The Exorcist: Believer Review - YMS

[@YMS]

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[@babyblue_22]

Adam, did you just heart❤ your own comment? Interesting power play 😏

[@armyhammer]

Bro it's not showing up in my country (India). I had to use VPN and manually search on yt, because I thought of watching it later.

[@CJJC]

@@armyhammerI, too, have recently moved to another country to watch this.

[@Moonchild1607]

Thanks for keeping it uploaded even though those assholes are trying to stop you!

[@ProjectRedfoot]

NBC must stand for "Not Bery Cool"

[@CodeNameX001]

Part of what made the first half of The Exorcist fantastic is that Reagan's mother doesn't magically decide, "It's a demon!" So we get a story of a desperate mother trying to find out what's wrong with her child, and when science can't find the answer, she turns to religion out of desperation. Believers is trying too hard to one-up the original without understanding anything. The original had a possessed girl? Well WE have TWO possessed girls! The original had two Catholic priests? Well WE have a whole TEAM of priests!

[@Alondro77]

Pfft, every PROPER scientist knows you can suck out a demon by reversing the polarity of the particle flow throught he gate! (How do you do that?) WE CROSS THE STREAMS!!!

[@been_rly_n2_paragliding_lately]

Hey, c'mon now... they went from zero to possessed in .25 seconds - a new world record! These people should get the credit they deserve.

[@ShadowRubberDuck]

The Exorcist: Imma Believer I couldn’t heal her If I tried

[@kentuckycryptid]

Lmfao.

[@ShadowRubberDuck]

@@kentuckycryptid Wait I mean Da Exorcist: Let’s get it Started

[@im4ft622]

THEN I SAW HER FACE

[@WarlockX4]

​@@im4ft622now I'M A BELIEVER!

[@orgdotedufilms7633]

I BELIEVE I BELIEVE I BELIEVE I BELIEVE I BELIEVE I BELIEVE

[@builttoscalevideos]

The Exorcist is my favourite movie of all time, and Believer spits in the face of the original, ​it has the same issue as the live action Disney remakes. It was made by people who don't know why the original was the way it was

[@07foxmulder]

What did you think of 3?

[@TrashQueenAndKing]

People act like 2 doesn't exist when talking about believer.

[@jollygrapefruit786]

I wish the movie would have stayed in Africa, at least there could have been some cool voodoo witch doctor shit. This was just boring as hell.

[@07foxmulder]

@@jollygrapefruit786So you want part 2 again

[@bennyevans123]

Needed another neurotic Catholic writer and jewish director combo.

[@cros_nest]

"Because I'm not a member of their damn patriarchy." -from a movie written by 4 men... In the book & original movie it's pretty damn obvious that Kerras & Merrin were trying to protect Chris from the demon. They were rushing the exorcism because Reagan's body was deteriorating fast & she was dying. Chris could have gotten possessed, she could have fallen for the demon's tricks, she could have been traumatized, etc. They were scared the exorcism wouldn't work & they didn't want Chris to see Reagan die! The text is rich & it's like the writers didn't even care to explore why. The end of this film pretty much validated why Chris wasn't allowed in the room, considering the one dad falls for the demon's tricks. But it felt like such a nothing burger when it happened. Ugh. The writing is just abysmal & dumb.

[@dennett316]

I just don't believe her character would trash the priests that saved her daughter's life like that with the patriarchy shit. She saw what went down, she saw how dangerous it was, saw what happened to Merrin and Kerras. I have no idea why they even wrote that crap into the sequel.

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

​@@dennett316 Probably because they haven't seen the original movie. Or they don't care as "meta" political commentary is all the rage these days.

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

The mother easily could have died in the notorious "cross" scene as she was barricaded in her possessed daughter's bedroom. But Pazuzu chosen to spare her.

[@cros_nest]

@@dennett316 absolutely agree 💯 I loved their dynamic in the book. The way that Chris is not religious at all in the beginning is a really great character choice.

[@cros_nest]

@@UnwantedGhost1-anz25 yes! Torturing her & making everyone in the house suffer is so terrifying. During the exorcism though, I imagine Pazuzu would have pulled out all the stops to prevent them from succeeding.

[@_uncredited]

A 'wrong religion' possession movie would be fun, but to be fair the original Eggsorcist was about an atheist (the mother) dealing with the devil, not a Christian.

[@aarondavis8943]

That was part of what made it interesting and frightening, so of course they changed it for this.

[@Warsmith_The]

And it wasn't even the Christian devil - it was Pazuzu!

[@connormullin4547]

That's a good point, I totally forgot that. The original is about an atheist soliciting a Catholic priest to exorcise a pagan demon. It already kind of is a wrong religion story.

[@gabby3036]

Everyone gets likes for this discussion. I effing learned something here. You're all amazing.

[@spicymemes7458]

Someone mentioned in the last video that William Peter Blatty wrote his books in such a way that he insisted good must always triumph over evil. Having the families choose and then WATCH a little girl get dragged to Hell because the devil told them to is not good triumphant over evil at all. I don't care if they didn't want to follow a trope. That was just in bad taste.

