In December I did a post about how horror film franchises never really end, even if the title of the latest entry contains some variation of “Last” “Final” or “This is it, it’s over.” Now while 2010’s The Last Exorcism wasn’t part of any long-running horror franchise, the title in itself suggests that there’s not much room for a sequel.
But of course a horror film that was made for less than $2 million and grossed over $70 million is going to get a sequel. Deadline reports that shooting on the sequel begins next month in New Orleans, with Ed Gass-Donnelly (This Beautiful City, Small Town Murder Songs) directing from a script by Damien Chazelle (Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench). Retuning to star is Ashley Bell and Eli Roth is still producing. Humorously, Roth commented on the original film’s title now that a sequel is on the way:
Obviously with the title of the first one we had not planned on a sequel, but we love the story and subject matter and had what we feel is an inspired idea to continue it. As you can see from other recent films, fans around the world are fascinated by this subject matter, and we want to go deeper and darker this time. The first film worked great as a PG-13 psychological film, but now we want to go R-rated and show the true horror of what this subject matter offers. The biggest creative challenge will be coming up with the right title!”
So I’m hoping he doesn’t end up going with something that doesn’t make sense (The Last Exorcism 2) or something ridiculous (The Exorcism That Happened After The Last Exorcism). There’s no release date yet.
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