What My Best Friend's Exorcism And Mean Girls Have In Common

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The recent Prime Video horror movie My Best Friend's Exorcism is not only a fun adaptation of the novel by Grady Hendrix, which was published in 2017, but it also has layered characters and a flawless depiction of the emotional experience of being a teenage girl. Gretchen Lang (Amiah Miller) and Abby Rivers (Elsie Fisher) would do anything for each other and Abby is shocked when a demon takes over Gretchen. This changes Gretchen's whole being and personality.

My Best Friend's Exorcism takes a new approach to demon possession, creating a mean girl character out of Gretchen Lang (Amiah Miller) that will remind movie fans of the beloved and well-drawn characters of the hit 2004 film Mean Girls.

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The trailer for My Best Friend's Exorcism shared the main premise of Abby and Gretchen's connection and the weird situation that they find themselves in. After watching the film, it's clear that besides a dose of nostalgia and picture perfect depiction of the 1980s, the story also has a lot in common with the characters of Mean Girls. In both movies, a group of teenage girls are obsessed with popularity and fashion and makeup, hoping that everyone thinks that they look cool and measure up. The films approach the mean girl persona in different ways with different genres.

The best movies about demonic possession often feature the same visual depiction of what happens to the character who is going through this. Horror fans are used to seeing people's mouths hanging open and their bodies being pulled in different directions. It can be unnerving to see, that's for sure. In many cases, the character is lifted up off a bed and moved toward the ceiling, and it's awful to see how they have