The Exorcist: Believer arrives in theaters today, and Universal/Blumhouse have released a pretty effective new teaser - which happens to contain a major spoiler!
The video pays homage to William Friedkin's original horror classic with a vintage-style voice-over relaying a synopsis for the film, with black-and-white imagery in the background. Right at the end before the iconic Tubular Bells score kicks in, we are told that "a sacrifice must be made," and that only one of the possessed girls "can live."
Now, maybe people won't take this literally, but they should, because that's exactly what happens!
Towards the end of the movie, a group exorcism with people of various different faiths is attempted. The demon agrees to depart, but it will only leave one of the girls alive, and her would-be saviours must choose! Katherine's father shouts his daughter's name, and in a cruel twist, the demon takes her life - not Angela's.
This could be an attempt to drive up audience numbers after the dismal reviews, but we don't really see how giving away the death of a major character is going to convince people to see your movie.
Check out the new teaser in the player below, and let us know if you plan on seeing The Exorcist: Believe on the big screen.
"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 6, with sequel, The Exorcist: Deceiver, arriving on April 18, 2025.