The Exorcist Movies: Believer Timeline
This watch order focuses on the Believer timeline, which treats the 2023 film as a direct sequel to the original, ignoring all other entries in the franchise. The Exorcist: Believer is set 50 years after the events of the first film.
This timeline offers the cleanest narrative experience by connecting only the original masterpiece with the most recent sequel. The Believer film was designed to launch a new trilogy that respects the legacy of Friedkin's original while introducing contemporary characters and themes.
There are 4 other watch orders available - see the links up above.
The Exorcist
When a 12-year-old girl begins exhibiting disturbing supernatural behavior, her desperate mother turns to two priests who must perform an ancient exorcism to save her daughter's soul.
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The Exorcist: Believer
When two young girls return from a mysterious three-day disappearance with no memory of what happened, they begin exhibiting terrifying supernatural behavior that echoes a famous demonic possession from decades earlier.
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Other Film Series
Chernobyl
Feature films exploring the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster and its lasting impact on the exclusion zone.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Four films exploring alien pod people replacing humans, each updating the concept for different eras and anxieties.
Romero's Living Dead
George A. Romero's groundbreaking zombie saga, featuring classic horror films and several reboots.
Silent Hill
Horror films based on the acclaimed video game franchise, exploring the nightmarish town of Silent Hill through interconnected and standalone stories.
The Conjuring Universe
Supernatural horror franchise following paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren and their haunted cases.
The Purge
A dystopian horror franchise set in an America where all crime is legal for 12 hours once a year during an annual event called The Purge.