To cleanse her dead son’s soul, a once-sceptical occult historian must force a former kung fu master cop to recreate a ritual he witnessed as a child. (FOR MEETUP REVIEW)

While it does change the story somewhat... again -

"When a resurrection spell backfires and she gives control of her dead mother's body to a voodoo witchdoctor, a part-time occult librarian teams up with an undead ex-cop to destroy her."

There are things I'd like to have revealed in the logline that don't fit word-wise, but if this version now makes more sense, I probably won't need to...

Thoughts, anybody?

"Sounds like a completely different movie now?"

And one that actually appeals to my own comedic senses.

"Without getting into a similar discussion on exorcism, is it involved in this current iteration?"

Not really, although the ends are similar, the method to reach those ends won't be.

"And is ?cleanse her dead son's soul? tied into this? Or better yet, what is meant by a ?cleansing of the soul??"

In a way, I wanted the logline to keep the "exorcism" sounding angle, while at the same time trying to distance myself from it.

Nothing is really meant by it, I wanted to be vague while borrowing spiritual terminology. I guess I could have used 'purify', but I have no reason for why I didn't apart from I just didn't think of it.

I guess I was just looking for a fancy word for "saved", because using meant I might as well just have stamped 'Exorcist Rip-Off' all over it...

Sounds like a completely different movie now...

Without getting into a similar discussion on exorcism, is it involved in this current iteration?

And is 'cleanse her dead son's soul' tied into this? Or better yet, what is meant by a 'cleansing of the soul'? Like, specifically, in the case of this movie? I just think that's important as an audience member (to the logline) as I'm having trouble getting a grip on what this PHYSICALLY (albeit spiritually...) means.