“Teen
Exorcists’ is a documentary which was filmed, produced and directed by Dan
Murdoch for BBC TV and shown in September. It features three teenage girls;
Brynne Larson, daughter of self-styled Arizonan exorcist, Rev Bob Larson, and
her two friends who are sisters, Tess and Savannah Sherkenback. These three
girls wear high-heels, skin-tight jeans and leather jackets and have long hair
which tumbles in curls down their back. With their red lip-stick and mascara,
these stars of the show provide sex appeal and glamour to the exorcism road show
with choreographed moves, polished poses for the camera and a well-rehearsed,
repetitive spiel. With attempts to spark a revival in exorcism, Bob introduced
Brynne to exorcisms at the age of 13 at a 3,000 person African event when he
needed help to remove a Voodoo curse. Brynne was home schooled (in demonology)
and tells viewers that she believes that God created the world in 7 days ‘It’s
pretty cool’ she remarks and explains that demons have names like Jezebel and
Abaddon and that London is ‘spiritually corrupt’ and one of the most Satanic
cities in the world. Thrusting a cross into someone’s face, the girls scream
‘What’s your name?’ ‘I torment you’, and put extraordinary ideas of curses into
the heads of vulnerable people. The reporter describes the scene of bullying and
resultant screaming as ‘harrowing’. On a visit to the Ukraine, the group top the
bill at a bible college event where 2,000 people gathered to see the spectacle.