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American seminary student Michael Kovak travels to Italy to take an exorcism course.American seminary student Michael Kovak travels to Italy to take an exorcism course.American seminary student Michael Kovak travels to Italy to take an exorcism course.
- Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations
Christopher Rodriguez Marquette
- Eddie
- (as Chris Marquette)
- Director
- Writers
- Michael Petroni
- Matt Baglio(suggestion)
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Did you know
- TriviaMikael Håfström attended exorcisms to prepare for directing this movie. He was not allowed to witness them, but he could hear what was happening from outside the door.
- GoofsAfter the exorcism scene, from the moment Colin O'Donoghue plays with the nail, he looses his American accent and Irish accent takes over for the whole scene when he talks with Anthony Hopkins.
- Quotes
Father Lucas Trevant: You be careful, Michael.
Michael Kovak: Why?
Father Lucas Trevant: Choosing not to believe in the devil won't protect you from him.
- Crazy creditsThe Warner Brothers logo breaks apart and reforms as the New Line Cinema logo. A voice says "Don't be afraid. Do you believe in sin? There's nothing to believe in."
- ConnectionsFeatured in Scream Awards 2010 (2010)
- SoundtracksDon't Miss Me
Written by Derek Trucks and Michael Mattison
Performed by The Derek Trucks Band
Courtesy of Victor Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
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A more believable horror = SCARY!
This film represents what I have read about exorcisms, and although I am a thorough atheist, it definitely is terrifying if you can empathise with the characters in the books and then too in this film.
The acting from Hopkins is going to be solid; that is what made me watch the film in the first place. However, the cinematography could have done with some tweaking.
Firstly, there were things that could be understood by extrapolating from clues, that if left to the viewer would have enabled an even more empathetic experience, therefore all the more terrifying. Instead, certain instances where it was very easy to understand what was going on, there was overemphasis from the film, and certain things that were important to the plot were underdeveloped and in a few instances were skipped over.
Aside from that, I think it was a solid movie.
I'd say to give it a whirl if you are open to this type of supernatural horror.
The acting from Hopkins is going to be solid; that is what made me watch the film in the first place. However, the cinematography could have done with some tweaking.
Firstly, there were things that could be understood by extrapolating from clues, that if left to the viewer would have enabled an even more empathetic experience, therefore all the more terrifying. Instead, certain instances where it was very easy to understand what was going on, there was overemphasis from the film, and certain things that were important to the plot were underdeveloped and in a few instances were skipped over.
Aside from that, I think it was a solid movie.
I'd say to give it a whirl if you are open to this type of supernatural horror.
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Nghi Lễ Trừ Tà
- Filming locations
- Budapest, Hungary(as Italy)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $37,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $33,047,633
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,789,393
- Jan 30, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $96,560,591
- Runtime1 hour 54 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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