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‘The Exorcist: Believer’ possesses none of the original’s thrills

With the devil inside two girls now, this film has double the exorcisms but about 10% of the Scare Value of the 1973 classic.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 5, 2023

Movie Review: 'The Exorcist: Believer' doesn't desecrate the original but it won't compel you

There may be no holier ground in horror than “The Exorcist.”

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2023

The Exorcist: Believer review – Boring, self-serious and parched from a lack of scares

This is a toned-down, more limply palatable iteration of William Friedkin’s 1973 classic: the projectiled pea soup is gone, the verbal abuse has been whittled down to a single ‘c***ing’, and any and all acts committed with crucifixes barely register a shock

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2023