[@sanai97]

Blatty was also a right wing nutter

[@dounutmunk]

@@sanai97Nobody’s perfect 🙂

[@ayaa.1351]

​@@sanai97He said good triumphs over evil and is right wing and that pisses y'all off. Says more about you.

[@bece00]

​@@ayaa.1351i doubt the issue is "good triumphs over evil" here lmao

[@7_ty_]

⁠@@ayaa.1351I would assume they’re probably touchy because right wingers as of this moment are taking away people’s rights and trying to undo decades’ worth of progress. Don’t be daft

[@thatoneguy4452]

The patriarchy line is particularly bad when you remember that one of the priests sacrificed himself in order to save her daughter.

[@OlCrunchy]

Hell, BOTH did. Merrin didnt toss himself out a window but he did go in knowing he probably wasnt coming out alive

[@ShadowRubberDuck]

SATIRE typical men

[@MegamanXfan21xx]

Gotta get those Modern Day™ talking points in!

[@dewot1256]

It's also, like, the Catholic Church. They believe it's a religious tenet from God that they remain a Patriarchy and have for 2000 years. Their leader is literally named Papa in Italian.

[@dirrdevil]

She complains about the patriarchy, goes in herself, and then gets her eyes stabbed out. And I don't mean that as an insult to women, but rather to point out she criticizes people who risked their own lives (and died) to protect her. It's faux feminism. The reason the mother didn't enter the room during the exorcism is because she wasn't an exorcist. It's the same reason she doesn't enter the procedure rooms when her daughter is being treated in hospitals; the doctors and nurses do. This type of bad criticism helps the patriarchy by making its decriers look unreasonable.

[@boobootittleman7299]

When William Peter Blatty wrote both The Exorcist & The Exorcist: Legion, he made it absolutely clear that good will always triumph over evil, no matter how dire the consequences… Then David Gordon Green wrote an ending where a little girl’s soul is dragged to hell, fuckin’ whoopsies.

[@sanai97]

It just doesn't happen in real life. This movie might be bad but his ideas were also stupid.

[@ayaa.1351]

This buy bitches in half the comments about Blatty being right wing. Take the bitching with a grain of coarse salt.

[@neonbarnowl]

The ending doesn't exactly contradict that tho. Girl is punished for her dad's selfishness. He essentially choose to end one girl's life over his daughter's. Not saying most people wouldn't but he didn't have faith the ritual or whatever would work so he and his kid were punished for his lack of faith

[@HonsHon]

​@@neonbarnowlWow that is fair to his daughter. Because the dad is selfish she burns in hell! Fair trade!

[@neonbarnowl]

@HonsHon Eh, I didn't say it was. But I don't think it's off base. It's not like the religion itself doesn't preach taking the sins of your father. Supposedly, we're all doomed cuz a chick ate a fruit one time

[@ard4461]

I feel like there was a missed opportunity to have this take place in a modern white protestant American church. The kind where they play Christian rock songs with slideshows and there's a "cool" youth pastor trying to appeal to the kids. Could tie in how churches like that have little knowledge or interest in older rites like exorcisms, with many not even thinking they are real. I think that could be a little more interesting.

[@aeroslythe6881]

That’s a great idea

[@OlCrunchy]

the fact exorcisms were some weird unknown thing that the majority of the church doesnt even take seriously was already a thing in the Exorcist. If theres something an exorcist sequel should avoid at all costs its trying to do anything similar to the original cuz then its just "the same thing but way way way worse"

[@ard4461]

@@OlCrunchy True, I forgot that plot point. I just find the idea of a possessed girl screaming ancient curses in the middle of the church band's rendition of How Great is Our God very entertaining.

[@Frithonor]

The Last Exorcism does that. The ending is meh but the film is awesome.

[@deparinge]

@@OlCrunchy Yeah, didn't the movie basically revive exorcisms?

[@munkimoto2294]

I’ve never been less scared in a dark theater. The scariest part was how empty it was

[@ollievendor7413]

my guy D: every time i'm in am empty theater i expect a serial killer. and i except a mass killer in the full ones.

[@Moonhermit-]

​@@ollievendor7413If I was in an empty theater playing Exorcist: Believer, I would wish for a serial killer to show up about a third of the runtime through.

[@Alondro77]

It was not simply not scary, it was also stupid.

[@aarondavis8943]

My child, that empty theatre is a sign of Hope.

[@QuintMorrison6]

The original Exorcist is a character driven drama that has an exorcism, and Exorcist 3 is a character driven police procedural that has a shoe horned exorcism at the end. That's why those movies work and every other one in the series does not: the rest start with the exorcism and work backwards.

[@RickGrimes-i3x]

The reason the first film was a slow burn, is because it filled the gaps with meaningful character development, so when the little bursts of scary came, they were impactful, because you understood the characters the scary was happening to. The mindgames hit hard, because you knew the scab the demon was picking at...I could go on and on. This just filled the gaps with nothing, as well as it delegitimizing things already established in the first film. As my previous comment already touched on.

