This horror feature attempts to say something profound about good and evil, love and faith. But ultimately, it creeps around the edges of these big topics.
proceeds in an equally methodical fashion, letting us get to know the main characters before winding into the big confrontation with the demon.
I worry that I’m becoming a hardened case myself. I watched the 1973 film again this week, and barely felt my pulse flutter. The new version, even with the benefit of the big screen, proved no scarier. With repetition, the standard horror tropes become familiar and predictable. This is why the great horror movies are psychological masterpieces, such as Roman Polanski’s was notable for the well-rounded nature of the characters.
Consequently, Ellen Burstyn, who played Regan’s mother, Chris MacNeil, is brought back – at the age of 90 – as an authority on demonic possession. We learn that after the events of the first film she gave up her acting career and wrote a book about her experiences. One result is that it estranged her from her daughter, who resented being the focus of so much lurid publicity.
Throughout the story there is a persistent suggestion that Katherine’s evangelical parents are aggressive, entitled types who see their faith as a badge of moral and social superiority. Although it’s never stated, their discomfort with Victor, a self-professed atheist, shows the contempt of believers for the infidel, but it also has racist overtones. We recognise Miranda and Tony as the kind of hypocrites who regularly get the worst of it in conventional horror movies.
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