Movie Review: SHAMAN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/08/2025
SHAMAN movie poster | ©2025 Well Go USA Entertainment

Rating: R Stars: Sara Canning, Daniel Gillies, Jett Klyne, Humberto Morales, Alejandro Fajardo, Mercy Lema, Segundo Fuérez Writer: Daniel Negret Director: Antonio Negret Distributor: Well Go USA Entertainment Release Date: August 8, 2025 Set and shot in Ecuador, SHAMAN pits Catholicism against indigenous religion. Married American missionaries Candice (Sara Canning) and Joel Williams (Daniel Gillies) have moved with their young son Elliot (Jett Klyne) to a small Ecuadoran village. They are involved here in teaching, putting up buildings and helping grow crops. Along with Father Meyer (Alejandro Fajardo), Candice and Joel are also active in proselytizing and converting the locals. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE RITUAL

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/06/2025
THE RITUAL movie poster | ©2025 XYZ Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Al Pacino, Dan Stevens, Ashley Greene, Abigail Cowen, Patricia Heaton, Patrick Fabian Writer: David Midell, story by Enrico Natale & David Midell Director: David Midell Distributor: XYZ Films Release Date: June 6, 2025 THE RITUAL begins with this statement: “The following is based on true events. The events depicted were transcribed by Father Joseph Steiger. This story represents the most thoroughly documented case of demonic possession in American history.” This may well be true, but it’s a situation where documentation doesn’t equal credibility. As exorcism stories go, THE RITUAL has the basics, but lacks not only […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE POPE’S EXORCIST

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/14/2023
THE POPE'S EXORCIST | ©2023 Sony/Screen Gems

Rating: R Stars: Russell Crowe, Daniel Zovatto, Alex Essoe, Franco Nero, Peter DeSouza-Feighoney, Laurel Marsden, Cornell John, Ryan O’Grady Writers: Michael Petroni and Evan Spiliotopoulos, story by R. Dean McCreary & Chester Hastings and Jeff Katz, based on the books AN EXORCIST TELLS HIS STORY and AN EXORCIST: MORE STORIES by Gabriele Amorth Director: Julius Avery Distributor: Sony/Screen Gems Release Date: April 14, 2023 The title of THE POPE’S EXORCIST is a bit misleading. The opening notes tell us that Father Gabriele Amorth, played here by Russell Crowe, served as the official exorcist for the Vatican from 1986 through 2016, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: AGNES

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/10/2021
AGNES movie poster | ©2021 Magnet Releasing

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Molly C. Quinn, Jake Horowitz, Rachel True, Hayley McFarland, Zandy Hardig, Chris Browning, Ben Hall, Mary Buss, Chris Sullivan, Sean Gunn Writers: John Selvidge and Mickey Reece Director: Mickey Reece Distributor: Magnet Releasing Release Date: December 10, 2021  AGNES starts out like a typical exorcism film, but it doesn’t stay that way for long. We begin at a cloistered Carmelite convent in upstate New York. It’s the present, but it might as well be the 1950s, or further back, as far as the strict Mother Superior (Mary Buss) is concerned. Rule-bound and stern though Mother Superior […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE CLEANSING HOUR

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 01/30/2021
THE CLEANSING HOUR movie poster |©2021 RLJE Entertainment

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Ryan Guzman, Kyle Gallner, Alix Angelis, Chris Lew Kum Hoi, Daniel Hoffman-Gill, Emma Holzer, Joanna David Writers: Damien LeVeck & Aaron Horwitz, story by Aaron Horwitz Director: Damien LeVeck Distributor: RLJE Entertainment Release Date: January 19, 2021  THE CLEANSING HOUR is a well-conceived, well-executed horror movie about the perils of making misleading reality programming. We tend to think of those dangers in terms of the effect on the audience. THE CLEANSING HOUR doesn’t ignore this, but its main focus is on “Father” Max Tyler (Ryan Guzman) and his lifelong best friend Drew (Kyle Gallner). The two […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE POSSESSION

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/01/2012
THE POSSESSION movie poster | ©2012 Lionsgate

Stars: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick, Madison Davenport, Natasha Calis, Grant Show, Matisyahu Writers: Juliet Snowden & Stiles White, based on the article “Jinx in a Box” by Leslie Gornstein Director: Ole Bornedal Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: August 29, 2012 As movies about demonic possession/exorcism go, THE POSSESSION is pretty good. It has strong leads in Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Kyra Sedgwick, a persuasive child actress in Natasha Calis, characters who generally don’t do anything illogical in the screenplay by Juliet Snowden & Stiles White and a pretty deft touch by director Ole Bornedal, who knows how to make things […]Read On »


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Exclusive Photos: From the World Premiere of THE RITE

By SUE SCHNEIDER 01/31/2011
Anthony Hopkins at the World Premiere of THE RITE | © 2011 Sue Schneider

The World Premiere of New Line Cinema’s THE RITE was held Wednesday, January 26th at the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. THE RITE is inspired by a true story and based on the book THE MODERN DAY EXORCIST by Matt Baglio. Seen walking the carpet were the stars of the film, which included: Anthony Hopkins, Colin O’Donoghue, Alice Braga, Arianna Veronesi, Torrey DeVitto, Marija Karan, Father Gary Thomas, Marta Gastini, Mikael Hafstrom (Director), Michael Petroni (Writer), and Matt Baglio (Author). Joining them were guests, which included: Charlotte Ross, Marley Shelton, Oscar Nunez, Chi McBride, Connie Britton, Carla Gugino, Carla Ortiz, […]Read On »


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Profile: Father Gary Thomas is the REAL exorcist priest behind THE RITE

By SEAN ELLIOTT 01/28/2011
Colin O'Donoghue in THE RITE | ©2011 Warner Bros.

Father Gary Thomas might find doing press for the film THE RITE, something of an odd occurrence. The Catholic priest is the basis for the book THE RITE: THE MAKING OF A MODERN EXORCIST , which is of course now a movie starring Anthony Hopkins and hits theaters today. Thomas the pastor at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Saratoga, has his normal daily duties involving his parish and his parishioners, but when called to it, he also is one of the areas few practicing exorcist priests. Facing the Hollywood press has to be far easier than what Father Thomas deals […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE RITE

By SEAN ELLIOTT
THE RITE movie poster | ©2011 Warner Bros.

THE RITE is actually based on the book “The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist” which follows real-life Catholic exorcist priest Father Gary Thomas and illustrates various points in his journey. The movie is ‘inspired by true-events’ so there is no really conclusive way to figure out where the original story ends and the Hollywood version starts. Still, the movie is an entertaining ride of white-knuckled tension that leaves the audience waiting for something diabolical to surface in scenes where there is actually nothing to indicate a scare.


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Profile: THE RITE brings out the devil inside Sir Anthony Hopkins

By SEAN ELLIOTT 01/26/2011
Anthony Hopkins in THE RITE | &Copy2011 Warner Bros.

Sir Anthony Hopkins is no stranger to horror films or thrillers. Since THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, he has been a part of some of the most memorable big screen scares of the last two decades. His latest thriller THE RITE, which opens this Friday, is no exception. The movie is based on true life occurrences with one of the Catholic Church’s top exorcist priests. In the film the young priest journeys to Rome to be instructed in exorcism rites, and encounters Hopkins’ character, a priest with thousands of exorcisms under his belt and decades of experience. Since it’s in […]Read On »


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