The Abuse of Exorcisms in new films

Well, with the new release of The Last Exorcism, and the continuing popularity of films like The Exorcism for Emily Rose, I thought it would be a good idea to caution science fiction producers not to follow the same path. These new films on exorcism clearly exploit mentally ill populations, which after all are the victims of exorcisms. The mentally ill often have no choice as to whether or not to get an exorcism, as the recent scandals concerning Mercy Ministries Australia testifies to. Exorcism is not some cool religious rite tailor-made for horror movies, but an abusive, denigrating religious practice, primarily aimed at the mentally ill. It has no place in any modern religion, still less as the subject for exploitative Hollywood films. Fortunately, to my knowledge, only Space 1999, among major sci-fi series, has had an exorcism in it, though that Scotty-murder episode in the original Star Trek got pretty darn close. Hopefully, science fiction television won't follow the examples of horror films.