Film Journal 2023: Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism
Directed by Nick Kozakis
A gut punch. Not something I expected from an exorcism film that, for all appearances, seems like your run of the mill genre film.
I don’t know how it was pulled off, but the way the Director tows the line between retaining a respect for religion and faith while digging deep into the potential of its abuses was quite profound. This will leave you unsettled, uncertain, angry. All sorts of emotions.
Equally impressive how it uses elements of the genre, employing many of the classic staples of horror to evoke scares and an entertaining ride, to bring out something so rooted in the real, earthy nature of its context.
This would make a fascinating double feature with the Pope’s Exorcist, or even the Exoricsm of Emily Rose. So much potential for discussion. And I say that as someone of faith. This is the sort of dialogue that faith needs.
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