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Today I'll show you a horror film: "The Exorcism of Emily Rose"
Spoiler ahead, watch out and take care
The movie begins with the arrival of a medical practitioner at the house of the Rose family
He is about to examine the death of Emily
As he enters the house, the Rose family seems to be in a depressed condition
Their faces tell us a sad story even without uttering a single word
The house is full of silence, as he walks upon the hallways of the house
At his arrival at Emily's room, a priest, named Father Moore,
comes out in silence while looking at him
Then, a police officer guides him towards the room
A few moments after,
he announces to the Rose family that he is unable to determine the natural cause of Emily's death
Meanwhile, Father Moore is seemingly looking at a blank slate on a barn house
Then, the police officer politely tells Father Moore that he needs to come to the police
Meanwhile, the state officials are having a meeting on choosing a lawyer,
to prosecute Father Moore for Emily's death during the exorcism
The state officials choose a religious lawyer, known as a man of God,
as the lead prosecutor of the case, to show the people that they are unbiased
At the same time, in a cozy bar, a bald guy offers a lady defense attorney,
to defend Father Moore from the state prosecutors
However, the defense attorney seems to be reluctant to handle the case
In response, the bald guy convinces her by telling her that the church wants her to handle the case
This means that it will boost her career
In the end, the defense attorney agrees to handle the case
The following day,
the defense attorney visits Father Moore in his jail to convince him to accept the bargain deal
However, Father Moore holds firm to his decision to testify at the trial
It appears that he wants to let the public know Emily's story
In response, the defense attorney lets him testify at a trial
The next day, the trial begins with an opening statement from the state lawyer
In the opening statement, he states that the prosecution will prove that Father Moore,
in an exorcism ritual, has been negligent, depriving Emily of the medical attention she needs
Then he shows a photograph of a happy Emily,
in contrast to her horrifying condition right before her death
After that, an old woman closely related to Emily comes to testify
She tells the jury that she receives a call from Emily on the telephone
In the call, Emily was sobbing in tears, telling her what had happened
As it appears, Emily woke up alone in her dormitory at 3 am,
as she smelled something burning outside
It was during this time that an invincible force seemed to attack her
At the same time, the things around her started moving
And suddenly, there was an invincible force controlling her body
She began to have unusual movements
As the attack stopped, she ran outside of the room sobbing in fear
After that, the university neurologist testifies
In his testimony, he conducts a test on Emily after the unusual movements of her body
The test reveals that Emily might have epilepsy
Additionally, he narrates that Father Moore stops Emily from going back to the treatment,
thinking that her condition is something spiritual
However, the defense attorney intervenes in the narration of the neurologist
She questions the certainty of the diagnosis,
since epilepsy does not include hallucination, such as seeing things move
In the end, the neurologist agrees to the defense attorney's suggestion,
that it is uncertain whether Emily has epilepsy or psychosis
Later that day, the defense attorney visits Father Moore in the jail cell
There, Father Moore tells her what happened to Emily after the midnight incident
As it appears, Emily is taken to the hospital to be given medical care
Despite the medical attention given, the demonic force continues to attack her
It seems that an invisible force is controlling her body in an unusual movement
The following day,
the state lawyer presents the testimony of a medical expert that examines Emily's death
The medical expert agrees with the findings of the university neurologist,
that Emily has epilepsy and psychosis
He thinks that it is a combination of both
Additionally, he thinks that the decision of Father Moore
to stop the treatment contributes to Emily's death
The drug prescribed by the doctor could have helped to save her life
At the end of his testimony,
it seems that the defense attorney is frustrated that
she cannot counter the medical case presented by the state lawyer
Later that day, the assistant informs the defense attorney that he fails to find a medical expert,
who can counter the medical explanations presented in court
At this moment, she suggests that they will present the case of Father Moore,
by finding loopholes to the medical explanation of Emily's death
Instead of medical explanations,
she will attempt to validate exorcism to the court through an explanation from an anthropologist
