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WARNING: This article contains spoilers for The Exorcist: Believer
Pazuzu the demon has returned to the present day to haunt the lives of two victims this time around, instead of the sole possession demonstrated during Regan MacNeil’s (Linda Blair) haunting seen in the original 1973 The Exorcist movie by William Friedkin.
The Exorcist: Believer: When Does The Sixth Instalment Take Place?
With the return of Ellen Burstyn, horror fans want to know where Believer sits in the timeline.
It may surprise fans to know that there are actually now six films in the Exorcist franchise, two prequels and two sequels to the original, and modern-day fans are wondering if there’s more to come in David Gordon Green’s reboot. We confirm if The Exorcist: Believer has a post-credits scene or not.
Does The Exorcist: Believer Have A Post-Credits Scene?
No, The Exorcist: Believer does not have a post-credits scene, nor does the reboot have a mid-credits scene to tease something more to come. Believer’s narrative is concluded within the 111-minute runtime with no further details revealed while the credits roll and nothing teased regarding the future of the franchise.
Cinephiles of the current generation now expect there to be a post-credits tease after every movie released, which is an expectation set by Marvel Studios’ tradition of teasing the next MCU project during the credits of every movie or Disney Plus series. While these end-credits stings are designed to create excitement about what’s to come or challenge the original ending of the project, directors are opting more and more these days to leave their projects intact in order to honor the narrative they’ve crafted.
Every Exorcist Movie, Ranked (Including The Exorcist: Believer)
Even Pazuzu couldn’t convince fans to rave about the sequels.
David Gordon Green, the director of The Exorcist: Believer, was previously in charge of rebooting the Halloween franchise in order to conclude the arc of Jamie Lee Curtis’ character Laurie Strode and her decades-long battle with Michael Myers, but post-credits scenes were not used in this reboot either.
The only end-credits tease that Green included was during the first movie of the trilogy released in 2018 and simply titled Halloween. After the credits rolled, viewers could hear muffled breathing as the screen cut to black, which was a surefire way of confirming that Michael Myers was still alive and possibly returning in a sequel. As it transpired, the Halloween reboot went on to produce a trilogy, delivering Halloween Kills in 2021 and Halloween Ends in 2022.
The Exorcist Reboot Will Be A Trilogy
Perhaps Green thought it was unnecessary to include a post-credits scene in The Exorcist: Believer because it had already been confirmed that his Exorcist reboot would be following the same pattern as his Halloween revival by delivering a trilogy.
The second film of the trilogy is already confirmed to be titled The Exorcist: Deceiver, which is scheduled to be released on July 13, 2025. It’s currently unknown whether Deceiver will be a direct sequel to Believer, returning Leslie Odom Jr.’s character to the frontline, or if it will follow an entirely new roster of characters for Pazuzu to target.
Believer returned the original character and actor from the first Exorcist movie, Ellen Burstyn as Chris MacNeil, and it also featured a brief cameo from Linda Blair’s Regan MacNeil, which suggests that the pair may return for the sequel. With Regan returning, after Believer explained that Chris and Regan had become estranged in the narrative, there’s a chance that the original Pazuzu victim may have a bigger part to play in Deceiver.
Additionally, Green was in the director’s chair for Believer, however, he recently spoke withThe Hollywood Reporterabout the possibility of directing the sequel or perhaps the whole trilogy. Green had originally intended to co-write and direct the entire trilogy, but he’s not confirming nor denying this just yet:
“My intention is just to start making things, and as those plans come together, if I find myself in that [The Exorcist: Deceiver] director’s chair, I’d be thrilled. But right now, I’m navigating it from a story perspective and looking at my realities of life as I pivot.”
Furthermore, Green discussed what drew him to reboot the Exorcist franchise so soon after reviving another prolific horror series in Halloween, especially since the director was not completely on board with the idea of tackling another behemoth classic immediately after Halloween Ends:
“If you look at the original film, sure, it’s one of the scariest movies ever made and arguably the greatest horror film ever made. But it’s also a portrait of a priest struggling with identity and faith. It’s a portrait of a mother struggling with uncertainty involving her child. These are themes that I find relatable, and I’ve explored some of these issues in much of the dramatic work I’ve done. So this is a way that I can disguise some of the conversations I’ve had about my own spirituality and make subversive content under the umbrella of this enormously appealing franchise title.”
