Review #219: My Best Friend's Exorcism (2022)
This review was originally written on October 4th, 2022. Gabe's Bonus Anniversary Horror Film Review: My Best Friend's Exorcism (2022) It's my wedding anniversary and my wonderful wife likes reading my reviews, so here's a bonus review for a movie we just watched today: My Best Friend's Exorcism. The plot follows Abby, a teenage girl in the 80s, and her best friend Gretchen. (And also their two friends Margaret and Glee, but it's mainly about Abby and Gretchen.) After a weekend getaway where the four of them play what they think is Ouija and take what they think is LSD, Abby and Gretchen stumble upon some kind of a demonic altar in an abandoned home and Gretchen is affected by a dark force. Over the next few days she proceeds to have outrageous mood swings, sow discord between the friend group, and cause Abby to grow increasingly concerned for her friend. As things escalate, Abby reaches out to a Strength-based Cleric (D&D joke, sorry) she reaches out to a m...