At the next trial, the defense attorney presents her opening statement,
where she tells the jury that Emily's condition is not a medical one,
and that Emily is not suffering from epilepsy or psychosis
In addition, she firmly tells the jury that what happens to Emily, is indeed a demonic possession
This means that Emily needs a spiritual intervention,
which completely justifies the actions of Father Moore
After that, Emily's friend testifies that Emily continues to experience hallucinations,
despite taking the medication offered by the doctors
He witnesses Emily in an unusual pose during the night
Then she started to scream at him
This made him bring Emily to their home
Then, Emily's father testifies what happens to Emily in their home
At the arrival of Father Moore, Emily was in a rage, and started eating creepy insects on the floor
Then, she started to scratch the wall, as if a tiger possessed her
In response, Emily's father and Father Moore stopped Emily from her rage
In a few moments, she started to speak in different languages as she talked to Father Moore
At this moment, the devil introduced itself to him through Emily's words
In the end, he was able to calm her down
As he walked home, she started to peacefully play the piano
Then, a piece of graceful music started to come out, as if everything was fine again
After that, the scene moves back to the trial,
where the state lawyer questions the judgment of Emily's father to entrust Emily to Father Moore
He starts to question the knowledge of the father,
regarding the mental illnesses that Emily possibly has
Shortly after, the anthropologist with expertise in exorcism cases and psychiatry,
starts her testimony
She explains that possession is a state where a supernatural entity invades a human person
Additionally, Emily was invaded by a demon, because she seemed to be a hypersensitive person
Suddenly, the state lawyer requests to stop the testimony of the anthropologist
He thinks that her testimony is ridiculous
However, the judge allows her to proceed to provide an alternative explanation
She explains why Emily's exorcism failed
For her, the drug prescribed by the doctors, caused the exorcism to fail,
because the drugs already intoxicated the brain of Emily
Due to the intoxication, Emily's body was unable to respond during the exorcism,
which resulted in her death
At the next trial, the defense attorney lets Father Moore testify in court
In his testimony, he woke up at 3 am during his preparation for the exorcism
He explains that 3 am is the so-called witching hour,
where the demons start to mock the holy trinity
What's more, it is an inversion of 3 pm, that is, the considered time of the death of Christ
During that time, he smelled something burning outside
So, he walked outside of the room
Outside, the place started to bend over
Then, the images around started to bleed in black
That made him run outside in the rain
And there, the devil showed itself in a black robe
Back at the trial, the state lawyer starts to mock his testimony about the appearance of the devil
This makes the judge stop the state lawyer from mocking Father Moore
Then, the defense attorney presents a tape recording of Emily's exorcism
As Father Moore plays the recording, the scene moves towards the actual exorcism of Emily
The people who are present during the exorcism, are Emily and her father,
the doctor, the friend, and Father Moore
At the start of the exorcism, they tied up Emily in the bed
Then, Father Moore started to perform the prayer
Suddenly, Emily started to scream in a double voice, and smashed the head of her father
Meanwhile, Father Moore continued the prayer, and asked the name of the demon
In response, Emily started counting to six like a dog
This means that there were six demons that dwelled inside her
Then, the cats attacked Father Moore, making him fall to the ground
Instantly, Emily escaped by jumping through the window
Outside, she ran in the rain towards the barn house
Immediately, the four of them followed her
There, Emily screamed like no tomorrow, which scared the horses inside
Then, Father Moore asked the doctor to check Emily's vital signs
The doctors found Emily having an extremely high heart rate, as Father Moore started the prayer
Meanwhile, there was a seemingly strong force around that made things move
Then, creepy animals started walking around the barn house, like snakes and spiders
Shortly after, Father Moore placed a cross on Emily, which made her howl in anguish
Then, the six demons revealed their names to Father Moore
One of them was Lucifer, the devil in the flesh
After that, the horse started to react in fear
Then, it kicked Emily's father, knocking him down
Meanwhile, the doctor was unable to check the condition of Emily,
since he was dazed by the demonic force
In the end, the horses in the barn house ran outside; and Emily fell to the ground
Back at the trial, Father Moore continues to narrate what happens after the exorcism
