Exorcist 2017 May 2026

Father Marcus is a trauma machine—a man who performed an exorcism as a child that killed his own mother. Father Tomas is a skeptic forced into the supernatural. Their relationship is part Lethal Weapon , part Doubt . When they pray, it sounds like they’re begging.

But for those of us who stuck around? Season 2 (set in a group home for troubled boys) was even better. More intimate. More brutal. Featuring John Cho as a father desperate to save his son from a demon that feeds on grief. The Exorcist (2017) is not a guilty pleasure. It is a straight-up pleasure. It respects the original film while building something new: a serialized horror novel about the cost of belief. exorcist 2017

And then Fox cancelled it after two seasons. Because of course they did. Father Marcus is a trauma machine—a man who

Without spoiling: a priest gives his last confession while possessed. The demon mimics his dead mother’s voice. The priest absolves himself . Then he walks into a furnace. When they pray, it sounds like they’re begging

That’s the knife-twist. The show never gives an easy answer. Episode 5, "Through My Most Grievous Fault."

You can find both seasons on Amazon Prime (in the US) or AMC+.