Films about exorcism (the ritual, called to expel the evil spirit) on the movie screens is not so rare. Classics is a horror movie based on the novel by William Peter Blattie, chilling blood, - "The Exorcist." Phenomenal picture. The director William Friedkin received his well-deserved "Oscar" for the thriller "French communication", and this work was nominated for 10 statuettes (as a result - 2 awards: for the script and for the sound). Filmed in 1973, this tape is still included in the top 250 best films. On the other hand, in many countries it is banned to show so far. Whether because of the disgusting heroine, whose body was captured by Satan, performed by Linda Blair (how she giggles and rotates her head 360 degrees!), Or because of something else. After the "Exorcist" a lot was filmed cruel and god-forgiving, so this is quite an innocent, not very terrible thriller, belonging to the list (and heading it) under the title "Films about exorcism." Thank you not only to the writer-novelist Blatty and the director, but also to the great Max von Sydow for the role of the exorcist priest, and also played the mother of the obsessed girl Ellen Burstin (although Sarah of Darren Aronofsky's "Requiem for a dream" .
Attempts are good and not very good.
With the followers of this classics things are a little worse. Failure was the sequel to the film Friedkin. It does not produce any special impression of the modern picture "The Last Exile of the Devil." True, enough good criticism received a worthy category "Best movies about exorcism" thriller "The Six Demons Emily Rose." The plot is based on the trial of the priest. He expelled the devil from the girl, and she died as a result of ritual manipulation. It is interesting here is this unusual story: the trial of the legitimacy of the actions of the clergyman. His image, incidentally, brilliantly embodied British Tom Wilkinson. This master is available to everything: from the grotesque, as in the comedy "Male striptease", to a tough action movie (the role of the mafia boss Falcone in the film "Batman Beginning").
Actors and Effects
Another good attempt to revive the films about exorcism - the film "Constantine. Lord of Darkness". The nervous broken John performed by Keanu Reeves was wonderful. As always, irresistibly played Rachel Weiss. I remember the small, almost episodic roles of Tilda Swinton and Shai Lafaba. And, of course, the dazzlingly good was in the "skin" of Lucifer Peter Stormare. The opinion of the public about James Wang's "Enchantment" was ambiguous. The Australian film-maker has recently something very much taken by the world of the otherworldly and astral and makes films about exorcism with might and main. 2013 has just presented the public with his films "The Curse" and "The Astral. Chapter 2 ». In many ways, the director's films are being "pulled out" by a good cast, including the talented Patrick Wilson. Well, Wang, of course, the master of the unexpected, forcing the viewer to flinch, episodes, without which do not do films about exorcism.
What is exorcism: the expulsion of certain essences that have taken hold of a person, or the exploitation of people's mental ailments, can not be unequivocally stated, but it is clearly unambiguous that this is a fertile topic for the cinema.