The Exorcist - the Franchise Introduction

One franchise down! Next up we’ve decided to go with one of the more unlikely entries to make our list: The Exorcist. It is a unique horror series in that it’s sort of what Marvel (DC is better) did with The Avengers only in reverse… only it’s a horror movie… and there are no superheroes… What I mean is what’s weird about it is that all the sequels are individual adventures of each of the characters that are joined in the first film. Part 2 follows Reagan, part 3 follows Father Karras and 4 and 5 are alternate histories of Merrin, which is something that Marvel does – it all comes together.  The franchise does reach the 5-film watermark as we have decided to treat The Beginning and Dominion as separate films as they do in fact have different, though similar story lines, and are credited to different directors (one of whom also made Nightmare on Elm Street 4, so we will be seeing more of his work later).  Who would of thought that a film with a masturbating twelve-year-old girl would have so many sequels… oh.