Franchises that scared us (in the wrong way)
Excitement over David Gordon Green tackling a trio of new Exorcist films began to waver when his Halloween trilogy started delivering seriously diminishing returns. Pre-release fears were justified when The Exorcist: Believer proved underwhelming, even with original cast members Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair dropping by to bless the narrative—and now it’s unclear where the Exorcist revival goes from here, including whether or not Green will still be directing.
Elsewhere, Disney’s latest attempt at making The Haunted Mansion into a movie was met with a shrug, and the happenstance of titles slipping into the public domain brought Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey into the world… a movie that exists seemingly because it can, and for no other reason.