[@raymondpenland4310]

One of the main reasons why I find “The Exorcist” such a masterclass of horror is how it’s shot like it’s real, mainly due to Friedkin primarily directing documentaries. “Believer” on the other hand is so spastically shot, trying so hard to overcompensate in order to force the feeling of fear on the audience.

[@Butwhythough881]

Not to mention Believer was directed by a comedy director. While there are examples of Comedy director doing good as horror directors, DDG ain’t one of them. He takes a J.J. Abrams approach where he’ll take other people’s ideas and tweak them ever so slightly to pass them off as his own. His Halloween trilogy had a decent start, but then he tried taking it into a “new” direction with a story and themes that he thinks is smart and deep. But once you deconstruct those stories and themes, they’re extremely hollow and have been done before and handled much better by other movies, especially in the horror genre.

[@SuperMegaGaelourde]

​@@Butwhythough881"The Cult of Michael Myers" starring Paul Rudd was better than the entire new trilogy combined imo. And that didn't even make sense, it turned Michael into a supernatural deity who will chase a baby using his psychic baby tracking skills because a doctor drew a rune on their belly. But Paul Rudd's character was great and that's more than I can say for the new trilogy.

[@SammEater]

Kinda like how Lion King 2019 over use music to compensate for the lack of emotion in the CGI animals.

[@maki0794]

Believer reminds me more of that shtty Slenderman movie with Joey King rather than the classic Exorcist.

[@heymistercarter.]

What’s baffling to me is, before Luca Guadagnino gave us his version of SUSPIRIA, David Gordon Green was supposed to be the one doing the remake. Given how his Halloween movies and this movie turned out, I shudder to wonder what HIS version would’ve been like!

[@hannahbeynon05-20]

Oh dear lord no....so glad we don't have that version in our existence

[@benjamintillema3572]

Hm, maybe they should have hired him instead.

[@jackiespaceman]

Thank God, suspiria remake slapped so hard

[@JeSuisDelete]

Omg I’m so glad David didn’t direct Suspiria lmao.

[@tofutoph]

I appreciate the remake of suspiria for the simple fact that they fooled me into thinking one of tilda swinton’s characters was a real old man.

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

Rest in peace, William Friedkin and Peter Blatty. The creators of the original novel first, movie second.

[@mathiaswilhelm1902]

Is it me or all possession movies have the deep smoker voice saying “creepy or sexual comments” and things the child character wouldn’t know, So you can imagine how happy and refreshing it was when I watched “talk to me”

[@witchwaist]

Talk To Me was one of the best horror flicks I've seen in ages

[@troin3925]

It's just executives and less talented filmmakers trying to copy The Exorcist without understanding why it worked in that film.

[@santiagosanchez7559]

So the patriarchy line bothered me more because she's calling the priests sexist for not involving her but woman they died to save your daughter, maybe they dont want you in the room cause its fucking dangerous.

[@OlCrunchy]

Im just flabbergasted that the writer at no point had the thought of "Maybe she wasnt in the room with the exorcists exorcising a dangerous demon from her daughter because she wasnt an exorcist"

[@guilhermehank4938]

Highly disrespectful of the two brave men that fought to the end to save her daughter.

[@tofutoph]

And then her character gets her eyes gouged out lol. They took a sympathetic likeable character that she was in the original and turned her into someone arrogant and ungrateful. Like I find out very hard to believe her greatest perspective of the exorcism was “psshhhh men!”

[@maki0794]

Basically Hollywood writing characters to appeal to the woke generation on Twitter

[@yurifairy2969]

@@maki0794 And failing utterly. There is no fucking patriarchy club that you can join, there are no "members of the patriarchy", it's a social construct. The writers were either impressively stupid or pathetically lazy.

[@tonys6620]

Absolutely hate how they just treat the original exorcist girl like a Marvel post credits teaser. The original Exorcist is one of the most clinical, straightfaced and psychologically horrifying movies of all time how do you miss the mark this bad

[@kentuckycryptid]

-This movie was so bad that I ended up pirating it, and I -*_-STILL-_*- felt like I was being scammed.- Rewrite below ↓ Rewrite, since I write like an idiot: I heard about how absolutely terrible this film was, and I had no cash with which to go to the theater and see it, so I decided to pirate it. I sat there and watched the whole fucking movie, and I still felt like I was scammed out of money.

[@amazingpasta666]

Well of course, they scammed you out of your time ;)

[@Bug-q1z]

So, you paid to watch it at first then stopped and went and pirated it? Huh?

[@Imgema]

Paying with your time is just as bad. Just don't bother.

[@kentuckycryptid]

@@Bug-q1z No, I just tried to scrounge up some spare cash to go see it, didn't have any, so I just pirated it.

