The Exorcist star Ellen Burstyn has given a damning assessment of the franchise’s prospects ahead of the release of a new sequel.

The 93-year-old actor played the mother of possessed child Regan (Linda Blair) in William Friedkin’s 1973 horror classic, but did not return for any of the sequels or prequels – until 2023, when she reprised the character in the critically scorned The Exorcist: Believer .

While that film was intended to be the first in a now-aborted trilogy, The Exorcist is being revived in a new film titled The Exorcist: Martyrs , directed by The Haunting of Hill House ’s Mike Flanagan.

Asked by Variety about the new film, Burstyn suggested that there had already been “enough” Exorcist films.

Linda Blair and Ellen Burstyn in 'The Exorcist' (Sky Premiere)

“Isn't there enough already of the Exorcist thing?…