was also…

Alongside Renfield, There’s a handful of films out this week, including The Pope’s Exorcist. Similar to Warner Bros. Conjuring series, the movie stars Russell Crowe as a fictional version of Father Gabriele Amorth, who served as the Vatican’s Chief Exorcist. And in this case, “fictional” means “a priest who also has a shotgun when the situation calls for it.”Spoilers of the Week | June 3rdBeyond Crowe, the other big draw of the film might be director Julius Avery. Best known for 2018's Overlord, Avery spoke to The…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeRussell Crowe’s latest film The Pope’s Exorcist has been condemned by The International Association of Exorcists (IAE).In the trailer released last month, the Sony Pictures movie claims to be “inspired by actual files of father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican”.“There is actually a real job called the Chief Exorcist in the Vatican,” Crowe explains in the film’s production…

Hustled out over Easter, Julius Avery’s papal potboiler derives brisk if well-trodden hokum from the writings of Father Gabriele Amorth, the Vatican’s demonslayer-in-chief between 1986 and 2016. The film’s Amorth is a wry old pro, finding the levity in a devilishly tricky day job; not unhelpfully, he’s played by Russell Crowe, alternating gruff Italian and Italianate English, and possibly eyeing the prospect of a late-career franchise-slash-retirement plan. Crowe is by far the film’s strongest suit, pre-empting (some of)…

Most professions are flattered by the attentions of Hollywood. Yet a body representing the real-life practitioners depicted in new Russell Crowe horror The Pope’s Exorcist have condemned the film as “unreliable … splatter cinema”.The film’s plot – which posters declare was “inspired by the actual files of Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican” – sees Crowe play Amorth, tasked with investigating a young boy’s possession. In the process, he uncovers a “centuries-old conspiracy” that the Vatican has…

Film: The Pope’s ExorcistCast: Russell Crowe, Daniel Zovatto, Alex Essoe, Franco Nero, Laurel Marsden, Cornell John, Ralph Ineson, River HawkinsDirector: Julius AveryRating: 2.5/ 5 This historical horror thriller is inspired by the case files of Father Gabriele of Amorth who performed and documented over 100,000 exorcisms in his lifetime. The colourful and controversial priest who started his exorcisms by thumbing his nose at the devil was appointed exorcist by no less than the Pope. He was also the founder of the…

Image via Sony Pictures Entertainment Despite the star power in its leading man Russell Crowe, The Pope’s Exorcist isn’t quite an instantly classic horror flick in the vein of something like The Conjuring, but it still makes for a solid – if slightly forgettable – time at the theater, which contains plenty of frights that may catch even the most grizzled of horror film veterans off-guard.  Crowe plays Father Gabriele Amorth, the titular real-world priest who served as the chief exorcist of the Vatican until he…

Image via Warner Bros. Happy Friday, fear fanatics! It’s been an exhausting week, that’s for sure, but with an ever-impactful outlet such as the horror content being around to keep us all going, that makes all the hard work worth it. Rounding out this week’s array of content is a juicy lineup of intriguing stories revolving around the upcoming Exorcist sequel — which is slated for release on Friday the 13th this October. As to be expected, several face-melting updates about the highly anticipated sequel will be…

Is this a Lord of the Rings movie?Screenshot: Sony PicturesIn life, we can count on a few things. Death. Taxes. And Hollywood making innumerable, nearly indistinguishable exorcism movies. Every year it seems we get two or three of them and even when they’re good it’s hard to get excited because they always look the same. So it would make sense to see a title like “The Pope’s Exorcist” and roll your eyes. Yup, another movie about a priest battling a child possessed by a demon. However, after watching the trailer, this…

Image via Universal The upcoming reboot of The Exorcist has seen another casting addition, with a one-time Marvel actress joining what is intended to be a trilogy. David Gordon Green, fresh off the minor successes of his Halloween trilogy, is now busy on rebooting potentially the greatest horror film ever. According to Deadline he can call on Lidya Jewett as part of his cast, who played the young Nakia in 2018’s blockbuster Black Panther. Jewett has had few major film roles, but the 16 year-old carries with her…