I finally caught up with ‘The Exorcism of Molly Hartley’ a nice film for a sunny afternoon in Cardiff and with not much happening I sat back to watch. I have just kept missing the start of the film but today I turn over to the movie channel just as it was about to start. I only hope the film was worth the wait I haven’t had much luck with horror movies recently.
This film is a sequel to the 2008’s film The Haunting of Molly Hartley in which a teenager Molly had survived an attack in which her own mother attempted to kill her before she turned 18. She eventually learns it is because she was stillborn, and her mother begged the devil to give her back her daughter and promised him her child’s soul on her 18th birthday for the favour. Her mother was trying to save her from hell, and atheist Molly must find help from the church to save her soul. I haven’t seen that one, but that actually sounds really interesting.
The film takes place six years after Molly has graduated from high school. The film begins with an exorcism with Father James assisting. The demon within the woman tricks him (Father James) and the whole situation takes a turn for the worse, which ends with the other priest present and the woman’s body crashing through the window to the floor below. As a result, Father James is stripped of his priesthood and sent to a psychiatric hospital to recover.
We then jump to a dimly lit, crowded nightclub where you see Molly Hartley, who is partying it up for her 24th birthday. All grown up living a successful life! She’s beautiful, well dressed, graduated at the top of her class and has just made partner at a very prosperous company! Everything seems to be perfect for Molly but things will not remain that way.
While partying with some close friends, Molly meets a random woman who is interested in getting in her panties but Molly doesn’t seem to mind. Molly takes home that random woman and a man home for a threesome at her luxurious apartment. For the perverts out there, we don’t get to see their sexy time. Sorry.
The scene fades out, we see Molly laying in her bed, completely hungover, and her sex partners are gone. As the viewer we think they just slipped away to avoid the awkward walk of shame. Then, two officers come to Molly’s door asking to come in and look around because her neighbours were complaining about a noise disturbance. One of the officers decides to check out Molly’s apartment, while the other stays behind with Molly. Without dragging it out anymore, the police officer finds both of Molly’s partners brutally murdered in her bathtub.
Molly isn’t shocked, she seems absent minded and has no clue on what’s going on. The officers asks Molly if she killed the people in the bathtub, she says “No, I didn’t kill them….” then her voice switches to a demonic tone and she states “We did.” And that’s when they haul her off to psychiatric hospital to be evaluated. From then on, the film is filled with supernatural calamity and over time, Molly changes into something outrageous, wicked, and dangerous.
I was entertained although not the best film in the world but good enough. The actors all did a great job, especially Sarah Lind (Molly)! It was amazing to see her transformation.
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