It turns out that Emily continues to be possessed, making her hurt herself and others
But she refuses another attempt at exorcism
Additionally, he believes that Emily's condition is beyond medical treatment
That's because, even during the exorcism, Emily had also taken the drug prescribed by the doctors
And it did not help ease her condition
Therefore, Father Moore and Emily believe that the problem can be conquered
only by holding in faith alone
After that, the state lawyer starts to question the validity of the recording
He explains that Emily learns different languages in a religious school
So it explains the capacity of Emily to speak in different languages in the recording
Additionally, he explains that scientifically,
humans have two vocal cords that enable Emily to speak in a different voice
In the end, the state lawyer seemingly refutes the validity of the recording
So the defense attorney needs to find the doctor present
during the exorcism to validate the recording
However, later that day, the doctor dies in an accident, making him unable to testify in court
Later, the defense attorney visits Father Moore to inform him about the death of the doctor
She is in tears as she speaks
At the same time, she thinks that without the doctor's testimony, the case is about to lose
Then, Father Moore gives her a letter, and instructs her to read it
Later, as she is about to sleep, she reads the letter in her bed as is told
The following day, the defense attorney hands over the letter to Father Moore,
and lets him read it at the trial
As it appears, the letter is written by Emily right before her death
In the letter, Emily narrates her miraculous experience right before her death
The letter answers the question, of why God allows an innocent girl like Emily to suffer and die
There, she narrates that she goes to the spiritual realm,
leaving her physical body, as someone calls her from outside
As it turns out, it is Mary, the Holy Mother of God, who calls her
Emily then asks Mary why she suffers in pain
In response, Mary gives Emily a choice, whether to come peacefully in heaven;
or go back to her body and suffer again
however, by going back to her body, she will be able to testify that the supernatural realm is real
In the end, she chooses to go back to her bodily form, to tell the world that demons are real
As she goes back to her body, a stigma suddenly appears in her
In Christian belief, a stigma is a wound similar to the crucifixion of Christ
Also, it signifies the love of God for her
Then Father Moore emotionally reads the ending of Emily's letter that says,
"people said that God is dead But how can they think that if I show them the devil?"
This statement means that Emily is testifying to the existence of the supernatural
by telling us that demons exist
By affirming the existence of the supernatural, the existence of God becomes possible
In the end, we see that Emily's suffering has a purpose given by God
Similarly, she holds onto her faith, choosing to suffer in order to fulfill this purpose
After Father Moore reads the letter in the trial, everyone seems to be in awe
However, the state lawyer starts to counter Father Moore's claims
According to him, during that moment, Emily tended to hurt herself
So the wounds in her hands might come from the barbed wires in the backyard
This then might refute the claims of Father Moore
To end the prosecution case, he decisively tells the jury that it is a fact,
that Father Moore neglects the medical needs of Emily, which leads to her death
In response, the defense attorney emotionally tells the jury that based on their case,
it is a fact that Father Moore cares for Emily whether demons exist or not
At this moment, we see the focal point of the film,
where legality tries to weigh the confrontation between science and religion, or reason and faith
in a highly scientific society, it is hard to believe in the existence of the supernatural
However, its existence is still a possibility
At the same time, faith is only possible by leaving the supernatural to the realm of possibilities
Surely, the film is able to raise an important issue on the place of religion
in the highly scientific society we live in today
At the end of the trial,
the jury ultimately convicts Father Moore of negligence leading to Emily's death
However, the jury's conviction does not include a time in jail as a sentence to Father Moore
This means that in the end, he walks free, despite being guilty in the eyes of the law
The movie ends where the defense attorney closes the box
containing the case of Father Moore and the exorcism of Emily
As we see at the end, the film is based on real life
In real life, the case files of the trial are examined by medical and anthropological experts
After that, they published a work about Emily's case, which became the basis of this film
This means the story of Emily continues to inspire many people, exactly what she wanted
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