2023's The Pope's Exorcist was a surprise hit when it was theatrically released, so it's no surprise that The Pope's Exorcist 2 news has surfaced. The horror movie sees Russell Crowe as Father Gabriele Amorth, the chief exorcist for the Vatican, who is sent to particular locations to perform exorcisms. That leads to a typical demon possession story, which the Vatican has outright denounced as "unreliable splatter" (via NME). The International Association of Exorcists explained, “The end result is to instill the conviction that exorcism is an abnormal, monstrous, and frightening phenomenon, whose only protagonist is the devil, whose violent reactions can be faced with great difficulty.” However, any publicity is good publicity, and the somewhat by-the-rules demonic possession horror is exactly why The Pope's Exorcist became so successful.

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