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** The film repeats the myth that UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition was "the darkest time of the Church", which in this case is also a sizable hyperbole. While the Spanish one is the most famous by several reasons, like foreign propaganda, modern Spanish attitudes against religion, and the trivia fact that it was the last major inquisition to be abolished (albeit it was also the last major inquisition to be established), it was also the ''least'' bloody and murderous of all the Catholic inquisitions of any age, functioning more as a culture police within the period's justice standards than the militant nightmare that makes everybody's idea of an inquisition. One could also even dare to say that the age of the Spanish Inquisition was one of the ''brightest'' of the Catholic Church, that with the Spanish Golden Age, humanism, Erasmus of Rotterdam, the UsefulNotes/SchoolOfSalamanca, and many other - certainly far from the work of a devil as portrayed in the film.
** Alonso de Ojeda was really a promoter and creator of the Spanish Inquisition, but he was neither the only nor the most influential of them (his circle included powerhouses like Cardinal Pedro González de Mendoza and UsefulNotes/TomasDeTorquemada himself), and he was in charge for very little time, not enough to set the guidelines of the whole thing. Needless to say, he wasn't an exorcist either.

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** The film repeats the myth that UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition was "the darkest time of the Church", which in this case is also a sizable hyperbole. Church". While the Spanish one is branch remains the most famous infamous in pop culture by several reasons, like foreign propaganda, modern Spanish attitudes against religion, and the trivia fact that it was the last major inquisition to be abolished (albeit abolished,[[note]]Albeit it was also the last major inquisition to be established), established, and by the point it was abolished it had been a mostly vestigial organization for centuries.[[/note]] it was also the ''least'' bloody and murderous of all the Catholic inquisitions of any age, functioning more as a culture police within the period's justice standards than the militant nightmare that makes everybody's idea of an inquisition. One could also even dare to say that the age time of the Spanish Inquisition was one of the ''brightest'' brightest of the Catholic Church, not the darkest, given that with it was also the Spanish Golden Age, time of UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance, humanism, Erasmus of Rotterdam, the UsefulNotes/SchoolOfSalamanca, and many other - certainly far from the work of a devil as portrayed in the film.
** Alonso de Ojeda was really a promoter among the promoters and creator creators of the Spanish Inquisition, but he was neither the only nor the most influential of them (his circle included powerhouses like Cardinal Pedro González de Mendoza and UsefulNotes/TomasDeTorquemada himself), and he was in charge of the inquisition for very little time, not enough to even set the guidelines of the whole thing. Needless to say, he wasn't an exorcist either.

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When Amorth is called in to exorcise [[{{Asmodeus}} a demon]] from a young boy, he finds himself uncovering a centuries old conspiracy hidden by the Vatican itself. The film was released April 14, 2023.

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** The film repeats the myth that UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition was "the darkest time of the Church", which in this case is also a sizable hyperbole. While the Spanish one is the most famous by several reasons, like foreign propaganda, modern Spanish attitudes against religion, and the trivia fact that it was the last major inquisition to be abolished (albeit it was also the last major inquisition to be established), it was also the ''least'' bloody and murderous of all the Catholic inquisitions of any age, functioning more as a culture police within the period's justice standards than the militant nightmare that makes everybody's idea of an inquisition. One could also even dare to say that the age of the Spanish Inquisition was one of the ''brightest'' of the Catholic Church, that with the Spanish Golden Age, humanism, Erasmus of Rotterdam, the UsefulNotes/SchoolOfSalamanca, and et caetera - certainly far from the work of a devil as portrayed in the film.
** Alonso de Ojeda was really a promoter and creator of the Spanish Inquisition, but he was neither the only nor the most influential of them (his circle included powerhouses like Cardinal Pedro González de Mendoza and UsefulNotes/TomasDeTorquemada himself), and he was in charge for very little time, not enough to set the guidelines of the whole thing. Needlessly to say, he wasn't an exorcist either.
* DemonicPossession: A young boy is shown possessed in the trailer, speaking in a deep voice, shifting from human to snake-like eyes, and demonstrating telekinetic powers.
* EvilSoundsDeep: While possessed by a demon in the trailer, the boy's voice becomes quite guttural.
* NotThisOneThatOne: In the teaser trailer, the possessed boy demands that his family bring him "the priest". When a priest other than Amorth shows up, he's flung out of the room like a rag doll, and the possessed boy roars "''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Wrong!]]'' ''[[PrecisionFStrike Fucking!]]'' ''[[LargeHam Priest!]]''"
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The trailer and behind the scenes featurette confirm that this film is inspired by the files of the real exorcist Amorth.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: In the teaser trailer, the possessed boy retches up a dead baby bird.

