The Pope’s Exorcist 2023 – Prospective Saga On The Horizon?

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Horror has been becoming my favorite genre these last couple of months. During these months, I watched a mix of Hollywood horror, Thai horror and loads of Indonesian horror. They used to scare the hell out of me but I remember, I consider myself sort of a heathen- and with that realization, there is really nothing to be scared about. In fact, if one thing horror taught me is that human is scarier than the ghost/spirit itself. These ghosts, spirit, Djin, Satan, Asmodeous, whatever the name attached to them only wanted a revenge of their unfinished business. Many of these plot comes with unfinished story that is often grim. They clenched their fists in the afterlife wanting to get a blow to whoever hurt them. I am guessing that their appearance here and there were to only to make others notice them. And if you don’t believe in these kind of spiritual realm, well... Father Gabriele Amorth has something to say based on his experience exorcising for the Diocese of Rome. Father Amorth is the real deal and The Pope’s Exorcist is based on his life. Whether everything is true or not, that is up to a discourse.

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Father Gabriele Amorth in The Pope’s Exorcist was played by Rusell Crowe. Amorth was pictured as a father driving a Vespa with humorous banter and interesting approach to exorcism. During the first few minutes of the movie, you will be seeing Amorth was invited into the suburb of Italy with a task to exorcist a satan from a young man’s body. He only showed a symbol of Vatican and talked it out with the Satan to posses a pig. In this process, the exorcism wasn’t all about woo-woo practice, it was much more believable to a skeptical mind.

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In this movie, we are also shown that Amorth did not remove the possibility of mental illness and remove all the possibility of getting a help from professional. He was first asking if that young man was taken to a doctor and calling him was the last resort and effort from the family. Throughout the movie, Crowe was speaking in a raspy voice and Italian which was quite intriguing given that he himself wasn’t italian. I do not know enough to judge but he was believable, charismatic and his italian accent sounds pretty Italian to me. I am sure the natives would say differently but I am also sure many would have agreed that Crowe did a good job to portray Gabriele Amorth when it comes to the Italian accent.

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The story got more intense as a family from the US recently moved to an old house that they planned to sell once they did a little renovation. This family would soon meet their darkest nightmare and even that nightmare shook the Vatican. The secret that lies beneath the buildings, the “ Sin” that people did in the past were all soon revealed. Amorth with his comedic approach to exorcism, made this movie less frightening. In fact, it hooked you with the mysteries that are presented in the plot.

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Whether it is true that the Spanish inquisition was the work of the devil and caused casualties. It was an interesting conspiracy to follow. Not to mention, In the movie is it also mentioned that the Church covered it up too and buried everything beneath that castle-looking place. There many questions to unveil that made this movie quite different from the other exorcist based movies and even movies like Constantine.

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Nearing the end, inside that compound, Father Amorth found an important book that eventually helped them laid out the map of the devil which could hint a potential saga where he could travel with Father Esquibel portrayed by Daniel Zovatto. It is mentioned that there are 199 sites on earth where the devil resides and possibly buried under some ancient rites, passages, and even a normal looking burial ground. Anything could happen and this could hint a sequel, a saga, even series. As I am sure, this would sparked viewers curiosity even myself. Where are all the other sites on earth?

With that ending, anything is possible. I have to say that I am sold the idea of making a series based on Father Gabriele Amorth. I am also sold to the idea Russel Crowe and Daniel Zovatto going on crazy adventure with their black robe, hunting for Asmodeus, the devils, satan whatever there is. It could be an epic series although, this kind of movie/series could potentially receive a little backlash here and there.

With this type of movie, the element that gets you hooked is the story, the conspiracy, and the adventure filled with mesmerizing scenes and settings. Everything else could feel like secondary but personally, Crowe as an actor was successful in making us believe that he was the real Father Amorth and we were taken into his exorcist world, witnessing events that sometimes do not even making sense for our skeptical mind. I highly recommend this especially if you enjoy Vatican based stories, plots, and more importantly, a borderline conspiracy movie.

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𝘔𝘢𝘤 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘢 & 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳 . 𝘈 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨, 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯! 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘱𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘈 𝘳𝘦-𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰.


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Call my attention that the first thing he does when evaluating the situation of a possible spiritual "possession" is that it is not confused with a mental illness, that speaks well of the film. Personally I know that this is possible, of course Hollywood exaggerates it, but evil exists and it manifests itself like this on many occasions, one more reason to see it, even more so if it will be the beginning of a saga.

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It would be epic if this turned into a saga. I am definitely going to watch it and following it. I haven't read the books but I am sure it's as interesting as the movie.

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This looks like a mix of the exorcist and the Da Vinci Code. The exorcist is the only movie that still spooks me even though it's very old. Great review!

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I am certain it's a mix of both. I mean, I would visit the places they mentioned if they were ever to create some sort of saga.

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I saw this movie over the weekend with my husband and although I am not a horror movie watcher, I liked this one and sometimes I covered my eyes because I didn't want to watch 😅

I also figured it could be a movie series since he wrote several books with his stories.

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hahaha what part of it that scared you? I find this less scary and more comedic than the other exorcist or movies of that type. I think it focuses more on the Father Amorth and his approaches rather than the demons and such.

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Hahaha the scenes with the child in the room and when the sister was also possessed. I'm scared for those movies, I watch them only with my husband because I'm afraid to sleep afterwards hahaha.

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Oh, it's with Rusell, I might give it a shot, but I won't expect anything from it, I really gave up on this subgenre of terror, I really hate the exorcism movies.