There are statues and coin necklaces in the prequel. In this biography, I guess that the demon is Pazuzu, but in the prequel, the little priest said it was Lucifer. Hahahaha To tell the truth, it suddenly became clichéd. It feels like Lucifer is carrying a lot of pots. It is a bit hard to get here. It's good to be unclear just like this biography. The new concept in the prequel is the touch demon. This is different from possessing. It is estimated that it is similar to amplifying desires, evil thoughts and hallucinations, and forcibly using skills to collect heads. This setting is also far from the original.
A total of two suspense points are meaningless. I guessed how much the doctor was possessed. The massacre was to create a conflict for storytelling, and it was a response from the beginning to the end. This film also weakens the atmosphere, and is similar to the scary point of the same type of ghost film. Compared with the original story, the originality and the degree of shock are greatly discounted.
I feel that I have rated it too strict, but this biography is too classic. If it is not for the inheritance of this biography, I feel that it is very qualified as an ordinary ghost horror film.
The most depressing point is probably the persona of father merrin. Father merrin doesn't make many appearances in this biography, but the image of the calm and determined priest in the exorcism ceremony is particularly prominent. It's not that he should be like this in the prequel. In the story, his loss of faith is understandable, but he regained his faith too little, and the rapid change is what makes me most dissatisfied. It feels that the devil should torture him, rather than the heroine and then get the redemption better.
In the prequel, God finally blessed the priest and expelled the devil. Although the devil still succeeded, the contradiction was suddenly weakened, and there was no despair of being abandoned by faith in the book. The ending was too hasty, and the special effects map was not done well 2333333333
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