Filmmaker Eli Roth returns to make audiences scream with new film "The Last Exorcism Part II."
Horror films have always done well in the box office. So it came as no surprise when Roth decided to make the sequel of what he had already titled "The Last Exorcism." To work around the title, Roth has named the latest film "The Last Exorcism Part II."
When shooting "The Last Exorcism," Roth said he had no plans on making a sequel, otherwise they wouldn't have namd the movie "the last." But when the movie made an unexpected $20 million on opening weekend, Hollywood big-wigs were willing to shell put for a sequel.
"The Last Exorcism Part II" is set in New Orleans. Roth said the location of the film is very much part of the story.
"Possession and exorcism is something that's in every religion and every culture,"Roth said. "It's a real primal fear: Is the body a vessel for our spirits? What happens if something else takes over it? Where does the spirit go?
"Also, there is a lot of unexplained evil in the world. People need to point the finger somewhere. You can point it at the devil, at evil. With the pope stepping down February 28, a lot of people feel that a gateway to evil will open up. They feel unprotected from evil without the pope there," he said.
Roth said the movie got a lot of church support because it was very much about faith, the battle between faith and science, and faith wins.
