A few years ago, actor Anthony Miller (Russell Crowe) was at the top of his game - but since, a mixture of loss, personal scandals and substance abuse have made him fall from grace and pretty much unhirable. And yet, director Peter (Adam Goldberg) takes a chance on him, giving him the lead role of a priest in his Exorcist-like The Georgetown Project. But Peter also hires Miller's daughter Lee (Ryan Simpkins) as PA - which essentially means Miller's nursemaid. Now Miller and Lee haven't seen eye to eye for years, and she has just moved in with him after having been expelled from college. On set, Miller pretty much fails to deliver, so Peter has him to dig deep into his own past (and past mistakes), which basically has Miller fall back into his old pattern of substance abuse, and that combined with Miller's penchant for method acting only make things worse. But when Lee, with the help of the film's female lead Blake (Chloe Bailey) and the film's religious advisor Father Conor (David Hyde Pierce) try to get Miller back on track, they soon have to realize that besides Miller's inner demons they're also facing something bigger, more sinister ...

Of course, The Exorcism is a horror film first first and foremost, it has all the shocks, all the spectacle, the suspence and jump scares in all the right places - but really, the film is more than just that, in a way it's also a character piece in a horror guise, and it's also a meta movie, made even more so by the fact that co-writer and director Joshua John Miller is the son of Jason Miller who played Father Karras in the original The Exorcist, a film this movie features many allusions to without ever mentioning it by name - or really being reminiscent of the earlier film other than when intended. But what really makes the Exorcism is that it combines all these elements seamlessly into a really cool genre ride.

The Exorcism opens in UK cinemas on June 21st, 2024.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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