[@thekittykatking4086]

@@Bug-q1zno they pirated it but still felt scammed after

[@thematiasmadness7010]

I watched the original exorcist with my parents during vacation and while slow paced especially in todays modern movies where everything is neck breaking fast, it’s still a fantastic movie because one of the main factors is the mother and daughter relationship and the redemption of the priest

[@brableewhiddershins4536]

Agreed! I also feel the slow pacing works so well because, much like most rational people, Reagan being possessed was the absolute last possibility the characters in the film would consider. It's slow but there's this constant build of tension and dread, all while the movie seamlessly transitions from medical horror, to psychological horror, to supernatural horror.

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

The mother from the original movie was kept away from the exorcism for her safety. But the church & two priests who died to save her daughter are in the wrong for that? Okay, sure.

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

Mind you, Reagan could have died in her altercation in that infamous "cross scene" after Pazuzu mimics her recently dead friend's voice, telling her that her daughter committed his other worldly murder. The novel version is even more horrific and changed in the movie for obvious reasons.

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

By twisting his head completely around, while reenacting it. Before being thrown out in the stairs like Father Damien. Believer is a spit in the face to the 1973 classic.

[@knightofanguish7399]

Maybe we should just make new stories and not existing properties. But I know no one is gonna do that until we die off.

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

All good things can't last forever. It all must come to an end eventually.

[@talesfromthetrip]

Ellen Burstyn was basically forcibly put on the set

[@Trashman.2020]

Something this movie and a lot of other demon movies forget is that the exorcism was quite literally the last option. They put Regan through every surgery, medication, and therapy possible. And the doctor only suggested the exorcism because he thinks Regan has a split personality that thinks it’s a demon and that hopefully through the power of the placebo effect they can repress through the exorcism.

[@wakkawakkagaming3710]

I remember watching this in theaters with my fiance, and we made it about three steps out of the theater before we each said some variation of "they really just sent her back to the same school??"

[@herosam1390]

I honestly thought the tone of the ending felt inappropriate. One of the two girls that we're supposed to be rooting for to live dies, and it's treated as if it's a happy ending. I don't mind going in the direction of one of the girls dying, but to then try to make it feel like a happy conclusion to the story doesn't feel right and should be the complete opposite. Yes, one of the girls did survive and they should acknowledge that with the tone in some way, but the other one didn't and from what I can remember (only saw the movie once ad don't care to see it again) the most of an acknowledgement she got was a shot of her school desk being empty with the same wholesome score playing in the background. Here's what I would've done: keep the tone that they had in the final cut, but then transition into a somber scene that's all about the girl's death. Maybe it shows her funeral, or the parents of both girls talking about her death. This way both outcomes of the girls are acknowledged in a meaningful, appropriate manner.

[@dirrdevil]

Actually, making the characters choose which girl dies is problematic in itself. It's literally the Joker's idea from The Dark Knight: the moral answer is refusing to make that choice. For a Biblical parallel, it's Solomon splitting the baby. Moral characters don't gamble with the lives of others.

[@pocketsesmcflurry2146]

@@dirrdevil to be fair the character making the parents choose the fate of the girls was literally Satan and the movie heavily implies that if none of the parents chose then both of them could have been saved. Not saying it's a good movie but I actually thought that part was pretty clever in a fucked up kinda way, dude dooms his own daughter to hell because he lets himself get tempted by the devil.

[@stephenlanuto5993]

Hearing YMS say "you're a big kid now" was hilarious, it was a sledgehammer made of huggies

[@treestandsafety3996]

I loved the bit when Father Iron Man said to Father Loki..'nice plan, not a good idea'..then father Hulk came smashing thru the wall...

[@WarlockX4]

That definitely was one of the scenes of all time.

@@WarlockX4 Yeah, didn't happen, you Moist Critical decomposed dead horse beaters, move on to something else and stop with that template

[@robcoguy6909]

Dont forget The Ninth Configuration from 1982 , its the Blatty film that takes place between 1 and 3 and follows the astronaut from the first film, he made it as a protest of how bad exorcist 2 was, it fell under the radar, but it serves a great bridge between 1 and 3.

[@sweetcinnamonpnchkin]

Thank you for the recommendation, my friend.

[@SemiIocon]

That segment about not being able to understand people without subtitles, this seems to be a common theme nowadays. I watched some KZbin videos about how it has become impossible to understand actors in modern films, some of it is due to production issues, some of it is bad directing and how visuals are given preference over good audio on a set.

[@ectoplasm]

Drag Me to Hell is a really fun movie, I'm glad to see somebody mention it, it feels like it was forgotten.

[@Ninjabread01]

It's the least rewatchable of Raimi's movies for me. I think a lot of it is that ending, it's so bitter and cruel that it really took the wind out of my sails after enjoying the rest of the movie so much. Not to say that a totally happy ending would've been better for that movie, what we got matches with the tone. But I was definitely bummed out watching Justin Long cry, that's not quite the same as Bruce Campbell screaming "I SLEPT TOO LONG!" imo

[@rooksclown316]

​@@Ninjabread01 that movie bummed me out too

[@Levicandoit]

*“David Gordon Green… More like David Gordon Bad!”* Get ‘Em Adum

[@williamfarrington9504]

I think you're being a bit harsh on the script. ChatGPT is barely one year old.

