Comic-Con 2016: The Exorcist – “Pilot” Review – IGN
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FOX's spiritual adaptation of the horror classic screened at Comic-Con. So was this a tale worth resurrecting?
Not so much of a pure reboot as it is a spiritual adaptation of the iconic 1973 film, FOX's new version of The Exorcist hopes to bring some strained, strangled scares to TV. With the story now set in Chicago, the basic elements are the same. A demon has taken hold of a girl – now aged up from pre-teen Regan from the movie – and the mother, Angela (Geena Davis), has become concerned enough to consult with her local priest (Alfonso Herrera) about a possible possession. But is the daughter actually possessed or is she just darkly out of sorts due to having just experienced a traumatic car accident? Well, that's part of the mystery in this first episode.