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** The film repeats the myth that UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition was "the darkest time of the Church", which in this case is also a sizable hyperbole. While the Spanish one is the most famous by several reasons, like foreign propaganda, modern Spanish attitudes against religion, and the trivia fact that it was the last major inquisition to be abolished (albeit it was also the last major inquisition to be established), it was also the ''least'' bloody and murderous of all the Catholic inquisitions of any age, functioning more as a culture police within the period's justice standards than the militant nightmare that makes everybody's idea of an inquisition. One could also even dare to say that the age of the Spanish Inquisition was one of the ''brightest'' of the Catholic Church, that with the Spanish Golden Age, humanism, Erasmus of Rotterdam, the UsefulNotes/SchoolOfSalamanca, and et caetera many other - certainly far from the work of a devil as portrayed in the film.
** Alonso de Ojeda was really a promoter and creator of the Spanish Inquisition, but he was neither the only nor the most influential of them (his circle included powerhouses like Cardinal Pedro González de Mendoza and UsefulNotes/TomasDeTorquemada himself), and he was in charge for very little time, not enough to set the guidelines of the whole thing. Needlessly Needless to say, he wasn't an exorcist either.
* DemonicPossession: But of course. A young boy named Henry is shown possessed in the trailer, speaking in by a deep voice, shifting from human to snake-like eyes, powerful and demonstrating telekinetic powers.
ruthless demon who has a particular vendetta against Father Amorth.
* EvilSoundsDeep: While possessed by a demon in the trailer, the boy's Asmodeus, Henry's voice becomes quite unnaturally guttural.
* MyGreatestFailure: Amorth is haunted by the memory of [[spoiler:a teenage girl who he deemed mentally unstable rather than demonically possessed later killing herself, feeling partly responsible for the tragedy]].
* NotThisOneThatOne: In the teaser trailer, the possessed boy While possessing Henry's body, Asmodeus demands that his Henry's family bring him "the priest". When a priest other than Amorth shows up, he's flung out of the room like a rag doll, and the possessed boy roars roars, "''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Wrong!]]'' ''[[PrecisionFStrike Fucking!]]'' ''[[LargeHam Priest!]]''"
* SealedEvilInACan: Asmodeus was previously imprisoned below the mansion but the contractors' work renovating the place causes him to escape and possess the young Henry.
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VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The trailer and behind the scenes behind-the-scenes featurette confirm that this film is inspired by the files of the real exorcist Amorth.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: In the teaser trailer, the possessed boy While taunting Amorth, Asmodeus retches up a dead baby bird.
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* NotThisOneThatOne: In the teaser trailer, the possessed boy demands that his family bring him "the priest". When a priest other than Amorth shows up, he's flung out of the room like a rag doll, and the possessed boy roars "''Wrong priest!''"

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* NotThisOneThatOne: In the teaser trailer, the possessed boy demands that his family bring him "the priest". When a priest other than Amorth shows up, he's flung out of the room like a rag doll, and the possessed boy roars "''Wrong priest!''""''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Wrong!]]'' ''[[PrecisionFStrike Fucking!]]'' ''[[LargeHam Priest!]]''"

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''The Pope's Exorcist'' is a 2023 ReligiousHorror / ConspiracyThriller film directed by Julius Avery (''Film/Overlord2018'', ''Film/{{Samaritan}}'') based on the memoirs of Vatican exorcist Gabriele Amorth. It stars Creator/RussellCrowe as Amorth, Creator/DanielZovatto, Creator/AlexEssoe, and Creator/FrancoNero.

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''The Pope's Exorcist'' is a 2023 ReligiousHorror / ConspiracyThriller film directed by Julius Avery (''Film/Overlord2018'', ''Film/{{Samaritan}}'') loosely based on the memoirs of Vatican exorcist Gabriele Amorth. It stars Creator/RussellCrowe as Amorth, Creator/DanielZovatto, Creator/AlexEssoe, and Creator/FrancoNero.



* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The film repeats the myth that UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition was "the darkest time of the Church", which in this case is also a sizable hyperbole. While the Spanish one is the most famous by several reasons, like foreign propaganda, modern Spanish attitudes against religion, and the trivia fact that it was the last major inquisition to be abolished (albeit it was also the last major inquisition to be established), it was also the ''least'' bloody and murderous of all the Catholic inquisitions of any age, functioning more as a culture police within the period's justice standards than the militant nightmare that makes everybody's idea of an inquisition. One could also even dare to say that the age of the Spanish Inquisition was one of the ''brightest'' of the Catholic Church, that with the Spanish Golden Age, humanism, Erasmus of Rotterdam, the UsefulNotes/SchoolOfSalamanca, and et caetera.
* BasedOnATrueStory: The trailer and behind the scenes featurette confirm that this film is inspired by the files of the real exorcist Amorth.