[@MisterPeanut10]

Underrated comment

[@Nicostromo1998]

When I saw the trailer for this while at the movies, I thought to myself "wow the horror industry is in complete shambles right now"

[@BlazingOwnager]

I love how a movie named The Exorcist has no clear Exorcist and the exorcism completely fails

[@juliovictormanuelschaeffer8370]

For me, just the fact the MC's just let an innocent child be dragged to Hell was ABHORRENT. Was I supposed to root for them?!

[@VonDiesel3768]

Her father was like a Trump supporter, so that makes it ok to Hollywood people.

[@BlazingOwnager]

@@VonDiesel3768 Good thing all their assembled world religions all getting together flubbed up the exorcism making the entire movie pointless, lol

[@dirrdevil]

​@@VonDiesel3768I think you're right. That's the false dichotomy of superficial politics that Hollywood pushes. They rightfully push back against conservatism but their liberalism defaults to being just as heinous.

[@juliovictormanuelschaeffer8370]

@@BlazingOwnager seems like the only one that could've worked was the Catholic EXORCIST.

[@VonDiesel3768]

@@BlazingOwnager Right? Why include all that, when it makes absolutely no sense for the Exorcist, when it had absolutely no influence on the outcome.

[@kristavaillancourt6313]

David Gordon Green shit the bed on that last Halloween. They should really read the viewer reaction. No one is excited to shell out money for him to turn these properties into a joke.

[@ImortalZeus13]

All you have to know is that they took a franchise from a Christian author (who wants to show how hope and faith can triumph over evils that want to destroy us, portraying that evil with as much realism as possible) and transformed it into a jumpscare-ridden horror flick where Christianity is obselete and the parents of one of the affected children cause her death and eternal suffering because they’re Christian and therefore not actually good people. Im not religious but holy fuck this film really just can’t let the Christian faith take any Ws in a world where that mythology has been proven to hold *real power*, too. Ugh. They literally even had Ellen’s character (who was eternally grateful for the priests who died defending her daughter) mock them for being a “patriarchy”.

[@meagancrowley5197]

Christians can't take any W's in any modern IP. Even the IP's where the PREMISE of the movie is how Christianity takes a W from the devil. And what's more, if the exorcism worked in the first movie, because the power of Jesus is real, then any other religious or non-religious nonsense that does work on a demon, or an authentic Christian Exorcism that doesn't, says that in this movie universe Jesus WAS REAL, and in the span of a couple decades, Jesus just gave up on us 😂 and some other power has replaced it. Or if they tried what Adam said and put the exorcism into another religion, they'd have to do the whole "all the Gods exist and are powerful in the same ways" which sounds like fun to Agnostics and Athiests, but reaaaally doesn't make sense to anyone who is actually part of any Major Religion, where the lore does NOT allow for that much flexibility if you're paying attention. Even in Hinduism or other polytheisms. Most poly religions do not have room for Jesus for pretty obvious reasons lol. And again, this universe has already said that Jesus exists. They need to just keep going with that. And if he does, that means Christians are SUPPOSED to be the winners.

[@Cardinal_claw]

Christian but not Catholic (which is what I'm guessing the movie is?) It's just sad honestly. Even if you aren't a believer, the idea of hope and belief in good itself triumphing is something that is certainly needed in today's world. You don't have to believe in God to believe in good, positive messages of working together. Honestly, especially so considering the races of the characters and the current tensions we're seeing. I feel it's extra necessary to spread a message of togetherness in a dark situation. -though admittedly I am getting a little weary of the constant putting down of Christianity as a whole, since it's sorta everywhere-

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

This takes "Nothing beats the classics" to a whole new level.

[@bleakautomaton4808]

Also also, 'satan tantrum' is now my favorite way to describe toddlers. Or bratty teens.

[@jwnj9716]

A complete waste of time. Exorcist 3 will always be the true sequel. You can even include the Ninth Configuration, which continues with the astronaut guy in part 1.

[@boobootittleman7299]

William Peter Blatty’s writing >>>>>>David Gordon Green trying to be “deep”

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

​@@boobootittleman7299 Ain't that the gospel truth?

[@leonlegend]

I saw this film in the cinema with a friend (waste of 8 euros, by the way.) As soon as the credits showed up, I instantly stood up ready to leave (I usually watch the credits if I liked the film enough) but I stopped when I heard a group of people clapping. I just froze & stood there looking at them with a '...really?' expression.

[@dirrdevil]

Clapping at any movie is a sign of brain rot, even a good one, let alone this garbage.

[@numbersbubble]

maybe clapping that it was over?

[@VaporeonEnjoyer1]

Oh thank god I thought stupid people clapping at movies was an American thing. I'm glad you guys have morons over there too.

[@mantasa0000]

That is so interesting to hear, I had the exact same experience when The Nun 2 came out, I think it basically had 10 minutes of horror stuff while everything else was painfully boring.

