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‘The Exorcist: Believer’ review: The devil made this dud

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his 2018 “Halloween” reboot with Jamie Lee Curtis. And, on paper, his plan doesn’t sound so bad. Running time: 121 minutes. Rated R (some violent content, disturbing images, language and sexual references).

In theaters Oct. 6.He pretends the terrible old sequels (“Exorcist II: The Heretic”) never happened. He brings back its brilliant original star (Ellen Burstyn as Chris MacNeil) decades later.

And he applies a more modern, familiar pace and style to a wholly distinct 1970s movie. But a slasher flick — even the slasher flick, as John Carpenter’s “Halloween” is regarded — is one thing. “The Exorcist,” which was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar in 1974, is very much another.

Based on William Peter Blatty’s novel, it’s a far more complex and frightening creation that poses theological questions and features richly conceived characters.

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