The true story of ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’ the new horror film with Russell Crowe

For those who love horror movies, there is a new horror movie called “The Pope’s Exorcist” starring Russell Crowe as Father Gabriele Amorth a person who in real life existed and performed this religious rite to expel a demon from hell from a person’s body.

For many years, Gabriele Amorth was the pope’s exorcist and his records went down in history due to the situations he faced in his life which is now taken from the production of this long awaited horror film and you can see a little bit of his career in the film starring Russell Crow.

Father Gabriele Amorth, has published the books “An Exorcist Tells His Story” and “An Exorcist: More Stories”, from which the film is based.The Pope’s Exorcist’ which will hit theaters in April 2023 and promises to surprise audiences with its thrilling tale of religious horror and demons willing to do anything to put an end to the goodness in the world.

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In these books, the father Gabriele Amorth recounts how in 30 years he has performed about 70,000 exorcismsthus being one of the most famous priests in the history of the Catholic religion, for his direct line with the Supreme Pontiff and for his actions against the demons of hell that possessed the common people.

As if that weren’t enough, years ago, Gabriele Amorth revealed that the film ‘The Exorcist’ is one of the stories that comes closest to the reality of this rite, and he also clarified that this is his favorite film of all time. which has marked the history of horror cinema since its premiere and has been replicated on multiple occasions.

Who is Father Gabriele Amorth?

In May 1925 Gabriele Amorth was born, who after several years will be known as the Pope’s exorcist and one of the most famous priests of the Christian community for having counted around 70,000 exorcisms in his biography and also for having expressed radical comments such as his position against the “Harry Potter” saga for speaking of magic, which from his experience has a connection with the devil.

At the age of 91, Father Gabriele Amorth died in September 2016 of pulmonary complications, but now his life will be told in the cinema thanks to the premiere of ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’ starring Russell Crowe, which you can see starting next April 6 in Mexico and from April 14 in the rest of the world.