[@TealAstronaut]

My coworker keeps talking about how he kept buying and canceling his ticket to watch this cause he "had a bad feeling" and "got a dark vibe" from it lol

[@SonOfAGunYYH]

the exorcist and the exorcist 3 are some of my favorite movies (and sometimes Exorcist 3 more than The Exorcist!), so hearing that the series was taken out for such a cinematic caning by a studio fills me with angst.

[@naomistarlight6178]

"Patriarchy" she cried, sending a Sailor Moon -esque beam of rainbow light at the possessed girls, canceling the demons and ending their whole careers forever...

[@JohnDavidSullivan]

As this is a reupload I will add my comment from last time 🤣 which was to say that DGG's Halloween Trilogy got worse as it went along. So YMS isnt missing much, it could be history repeating itself. I haven't watched this film, I actually refuse to because I want to preserve my love of the original (perhaps The Exorcist, Alien and The Thing are my top three horror films - I'd have to give the edge to Alien though). But anyone who does watch this abomination and does love the original as much as I do, you have my sympathies. Worthy mention to Exorcist III though.

[@lulucalliope713]

Honestly the best part of those movies was the opening credits lol

[@WarlockX4]

The Exorcist, Alien and the Thing as your top 3? You my friend, are amazing.

[@JohnDavidSullivan]

@@WarlockX4 top three horror films

[@JohnDavidSullivan]

@@lulucalliope713 sure if that's what makes you happy

[@willandwillstudios]

I only saw the Half in the Bag review and I laughed at the part where Jay points out the ending of Believer is ripping off Repossessed (the parody of the original film)

[@tonyguy278]

11:16 This is my favourite sponsor segment now. For some reason I bursted out laughing at that random Herzog's snippet

[@caucasoidape8838]

I'm surprised they gave him freedom to advertise like that. It came off like he was mocking the sponsor. lol

[@spencerbean8802]

EEYOOOOAAAAARRRRR

[@theaaronlennon]

The perfect sponsor video does not exist. Adam: hold my enthusiasm

[@Loffeleif]

The "up yours woke moralists" actually killed me lol I'm dead and typing

[@sweetcinnamonpnchkin]

Time for you to go possess someone.

[@Uptomyknees]

oh hell yeah

[@an0idiot0of0use]

Right? It was a good one, lemme tell ya.

[@TheUnitedView79]

Believer was a painful watch The 2 girls were the best actors in the film by far with some pretty challenging scenes for their age… that’s about the only positive I can give

[@RickGrimes-i3x]

The reason they had a child none diagetic sound jumpscare is because childs is be scary. Duh! It also didn't help when everytime I saw this trailer and I saw Exorcist: Believer, I always sang "Then I saw her face bop bop bop bop now I'm a believer bop bop bop bop..." The trailer always got me extremely upbeat lol It also didn't help that they disregarded The Exorcist part of The Exorcist in the film itself. lol Look, I'm about as none religious as one gets, though I will respect people of any religion if they afford me the same respect. I don't look down on anyone for believing in any god or modern religion. But maybe if you are going to do an Exorcist film, don't suggest the two men who gave their lives to save a little girl kept the mother out of the room, not for her own well being and sanity, but because they are the evil patriarchy. Uh, Mr.Geen, did you even see the movie you are making a damn sequel to? That is when I flung my feces at the screen like a rabid spider monkey...metaphorically, of course. Lol

[@jonbolton510]

In the final 35 seconds, I legitimately spit out my coffee and damaged a piece of art from laughing so hard.

[@jonbolton510]

@@cthulhupthagn5771 you caught me. I LIED. I will punish myself accordingly

[@jonbolton510]

@@cthulhupthagn5771 After a lengthy campaign, I am finally ready to tell the truth. I did in fact laugh extremely hard in the last 35 seconds. HOWEVER, the substance that traversed the air and found its way onto my drawing was NOT coffee, but coffee-mixed spittle from my disgusting laughter. And I am now prepared to admit, in front of the ENTIRE nation, is that I misled the public in saying that the artwork was damaged. The truth is...I use a relatively heavy weight paper designed to take abuse from all kinds of media, including wet media. So the notion that my coffee spittle--or coffee for that matter--would have damaged the piece of art goes beyond the realm of reason. I only hope the public will accept this apology and allow me to to rejoin society after such a global embarrassment. My family has reaped the consequences of my crimes and will do so from this day forward. Just know I HEAR YOU.

[@maki0794]

This movie used every horror movie tropes and cliche known in the history of filmmaking. They tried to incorporate the original exorcist film, but honestly they just made themselves seem desperate to be watched for nostalgia's sake like those new Jurassic Park movies. And they tried so hard to make the characters connect with the audience with sob backstories, but they even failed at that.

