Eli Roth Presents: The Legion of Exorcists

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done... - Jamie.

Why are you hurting me?

What did you say?

Why are you doing this, Jamie?

Aunt Mary?

I'm hurt.

You need to help me.

What's happening?

Do not make eye contact!

Bishop, get out of her eyes!

I am the summoner of the Devil.

Evil is on the rise.

Demons battle to possess our souls

and drag us one step closer...

...to Hell.

But now, there is a gathering of spiritual warriors

who defend us against the Devil's minions.

Go back to Hell!

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.

And unite to banish the demons in our midst.

These are the true stories...

of the Legion of Exorcists.

How do we become the target of a demonic entity?

Exorcists know it's possible to invite a demon in

without even knowing you're doing it.

We were talking about demonic invitation.

It's not a formal wedding invitation,

it's not like demonic entities RSVP.

It could be as innocent as moving into a home

that already has a demonic infestation

or as serious as reading a book on black magic.

Seemingly innocent actions

can have devastating consequences.

But once the demonic entity has been given the invitation,

it usually takes an exorcism to remove it.

All of my life, I've studied Demonology.

It has been a passion, it has been a calling.

And this was the case that opened my eyes.

It frightened me.

And it frightened me to the core.

So, my team received a phone call

from a very frantic mother.

Her whole life had been turned upside down.

She explained how her daughter

was very loving and kind and respectful,

she grew up that way.

It was a loving family.

Very, very loving family.

The problem is she started getting bullied in high school.

And it was getting bad.

Extreme bullying.

Her trauma started with other human beings.

And that's the sad part about this whole entire story.

So this girl, at 16,

who was unbelievably kind and loving,

completely changed.

Good job!

You did it.

That's how you do it.

Nice one.

All right, Kara, you're up.

Yeah, yeah. Watch this.

Skill of a surgeon.

Oh, Kara, good! - Yeah!

How did that happen?

She shook the table!

You're cleaning up this time.

Are you picking a number or what?

Shut your mouth.

Excuse me, Brooke, that is no way to speak to your sister!

You can shut yours, too.

You don't talk to your mother like that!

Brooke!

What is going on with her?

You know, at first she would disobey her parents,

and that was completely out of the ordinary.

But then it got to completely changing her clothing,

being aggressive,

telling her parents to shut up.

And that was blasphemy to her parents.

It was clear that there was something going on.

I mean, it was a total 180.

And even the mother described

that when she was around her daughter,

they would hear loud bangings in threes,

as in mocking of the Trinity.

Or the foul, rotten odor,

or the smell of sulfur.

And they would have all the classic signs of infestation.

Oppression was already there

because they were seeing their daughter literally going

from a very loving, respectful daughter

to the spawn of Satan himself.

Brooke?

Coming in, okay?

Brooke, I don't know what's going on with you,

but last night was not okay.

Go away.

Look, I'm the one backing you up here.

Your dad wanted to take your phone away.

Is that what you want?

You really wanna know what I want?

I'd like to know what's going on with you.

Ask me again.

Go on.

Okay. What do you want?

I want you...

...to die.

Brooke, I don't... Why would you...

What are you doing? Brooke, no!

Stop it!

Brooke, stop!

Stop!

It shook her to the core.

To the core.

It was one of the most horrific things

I have ever heard.

This girl was actually digging her nails into her skin

and actually causing blood to come out,

and wasn't even reacting,

looking directly at her mother.

Her mom felt hopeless.

I was trying to be as pastoral as I could to the mom.

And I just wanted to listen

and hear what else was occurring.

Now, when she told me that,

the first thing that I'm thinking is,

"Are we dealing with mental illness?"

In fact, anyone who comes to me and requests an exorcism,

I require that they have a psychological evaluation.

Because you have to, you have to verify everything.

Because you have to be skeptical.

Yes.

Evidence has to be clear to me,

very crystal clear,

that you're dealing with the demoniac.

So, the conflict between the mom and the daughter

increased, it amplified,

to the point where the mom had had enough.

So, the parents did have the psychological evaluation.

There was nothing there

that would deter me from performing the exorcism.

And the more I thought about her story,

the more I couldn't stop thinking about

the self-inflicting wounds.

I wanted to see pictures of these scratches.

But as I began to process

digging your fingernails into your skin,

and scratching yourself to the point

where it's causing, you know, bleeding,

and making no reaction to it at all.

That is a different story.

There's no guessing involved.

That's what the demoniac does.

Targets the children, targets the innocent.

Targets the weak links.

That's their MO.

And I can't tell you how many cases I've worked

where every target is the child in the home.

Yes.

I think, as clergy, as demonologists, as exorcists,

we know the demoniac, they're very wise.

Oh, yes.

And they know a target.

They have a target in mind.

And they're very patient.

They wait for the person to make a mistake,

annoyingly, at times, inviting the demoniac in.

At first, Brooke's parents did not think

it was a demoniac entity behind her aggressive behavior.

Until Brooke did something that cannot be explained.

Brooke, what is going on?

You keep cutting your wrists.

You're threatening your mother

and you treat your little sister like crap.

Okay, you think this is funny?

Brooke!

Hey, we're not done. Sit down.

I said...

We're done.

What Brooke did

absolutely terrified the family.

And I knew then that we were dealing

with a very powerful demonic entity.

This is what caused the mom to call us.

She knew at that moment

she was not dealing with her daughter.

When someone exhibits abnormal strength

to a point that it cannot be explained logically,

we know that that is a demonic entity.

And in this case,

there's no doubt in my mind

she was under transient possession.

It's time to go to the home

and perform the exorcism.

Thank you so much!

We're gonna do everything we can to help.