I have to admit that the first episode was really promising. I was expecting a very detailed and modern story of the stages of possession with all it's phycological effects on the victim and on the loved ones in a way a 2 hrs original movie can not offer. I also was expecting all the classical horror elements of the original movie and as the story goes on of course the tense exorcism scenes. Afterall this was I think a very good opportunity for to create a horror masterpiece which turned into a real joke! If we look into the story and the characters the old mean vengeful demon Pazuzu once again targets his old victim's family and possessed Cacy Rance who happened to be one of the daughter of Angela Rance, the mother, who was actually Regan Mcneil that forced to change her name due to the public attention after her possession case. Father Tomas Ortega is very much like Father Karras, he even looks like him, of the original movie but he has problems with his adultery commitment. Experienced Father Marcus Keane who is the closest thing to Father Merrin but he is more like a special ops soldier of Vatican who exorcise the demons with sheer force, guns and beating rather than pure faith. Chris Mcneil shows up in the middle of the night just like Father Merrin did in the original movie and quite frankly has nothing to contribute much other than her name and revealing the true name of Angela Rance. The father of the Rance family, Henry Rance is recovering from a brain damage and nothing more than a side character just like the other daughter of the house Kat Rance.
As the show goes instead of focusing on the victim and her family the show starts to shift and focuses on Demon Pazuzu's mean plans of destroying the church by assassinating Pope in NY not to mention that now Pazuzu has his army of catholic priests and very powerful friends in high places like chief police officer of NY who worship Satan and assassinate the key figures to make the plan work! Man If I were Pazuzu I would directly possess the president of United States why bother with the low ranking officials? We should expect some limited supernatural powers from the demon like cracking the ceiling, moving the furnitures around, shaking the room etc. but come on in this version of the exorcist, Pazuzu keeps possessing and killing dozens of people with just a single mean look, exploding ambulances and killing nuns in really gory ways like a bad unholy superman!!
All of these make the show really cheesy and nothing like the original movie. If you love pop culture horror flicks like Supernatural or The Originals you may love this show as in that category it is not a bad show but if you expect a masterpiece like "the Exorcist - the creepiest horror movie of all time" it will disappoint you in big ways. Just keep watching the original The Exorcist on every Halloween eve and do yourselves a big favor by staying away from this show. It is a shame to use "the Exorcist" title for this one.
As the show goes instead of focusing on the victim and her family the show starts to shift and focuses on Demon Pazuzu's mean plans of destroying the church by assassinating Pope in NY not to mention that now Pazuzu has his army of catholic priests and very powerful friends in high places like chief police officer of NY who worship Satan and assassinate the key figures to make the plan work! Man If I were Pazuzu I would directly possess the president of United States why bother with the low ranking officials? We should expect some limited supernatural powers from the demon like cracking the ceiling, moving the furnitures around, shaking the room etc. but come on in this version of the exorcist, Pazuzu keeps possessing and killing dozens of people with just a single mean look, exploding ambulances and killing nuns in really gory ways like a bad unholy superman!!
All of these make the show really cheesy and nothing like the original movie. If you love pop culture horror flicks like Supernatural or The Originals you may love this show as in that category it is not a bad show but if you expect a masterpiece like "the Exorcist - the creepiest horror movie of all time" it will disappoint you in big ways. Just keep watching the original The Exorcist on every Halloween eve and do yourselves a big favor by staying away from this show. It is a shame to use "the Exorcist" title for this one.