[@wdfmidevil]

Never forget Synecdoche, New York

[@ERROR1425]

Legitimately the best ad read ever. When I heard it in the Monkeybone video my husband and I died laughing. I wish all ad reads were that good, I'd never skip them. Also good video too I guess lol

[@EpicJasonX9000]

It’s also extremely dumb how this film not only has double possession, but they never once reveal who the demon possessing them is because I refuse to believe that Satan nor Pazuzu cared to show up.

[@cameronacaves]

I heard they tried to get Satan but he asked for too much money so they had to write around it

[@wildcatpeace]

It’s Pazuzu. There’s a part where Ellen Burstyn is like “you again?” and Pazuzu is like “you guessed it!”

[@dirrdevil]

Honestly, it's better the less we know about the possession. It doesn't need a demon name. There should not be a character to the demon.

[@EpicJasonX9000]

@@wildcatpeace that was never stated in the film and you know it. I refuse to believe that Pazuzu was in this film.

[@EpicJasonX9000]

@@dirrdevil no, because there has to be a reason for the possession to have happened in the first place. No explanation and no reasoning is what led to this piece of shit film to exist in the first place! Besides, we had motivation for the demons in the better films, so that’s no excuse. It’s just lazy writing.

[@maxberry158]

Chris badmouthing the two priests that saved her daughters life at the cost of their own is genuinely so annoying.

[@NoahGooder]

I went into this movie expecting to be "modern audenced" because of the "patriarchy" line. But I had serious issues staying focused because nothing was really happening.

[@Noodle.in.oodles]

I don't think I can name a single horror remake that's been successful in the past ten years--if anyone can, please let me know. Also, does anyone know if there's a part 2 to Adam's Lion King review coming out or being worked on? I know it took an incredibly long time for the first part (which was probably obnoxious for Adam, but damn was it fantastic). I doubt the man himself will see this, so if anyone knows please let me!

[@stan_1999]

The original The Exorcist movie is my favorite horror movie and in my Top 10 favorite movies of all time (also one of the best OST oat). I rematch once every two years. The movie means a lot to me. I've seen countless soulless remakes and reboots of my favorite movies but this one was the first movie that actually offended me. I was legit salty when I saw it. This never happened before.

[@ditzydoodle8381]

3:41 I never saw the movie, but from the way it was shot I thought it was supposed to be him overwhelmed or exhausted - because the flashes and weird camera zoom in makes me think of how sometimes sounds and lights become overbearing at work and I'm just pleading for it to go by so I can go home. Didn't once think it was meant to be creepy or foreboding, just loud and overstimulating. Cause whatever they're doing with those sounds is making me super stressed in that same way. XD

[@OlCrunchy]

Its like nobody besides Blatty and Friedkin even understood what made the exorcist great and compelling

[@6235river]

"well i gotta go check my miracle into the mental institution" is so dumb that it's fucking hilarious

[@sharwandsouza1747]

Hoping this video is 4 hours long

[@an0idiot0of0use]

How did I watch this video already?

[@tomasroque3338]

Your real name is Susan Hyde. You are a time-traveler from the future on an important mission. Your mind seems to have landed on the wrong body, with some memory confusion as the result. We cannot provide more details as of yet. Await further contact.

[@someonesomeone2166]

John titor El psg congroo

[@kizmetmars]

@@tomasroque3338 Safety was guaranteed, in this case.

[@dickdastardly6551]

I watched this the previous night in full, but then again, I am a space wizard

[@madelineroberts4693]

Copy right strike. There was a post about it yesterday.

[@HonkeyKongLive]

What bugs me about the "I'm an atheist bc bad stuff happened" trope is it makes it seem like atheism is just an emotional response to trauma without guidance as opposed to... y'know... learning about science and the universe. It's always someone who WANTS to believe in God but can't because omg bad thing happened.

[@dirrdevil]

That is a great point. It's either religious writers making up what they think about atheists or a self-own by atheist writers who have their own psychological problems. I am thinking the latter in this case: their inability to reconcile that fact about themselves makes them media illiterate and incapable of knowing what makes a good movie.

[@MrFinster53]

it would prolly be better to have the character become agnostic instead of atheist. You were raised in religion but now dont believe or disbelieve things regarding religion. That seems much more like an appropriate response to a tragedy that challenges your faith.

[@Neil8G]

Adam just wanted to say with all this plagiarism bullshit going around that your channel has always been a pinnacle of quality and dedication. Your effort and care shine through your work 100 times more than so many channels on this godforsaken website. Is and always was one of my favourite channels

[@dirrdevil]

Put a comma after Adam. Makes the sentence's intent more clear.

[@KissSlowlyLoveDeeply-pm2je]

The original Exorcist is scary, even if you don't believe in the Devil or demons. You can empathize with the mother and her desperation as she is losing her daughter to something that she doesn't understand, and in desperation turns to religion.

