There has been some confusion surrounding The Exorcism, the new supernatural horror film starring Russell Crowe. Ill start by saying the film isnt a sequel to The Popes Exorcist, nor is it directly connected to The Exorcist, though The Exorcism director Joshua John Millers father, Jason Miller, starred in the allegedly cursed 1973 horror movie. All that aside, The Exorcism isnt wholly dissimilar, if only because it explores production troubles due to something sinister, in the vein of The Exorcist allegedly being cursed.