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A 6-year-old boy in Florida was found dead in his home after his mother, believing she was told by God to exorcise demons from him, was charged with second-degree murder. The cause of death is pending autopsy results, and the mother showed fluctuating emotions during police interviews. The investigation suggests the boy had been dead since May 18.
Ruby Franke's estranged husband claimed that her business partner, Jodi Hildebrandt, was possessed and that he became her "resident exorcist" while she stayed at their home. Both women were sentenced to prison for child abuse after Franke's son was found emaciated and bound with duct tape, and her daughter was found in a similar condition at Hildebrandt's home. The case shed light on the Franke family's YouTube fame, Hildebrandt's controversial life-coaching service, and the alleged influence Hildebrandt had over Ruby Franke.
The new trailer for Disney's Haunted Mansion movie reveals that Owen Wilson is playing a hot exorcism-performing, cowboy-hat-wearing priest. He joins a star-studded cast to expel the ghosts from the iconic ride. The movie seems to be based on the California Disneyland Park version of the ride and hits theaters on July 28.
The Boston Bruins' loss in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs has brought back the city's reputation for choking in sports, despite their 12 championships across four major sports in the 21st century. The city had spent over two decades performing a mass exorcism to lay this reputation to rest, but the Bruins' loss has brought it back to the forefront.
"The Pope's Exorcist" is a genre mash-up horror film directed by Julius Avery, featuring Russell Crowe as a scooter-riding maverick exorcist, Father Amorth, and Daniel Zovatto as his inexperienced but game partner, Father Esquibel. The two priests are dispatched to an isolated Spanish abbey to exorcise a young boy possessed by an ancestral evil figure. The film is a mix of legitimate scares, buddy-priest action comedy, and camp touches, with a shameless suggestion of a sequel or series. The movie is rated R for demon-induced expletives and glimpses of naked ladies.
"The Pope's Exorcist," a film about the life of the late Rev. Gabriele Amorth, the most famous exorcist in the Catholic Church, starring Russell Crowe in the titular role, opens in U.S. theaters Friday. Amorth claimed to have conducted over 60,000 exorcisms in his three decades as chief exorcist of the Diocese of Rome. The film's creators have taken liberal creative license with Amorth's character and his stories.
"The Pope's Exorcist" is a papal potboiler film based on the writings of Father Gabriele Amorth, the Vatican's demonslayer-in-chief. Russell Crowe plays Amorth, a wry old pro who finds levity in his devilishly tricky day job. The film follows Amorth as he battles a pesky demon possessing a single parent's son in a gloomy San Sebastián abbey. Despite the presence of Franco Nero as a non-specific pope, the film lacks theological seriousness and is filled with secondhand possession-movie imagery. However, it qualifies as lively schlock and is likely your one chance to see Crowe in flowing robes piloting a Vespa to the strains of Faith No More.
"The Pope's Exorcist" is a trashy horror film inspired by the work of the late Father Gabriele Amorth, the Catholic priest who served as the head exorcist of the Diocese of Rome. The film follows a familiar demonic-possession horror film template, with a hapless American teen inhabited by an ancient minion of Satan and a venerable priest called upon to clear up the mess. Despite a thin script, the film exerts a lurid B-movie pull, largely thanks to Russell Crowe's performance as the film's version of Father Amorth.