[@lordspaz88]

8:30 wait, that would actually be a great movie if handled correctly. You could have some amazing reversal of classic possesion tropes. The non-christian family realizes their kid is possed by a christian devil because she starts speaking english and their daughter doesnt speak english, something like that. We have the whole scene where they have to research what she said while possessed but the majority american audience already knows what she said. It could be fun

[@bigbrothertw]

this but as political satire set in north korea would be funny, forced to fight an enemy they arent even allowed to believe in with methods they arent allowed to know about

[@randybo7115]

Drag me to hell is awesome and funny, but the ending is actually fucking scary and etched into my mind

[@matthewsawczyn6592]

The original is definitely a cinematic classic. Definitely worth a rewatch

[@sweetcinnamonpnchkin]

Very exhausting to watch though

[@lordspaz88]

So one of the girls gets dragged to hell at the end?! Because of the choices of OTHER PEOPLE? Even if it where real, That's . . . That's not how Hell works.

[@BloodyBulletShellz]

WHY ARE THE ROPES TYING THEM TO THE CHAIRS CGI?! 15:06 and such terrible CGI at that? Like you know you're going to do a close up and you can't make it interact with the pillow or be lit properly? it looks so bad!

[@victordennett]

Subscribed right on that moment when I think maybe YMS intentionally primed me to see a Jordan Peterson clone earlier, then later slipped in JP joke. Christ.

[@barabajagal]

Exorcist III is lowkey the love of my life . It’s crazy as hell and it’s great lol.

[@niqualinproductions168]

I think this broke adam. I never heard him this tired before.

[@souljairfan]

love the low effort ad. I’ll sign up for audible now

[@timothycollis5885]

I just watched this on my flight and I came to your page just to beg you to review this shit and i am so happy you already did

[@pablohenriquez1984]

Werner Herzog saying Christopher Robin, Piglet and Igor was the highlight of this, fuck the exorcist

[@margaesperanza]

Leslie Odom Jr. really having the worst post-Hamilton career by being in awful movies. He was also in Sia’s Music..

[@JojosCrazyChannel]

You want a better modern day version of Exorcism: Watch Chucky season 2 🔪✝️

[@Sasoriscarecrow]

The original is also a slow burn of a movie, but it has purpose to that. Much of the film has to do with convincing the characters and the audience that possession was the only possible option for Regan’s actions. The possibility of her being possessed is considered fictional even to those in the church. Nobody believes that anything supernatural is going on until it’s too late. The demon knows this too and uses the occasional showing of power to basically fuck with people. The script misses the whole point of the slowburn, in favor of the characters being stupid. A movie can’t be scary if I feel like the victims deserve what’s coming to them.

[@talesfromthetrip]

Best gift I could receive rn

[@brushketo]

1:09 *List of Directors they could've gone with if their bound to drop 400 Million for a sequel Series* - Robert Eggers - Mike Flanigan - Yeon Sang-ho - Guillermo del Toro - Julia Ducournau - Rose Glass - Luca Guadagnino - David Prior - David Bruckner - Bong Joon-ho - Bong Joon-ho - Spike Jonze - Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia - Steven Kostanski and Jeremy Gillespie - David Robert Mitchell

[@RickGrimes-i3x]

My god!!!! I never knew I needed Werner Herzog reading Winnie The Pooh until this sponsered video review.

[@heavydfunk]

Elevating Drag Me to Hell because Exorcist Believer was trash is not the praise you think it is. Drag Me to Hell is obnoxiously predictable and before the 1 hour mark, I was waiting for the movie to end, which I called about 20 minutes into the movie. Exorcism Believer is fucking garbage, but Drag Me to Hell is not good. Sam Raimi hasn't made a good film since Spiderman 2.

[@LoreleiCatherine]

“One girl lives, one girl dies” How even does that work. Like, did they even TRY to exorcise the demon bro. 😂😂😂😂

[@bethoraathkorius7005]

The "christian" posession, but different religion is a interesting idea. I watched a Koren movie "The Sixth Finger" that sort of played with the premise. Without going into spoilers, you have 2 religious points of view (christian and buddhist) on a demon child and the nature of good and evil. The movie itself was, at least to me, forgetable, but the premise and idea behind it was cool. There was a "twist" near the end that cemented the point, which really stuck with me, despite the movie itself not being very memorable.

[@myopicmanatee6432]

Someone having to sit through the Exorcist: Believer is the definition of terror.

[@skellybean8659]

14:19 the girls faces look like they were made out of model magic

[@KingPrintmaker]

Ummmm, didn't review this come out last night?

[@Waltersop]

Itngot taken down

[@reservoirdude92]

After watching this cinematic equivalent to dumpster juice, I can safely say that a movie finally TRIGGERED me 😢

[@INFILTR8US]

Are you a mental health professional?

[@ProjectRedfoot]

The phrase "dumpster juice" legitimately turned my stomach. Well-done lol

[@KarnivorousKeyz]

handsdown one if Adums most lack luster yet accurate review. i dont think hes ever been soo monotone 😂

[@AnimotionTheRock]

i am proud of Adam for not making an imagine dragons, believer joke. I know that took a lot of restrain

[@Spit1990]

Reupload time! I'll watch it in full. Again.

[@plugnplaybaby]

That excitement for Audible made me sign up! Thanks Adam