NEW YORK -- "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" is an uneasy hybrid of horror, courtroom drama and true-life story. Inferno updates Michel's story to modern America and focuses on the trial of a priest who is prosecuted for causing the death of the girl here renamed Emily. The tale of Emily's alleged possession is told in flashback, while the courtroom sequences are used to debate the validity of supernatural beliefs in the face of scientific evidence.

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