New ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’ Featurette Compares Scenes To Real Exorcisms

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March 29, 2023

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Ahead of its release, a new featurette for Russell Crowe’s upcoming supernatural horror film, The Pope’s Exorcist, combines the real and fictional. In a series of side-by-side shots, we see scenes from the movie compared to real clips of exorcisms conducted by Father Gabriele Amorth, the real-life Chief Exorcist of the Vatican who inspired the film and has been involved in more than 100,000 exorcisms.

The Pope’s Exorcist follows Amorth as he investigates a young boy’s terrifying possession, uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.

Directed by Julius Avery (Overlord), the supernatural horror-thriller stars Russell Crowe as Father Gabriele Amorth, Franco Nero as the Pope, Ralph Ineson, Alex Essoe, Peter DeSouza-Feighoney, Daniel Zovatto, Paloma Bloyd, Laurel Marsden, and Edward Harper-Jones.

If you would like to learn more about Father Amorth, check out William Friedlin’s (The Exorcist) documentary The Devil and Father Amorth, which you can find now on VOD and DVD.