Bad Exorcist

Bad Exorcist
Genre
Created byBartosz Walaszek
Based onThe Exorcist
by Bartosz Walaszek
Written byBartosz Walaszek
Directed byBartosz Walaszek
Voices ofBartosz Walaszek
Katarzyna Kralewska-Walaszek
ComposerBartosz Walaszek
Country of originPoland
Original languagePolish
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes91
Production
Executive producers
  • Piotr Reisch
  • Dawid Klepadło
ProducerPiotr Reisch
Running time9–17 minutes
Production companySPInka Film Studio
Original release
NetworkNetflix
Release3 December 2020 (2020-12-03) –
present

Bad Exorcist (Polish: Bogdan Boner: Egzorcysta) is a Polish adult animated comedy series created by Bartosz Walaszek and produced by SPInka Film Studio. It follows Bogdan Boner, a self-taught exorcist for hire with a fondness for drink, and functions both as a parody of horror films and as a satire of Polish society.

Production and release

The series was commissioned by Showmax and streamed on that service from 2017 until the platform ceased operating in Poland in 2019. Episodes were posted to SPInka's YouTube channel in early 2019, but the studio's channel was suspended after the uploads breached its existing agreement with Showmax.

In December 2019 Netflix took over Showmax's Polish productions, making the series available there alongside the drama Rojst. The first seasons appear under the original title Bogdan Boner: Egzorcysta. The series has since run to seven seasons.[citation needed] It was later released in English-language territories as Bad Exorcist.[citation needed]

Walaszek, previously the creator of the animated series Blok Ekipa, writes, directs, scores and voices the series.

Reception

Polish critics have treated the series as deliberately crude comedy aimed at an established audience. Reviewing the second season for Spider's Web, a critic wrote that it was as coarse as Walaszek's other animations, which would suit his existing fans.

After the series was dubbed into Italian and added to Netflix's Italian catalogue, it drew criticism from Alberto Castaldini, a journalist and lecturer in Greek Catholic theology at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj, Romania, who wrote a critique of its first two seasons describing it as dangerous for younger viewers and filled with occult material. The criticism was reported in Poland by Wirtualna Polska in April 2023.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Romanowski, Przemek (11 April 2023). "Skandal za granicą. Polska produkcja "niebezpieczna dla młodzieży"". Wirtualna Polska (in Polish). Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  2. 1 2 Tur, Henryk (24 March 2019). "SPInka Film Studio – kanał twórców serialu Blok Ekipa zawieszony". PCWorld (in Polish).
  3. ↑ Tracewicz, Joanna (21 December 2019). "Netflix przejął produkcje Showmaksa. Od dzisiaj w serwisie obejrzysz dwa polskie seriale: "Rojst" i "Egzorcysta"". Spider's Web (in Polish).
  4. ↑ Kowalski, Jacek (23 December 2019). "Netflix przejął polskie produkcje serwisu Showmax. Można już oglądać seriale "Rojst" i "Egzorcysta"". Wirtualne Media (in Polish).
  5. 1 2 ""Bogdan Boner: Egzorcysta" jest tak samo zły, jak inne animacje Walaszka. A to znaczy, że fanom artysty się spodoba". Spider's Web (in Polish). 4 December 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2026.