"Body and the blood."
Following the recent trailer, Universal/Blumhouse has released a new international poster for David Gordon Green's The Exorcist: Believer.
The one-sheet highlights a key moment from the teaser, as one of the possessed girls makes her way up a church aisle while the priest delivers his sermon. As you might expect, things soon take a turn for the demonic.
Fans of William Friedkin's horror masterpiece are not expecting too much from this legacy sequel, especially after the (overall) negative response to the final two instalments in the director's recent Halloween trilogy. That said, the trailer does have its moments, and the return of Ellen Burstyn as Chris MacNeil is sure to be a draw.
Will we also see Linda Blair as Chris' daughter, Regan? Green remained tight-lipped when asked during a recent interview, but previous reports have indicated that she will be making an appearance.
"Exactly 50 years ago this fall, the most terrifying horror film in history landed on screens, shocking audiences around the world. Now, on Friday, October 13, a new chapter begins. From Blumhouse and director David Gordon Green, who shattered the status quo with their resurrection of the Halloween franchise, comes The Exorcist: Believer.
Since the death of his pregnant wife in a Haitian earthquake 12 years ago, Victor Fielding (Tony winner and Oscar nominee Leslie Odom, Jr.; One Night in Miami, Hamilton) has raised their daughter, Angela (Lidya Jewett, Good Girls) on his own. But when Angela and her friend Katherine (newcomer Olivia Marcum), disappear in the woods, only to return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, it unleashes a chain of events that will force Victor to confront the nadir of evil and, in his terror and desperation, seek out the only person alive who has witnessed anything like it before: Chris MacNeil."
The Exorcist: Believer also stars Ann Dowd as Victor and Angela’s neighbor, and Jennifer Nettles and Norbert Leo Butz as the parents of Katherine, Angela’s friend.
The movie is set to hit theaters on October 13, with sequel, The Exorcist: Deceiver, arriving on April 18, 2025.