Rent The Exorcism (2024)

Dull Demonic Possession Film - The Exorcism review by GI

The famous story that the set of The Exorcist (1973) was in some way haunted or possessed has carried on over the years and here we have the son of Jason Miller, that film's star, Joshua John Miller, directing a horror film about a demonically possessed film set. It was probably a decent idea but what we have is a choppy and fragmented film that lacks any real depth and must have been a nightmare to edit. Starring Russell Crowe, in another of his B movie roles, it's a film that dips into various themes but never grips any of them and fails totally to produce a narrative that makes any real sense. Crowe is Tony, a once famous actor who succumbed to drink and drugs and is now in recovery, he also has a haunted childhood after abuse by a priest. He lands the central role of a priest in what seems to be a remake of the The Exorcist after the first cast actor dies in mysterious circumstances. It appears thereafter that a demon has possessed the film set and eventually infects Tony. His daughter (Ryan Simpkins) has to deal with him aided by a priest (David Hyde Pierce) who is the film's advisor on all things demonic! Sam Worthington has a small role and gets to die nastily but otherwise apart from Crowe getting to play both possessed and exorcist more or less in the same scene this is a bit of a mess.