Exorcism of Molly Hartley, The

The Exorcism of Molly Hartley is a Canadian horror film of the demonic possession subgenre. It is the sequel to the 2008 film The Haunting of Molly Hartley. The film was directed by Steven R. Monroe with a script written by Matt Venne. It was produced by WT Canada Productions and released direct to video on October 9th, 2015. The film stars Devon Sawa as fallen priest John Barrow with Sarah Lind taking on the title role of Molly Hartley, and Gina Holden as psychiatrist Doctor Laurie Hawthorne. Peter MacNeill plays the role of retiring chaplain Henry Davies. The plot of the film involves 24-year-old Molly Hartley who, upon her birthday, discovers that she has been serving as a living incubator for a demonic entity for quite some time. After dismembering a man and a woman following a night of drinks and hot sex, Molly is remanded to the care of an asylum. One of the patients at the asylum is fallen priest John Barrow, who lost his ministry following a failed exorcism sometime earlier. Doctor Laurie Hawthorne witnesses Molly's possession and seeks the priest's aid in ridding her of this evil spirit before it consumes her.

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 * This movie lifts scenes directly from The Exorcist. The opening scene involves an exorcism of a young woman tied to a bed in a second floor bedroom. One priest dies and is likewise thrown out the window (in The Exorcist, it was two different characters for whom this fate befell). The possessed Molly Hartley projectile vomits thick green fluid, much the same way Regan MacNeil did in The Exorcist. Some of Father Barrow's lines during the Rites of Exorcism are rhythmically similar to those spoken by Lankester Merrin and Damian Karras in The Exorcist.


 * The suicide death of Janet Jones bears some similarity to the death of Damien Thorn's nanny in The Omen. Both franchises also use the symbology of dead birds to signify the presence of a demonic power.


 * Actors Gina Holden and Jon Cor also starred together in Saw 3D: The Final Chapter in 2010.


 * Actor Jon Cor is also known for playing a werewolf named Connor McLean in episodes of the North American version of Being Human.

Keywords
Birds; Clergy; Crucifix; Dead animals; Demons; Dismemberment; Doctor; Exorcism; Holy Bible; Holy water; Homosexuality; Impalement; Insects; Mental health facility; Orderly; Police officer; Possession; Priest; Ritualism; Suicide