‘The Pope’s Exorcist’: Here’s What Real Exorcists Are Saying About Russell Crowe’s New Movie| National Catholic Register

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Father Amorth, who died at age 91 in 2016, said he performed an estimated 100,000 exorcisms during his life.

Father Esquibel (Daniel Zovatto) and Father Gabriele Amorth (Russell Crowe) in Screen Gems’ The Pope's Exorcist
Father Esquibel (Daniel Zovatto) and Father Gabriele Amorth (Russell Crowe) in Screen Gems’ The Pope’s Exorcist (photo: Jonathan Hession / CTMG, Inc.)

Kevin J. Jones/CNAMoviesMarch 24, 2023

The trailer of the upcoming Russell Crowe movie The Pope’s Exorcist indicates that the film might not do justice to the Italian exorcist Father Gabriel Amorth or the rite of exorcism as practiced in the Catholic Church, according to an exorcist organization Amorth himself helped to found.

The International Association of Exorcists on March 7 voiced concern that the film seems to fall under the category of “splatter cinema,” which it calls a “sub-genre of horror.”

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‘The Pope’s Exorcist’: Here’s What Real Exorcists Are Saying About Russell Crowe’s New Movie| National Catholic Register

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