There was a whole bunch of exorcism movies a couple of years ago, excuse me if I don’t match the exact title for the right movie.

Anyway, to alleviate concerns of similarity, this is a “oh shit, that exorcism didn’t work, screw it, let’s try to raise the demon then fight it physically and see if that works” situation. The inciting incident of the exorcism itself would probably go for two pages.

So yes, it’s a radically different story than ‘The Exorcist’.

“It?s not just another horror flick exploiting the rite.” – if that were true, the word ‘exorcism’ wouldn’t be in the title. Unless written by John Grisham, nobody gives a shit about courtroom movies.

(An anthropologist, in some form, is always called as a witness or field expert in murder trials.)

The character of the priest demon hunter is now gone, by the way, because it didn’t feel “silly” enough for the story I want it to be. Look for a logline ‘update’ soon.

dpg asked – “Assuming mere coincidence, what makes this story different?”

I’m currently retooling the logline to address this concern, plus I didn’t feel that it gave the right impression of the script I wanted to write.

dpg asked – “What makes it stand out from ‘The Exorcist’, etc.?”

If ‘The Exorcism of Emily Rose’ can borrow heavily from ‘The Exorcist’ and still get made, I don’t think this is an issue.