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The Exorcist narrows its scope in a promising season premiere
Given the pedigree of the actors, the Rance family was never going to stick around long. And by the end of The Exorcist’…
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The usual tricks are still compelling to watch on The Exorcist
When Father Tomas finally drives the demon Pazuzu out of Angela, it’s through a mixture of theme and methodology we’ve…
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Angela has a victory lap—not a tantrum—on the season’s penultimate Exorcist
“162” is easily the most Angela-centric episode of The Exorcist. To be clear, that’s Angela the vehicle for Pazuzu, not…
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“Time to give the people what they want” on The Exorcist
While The Exorcist has shown several failed and successful exorcisms so far—probably more than all of the films…
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The Exorcist starts to move—perhaps a little too fast
The Exorcist creator Jeremy Slater was smart to blow open the world created by William Peter Blatty. Keeping a large…
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The Exorcist obsesses over the past, yet also ignores it
One of the strongest elements of the original Exorcist (novel and film) is the maternal devotion of Chris MacNeil.…
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The Exorcist reneges on a promise, but drops a game-changing bombshell
Is it fair to let a TV show’s PR inform a review? Because after “Through My Most Grievous Fault,” I’m wondering if the…
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The Exorcist gets ready for the main course with a mini-exorcism
Exorcist creator and Executive Producer Jeremy Slater has promised big things for the series’ fifth episode next week,…
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The horror on The Exorcist works best when it’s not ambiguous
In 1973, part of the beauty of the original Exorcist and the William Peter Blatty novel it was adapted from was a…
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Fox’s Exorcist pilot undermines itself at every turn
Forty years after its release, William Friedkin’s The Exorcist remains one of the top-grossing R-rated films of all…