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** Despite what the film claims, its plot and story bear virtually no resemblance to the cited books of the real Gabriel Amorth. The latter certainly spoused some bizarre ideas about history, even speculating that the Nazi leaders might have been possesed by demons as a consequence of [[{{Ghostapo}} Nazi occultism]], but he never claimed anything as extreme as that the whole Spanish Empire was puppeteered by a demon.
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The film repeats the myth that UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition was "the darkest time of the Church", which in this case is also a sizable hyperbole. While the Spanish one is the most famous by several reasons, like foreign propaganda, modern Spanish attitudes against religion, and the trivia fact that it was the last major inquisition to be abolished (albeit it was also the last major inquisition to be established), it was also the ''least'' bloody and murderous of all the Catholic inquisitions of any age, functioning more as a culture police within the period's justice standards than the militant nightmare that makes everybody's idea of an inquisition. One could also even dare to say that the age of the Spanish Inquisition was one of the ''brightest'' of the Catholic Church, that with the Spanish Golden Age, humanism, Erasmus of Rotterdam, the UsefulNotes/SchoolOfSalamanca, and et caetera.
* BasedOnATrueStory: The trailer
caetera - certainly far from the work of a devil as portrayed in the film.
** Alonso de Ojeda was really a promoter
and behind the scenes featurette confirm that this film is inspired by the files creator of the real Spanish Inquisition, but he was neither the only nor the most influential of them (his circle included powerhouses like Cardinal Pedro González de Mendoza and UsefulNotes/TomasDeTorquemada himself), and he was in charge for very little time, not enough to set the guidelines of the whole thing. Needlessly to say, he wasn't an exorcist Amorth.either.


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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The film repeats the myth that UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition was "the darkest time of the Church", which in this case is also a sizable hyperbole. While the Spanish one is the most famous by several reasons, like foreign propaganda, modern Spanish attitudes against religion, and the trivia fact that it was the last major inquisition to be abolished (albeit it was also the last major inquisition to be established), it was also the ''least'' bloody and murderous of all the Catholic inquisitions of any age, functioning more as a culture police within the period's justice standards than the militant nightmare that makes everybody's idea of an inquisition. One could also even dare to say that the age of the Spanish Inquisition was one of the ''brightest'' of the Catholic Church, that with the Spanish Golden Age, humanism, Erasmus of Rotterdam, the UsefulNotes/SchoolOfSalamanca, and et caetera.

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When Amorth is called in to exorcise [[{{Asmodeus}} a demon demon]] from a young boy, he finds himself uncovering a centuries old conspiracy hidden by the Vatican itself. The film was released April 14, 2023.
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* DemonicPossession: A young boy is shown possessed in the trailer, speaking in a deep voice and demonstrating telekinetic powers.
* EvilSoundsDeep: While possessed by a demon in the trailer, the boy’s voice becomes quite guttural.

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* DemonicPossession: A young boy is shown possessed in the trailer, speaking in a deep voice voice, shifting from human to snake-like eyes, and demonstrating telekinetic powers.
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* NotThisOneThatOne: In the teaser trailer, the possessed boy demands that his family bring him "the priest". When a priest other than Amorth shows up, he's flung out of the room like a rag doll, and the possessed boy roars "''Wrong priest!''"
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''The Pope's Exorcist'' is a 2023 ReligiousHorror / ConspiracyThriller film directed by Julius Avery (''Film/Overlord2018'', ''Film/Samaritan'') based on the memoirs of Vatican exorcist Gabriele Amorth. It stars Creator/RussellCrowe as Amorth, Creator/DanielZovatto, Creator/AlexEssoe, and Creator/FrancoNero.

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''The Pope's Exorcist'' is a 2023 ReligiousHorror / ConspiracyThriller film directed by Julius Avery (''Film/Overlord2018'', ''Film/Samaritan'') ''Film/{{Samaritan}}'') based on the memoirs of Vatican exorcist Gabriele Amorth. It stars Creator/RussellCrowe as Amorth, Creator/DanielZovatto, Creator/AlexEssoe, and Creator/FrancoNero.Creator/FrancoNero.

When Amorth is called in to exorcise a demon from a young boy, he finds himself uncovering a centuries old conspiracy hidden by the Vatican itself. The film is set to release April 14, 2023.

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