The Exorcism of Emily Rose
This is a 2005 horror directed by Scott Derrickson. The film is loosely based on the story of a girl called Anneliese Michel. It follows young Emily, who while attending college, believed she became possessed. After medical care doesn’t seem to help her, she turned to her faith. The priest who cared for her performed an exorcism and she died shortly after. He goes on trial for her death. It is rated a 15.
This is a 2005 horror directed by Scott Derrickson. The film is loosely based on the story of a girl called Anneliese Michel. It follows young Emily, who while attending college, believed she became possessed. After medical care doesn’t seem to help her, she turned to her faith. The priest who cared for her performed an exorcism and she died shortly after. He goes on trial for her death. It is rated a 15.
Review for The Exorcism of Emily Rose
This is a review from the BBC website, and was written by Paul Arendt.
‘The makers of The Exorcism Of Emily Rose are keen to point out that their film is based on a true story, and they're right, but only in the sense that marmalade is based on oranges. Director Scott Derrickson has hired classy performers: Tom Wilkinson as a priest accused of negligent manslaughter following an attempted exorcism and Laura Linney as his lawyer. But despite the sombre tone and frosty visuals, Emily Rose is a straightforward spooker at heart.
The film was inspired by the story of Anneliese Michel, a German college student who suffered mysterious attacks and seizures, leading her Catholic family to believe she was possessed. The film begins after her death, focussing on the trial of Wilkinson's Father Moore, and telling Emily's story in flashback.
True or not, this is classic high concept: Witness For The Prosecution meets The Exorcist. Derrickson shoots his two strands almost as separate movies. The trial is typically juicy courtroom cliché, with lots of angry objections and last minute witnesses. Proceedings are lent a little spice by Linney's agnostic lawyer, who finds to her alarm that she is beginning to believe her client.
"OCCASIONALLY WORKS YOUR NERVES"
The flashback story, meanwhile, is high-octane schlock that occasionally works your nerves, thanks to a committed performance from Jennifer Carpenter as Emily herself. Though it attempts to sell itself as a debate between law and religion, it's clear from the first shot of Em growling Latin which side we are supposed to root for. A classy "boo!" movie for those who like their horror polite. ‘
The Exorcist
This is a 1973 American horror film directed by William Friedkin, adapted from the 1971 ‘The Exorcist’ by William Peter Blatty. It is the story about the demonic possession of a young girl and her mother’s desperate attempts to win back her daughter through an exorcism conducted by two priests. It is rated an 18.
Review for The Exorcist
This is a review from the BBC website, and was written by Matt Ford.
The film was inspired by the story of Anneliese Michel, a German college student who suffered mysterious attacks and seizures, leading her Catholic family to believe she was possessed. The film begins after her death, focussing on the trial of Wilkinson's Father Moore, and telling Emily's story in flashback.
True or not, this is classic high concept: Witness For The Prosecution meets The Exorcist. Derrickson shoots his two strands almost as separate movies. The trial is typically juicy courtroom cliché, with lots of angry objections and last minute witnesses. Proceedings are lent a little spice by Linney's agnostic lawyer, who finds to her alarm that she is beginning to believe her client.
"OCCASIONALLY WORKS YOUR NERVES"
The flashback story, meanwhile, is high-octane schlock that occasionally works your nerves, thanks to a committed performance from Jennifer Carpenter as Emily herself. Though it attempts to sell itself as a debate between law and religion, it's clear from the first shot of Em growling Latin which side we are supposed to root for. A classy "boo!" movie for those who like their horror polite. ‘
The Exorcist
This is a 1973 American horror film directed by William Friedkin, adapted from the 1971 ‘The Exorcist’ by William Peter Blatty. It is the story about the demonic possession of a young girl and her mother’s desperate attempts to win back her daughter through an exorcism conducted by two priests. It is rated an 18.
Review for The Exorcist
This is a review from the BBC website, and was written by Matt Ford.
‘Is this the scariest film of all time? Possibly. Since its first UK release in 1974, the original "Exorcist" has acquired a near legendary status among horror buffs. A fact proved recently when this new version of the 27 year-old fright-fest slammed into the number two spot at the US box office.
Like all good horror, it taps into the audience's primal fears such as madness, random evil, and transformation. When the child Regan (Linda Blair) begins to behave strangely, her mother (Ellen Burstyn) fears illness and anxiously seeks medical help. As Regan gets worse, she transforms physically and becomes horrendous to look at. Slowly coming to realise that supernatural powers are at work, Mrs McNeil calls in the church, and the stage is set for the visually sickening, emotionally exhausting, and spectacular finale of good vs. evil. This new version throws fuel on the fire with previously un-released sound effects, and the disturbing 'spider-walk' scene in which the possessed Regan crawls, bent backwards on all fours, down a flight of stairs like a spider.
"The Exorcist" has become lost in its own mystique. Like "A Clockwork Orange" its long suppression in the UK, coupled with legends of audience hysteria have hyped the film way beyond its merits. There is no doubting this is a traumatic film, but whether or not you enjoy it will depend on what you're looking for. Its famed dramatic intensity is drawn largely from technical manipulation, and there is very little characterisation. Ultimately a hollow ride, you may walk away asking yourself what was it all for? ‘
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