Thursday, October 26, 2023

31 Days of Horror 2023 Day 26 The Pope's Exorcist

 

TITLE-The Pope's Exorcist

SOURCE-Netflix Streaming

Saw the trailers for this film when it  hit theaters and thought meh might watch it in a few years. Then heard some good reviews so changed that  to OK will watch this when it hits streaming. Forgetting that now stuff hits streaming  5 weeks  after theaters.

Russell Crowe is the Pope's Exorcist. He is sent  to an old abby in  Spain. Where a  family has  moved.  They were trying to renovate the abby  ,so  they could sell it.  The work crew ran  off when  one of them  got burnt  by a gas leak. Then the woman's son gets possessed.

Was  expecting  your standard Exorcist  ripoff. But glossy and full  of  cheap CGI. Nope they gave us more than one twist.  A good chunk of the FX work looks practical or at least a practical base with some CGI help on top that.

Really really surprised at how much I enjoyed this. Not as good as Song of Solomon. But for me better than the Exorcist. OR at least this entertained me  more than  any viewing  of the Exorcist.


The Pope's Exorcist gets a B.

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