So I came across (fantastic) Screenplay Mechanic notes for a script I had long tossed on the rubbish pile, that features an exorcism halfway through and I chose for it to be off-screen because exorcisms are hokey and tired. I'm thinking of rewriting the script based on Mechanic's notes but he's adamant that I need to show the exorcism and herein lies my problem.
How can I show this without devolving into hackneyed cliche? Priests chanting religious passages, the possessed person thrashing around, the demon saying hurtful things to break everyone's resolve, cries of 'fight it!' by a spouse, before the demon is eventually driven out by the spouse insisting 'I love you, baby!'
Answers on a postcard. And by postcard I mean here.
How can I show this without devolving into hackneyed cliche? Priests chanting religious passages, the possessed person thrashing around, the demon saying hurtful things to break everyone's resolve, cries of 'fight it!' by a spouse, before the demon is eventually driven out by the spouse insisting 'I love you, baby!'
Answers on a postcard. And by postcard I mean here.
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