Russell Crowe’s new horror film is now streaming on Netflix

Chances are you’ll not consider Russell Crowe as a scream king, however The Pope’s Exorcist modified all that. In 2023, The Pope’s Exorcist was one of many first batch of recent films for the horror wave of this yr, and preceded the likes of a few of the greatest horror films we’ve seen shortly.

However The Pope’s Exorcist was vital as a result of it was Russell Crowe‘s first dip into the style. Why did he select this? Effectively, we talked to him about that in our Russell Crowe interview, however regardless of the reply, we’re glad he did. Truthfully, with that husky voice and people brooding eyes, he’s type of made for it.

For those who missed the possession film the primary time round, you’re in luck. It’s simply landed on probably the greatest streaming companies round: Netflix.

Becoming a member of the slate of every little thing new on Netflix this month, The Pope’s Exorcist now sits alongside a few of the greatest Netflix horror films. In fact, you’ll have to make up your individual thoughts as as to whether it’s probably the greatest films of 2023 your self, however you could as nicely give it a shot.

In his The Pope’s Exorcist evaluate, Tom Beasley described it as “a reliable, well-acted sojourn into horror for Russell Crowe.” Feels like reward, to us! Elsewhere, the film sits at an 81% viewers rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

As a film based mostly on a real story, The Pope’s Exorcist has that very same edge that a few of the biggest possession films share — a way of terrifying actuality. While you’ve completed watching, it’ll have you ever checking over your shoulder and questioning simply how a lot of what you noticed on display actually occurred in actual life.

Possession is a pattern that isn’t going away anytime quickly. Discuss to Me, the most effective A24 film to be launched shortly, additionally performs with the identical ploy, this time utilizing an embalmed hand to do the soiled work. (It’s success was sufficient to earn it a Discuss to Me 2 launch date.) Quickly, we’ll even have The Exorcist: Believer launch date forward, however we’re not precisely holding our breath for this one to be good.

Though we will’t anticipate to see Russell Crowe seem when the Gladiator 2 launch date rolls round, it was enjoyable to see him battling ghosts and speaking down demons in The Pope’s Exorcist. Frankly, no matter retains him away from any upcoming musicals is ok by us. (Sorry, however we’ll by no means recover from the misfire that was Les Misérables.)

If you wish to discover out about extra horror to return, try our guides to the 5 Nights at Freddy’s launch date and Noticed X launch date. It’s also possible to discover out extra about The Pope’s Exorcist true story, and learn the way Russell Crowe as Aragorn may have modified Hollywood.

For extra, you can too try the most effective drama films and greatest monster films, or see why Russell Crowe hated Gladiator’s greatest line.