Tag: Abalam

• Feminist Tensions in The Last Exorcism and The Last Exorcism Part 2

  

  At the Midwest Popular Culture Association‘s 2014 conference, Chris and I presented the first analysis from our exorcism cinema project. The presentation is titled: Feminist tensions in exorcism cinema: Case study analysis and comparison of The Last Exorcism and The Last Exorcism Part II. What follows are the notes for the presentation, which constitute an […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  October 6, 2014

  Critical/Cultural Studies, Film Studies, Gender Studies, Sexuality

  Abalam, abjection, Aliens, Barbara Creed, Bible, Carnival of Souls, Carol Clover, Carrie, Cat People, Christianity, Constantine, demonic, demons, empowerment, Eve, evil spirits, exorcism, exorcist, Feminism, found footage, gender, horror movies, monstrous-feminine, Noel Carroll, oppression, possession, Rosemary’s Baby, Satan, sexuality, The Exorcist, The Last Exorcism, women

• The Last Exorcism Part II: Not Really Real

  

  In our last post, we discussed the first found footage exorcist cinema, The Last Exorcism.  What we have found interesting with this latest series of exorcism cinema is this desire to bring to the forefront the idea that such cases of exorcism are real, either through the filming techniques or the demonstration of being inspired by […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  May 7, 2014

  Critical/Cultural Studies, Film Studies

  Abalam, church, demonic, demons, exorcism, exorcist, found footage, horror, innocence, patriarchy, possession, power, realism, sex, sexuality, sisterhood, The Exorcist, The Last Exorcism, voodoo

• The Last Exorcism But First Found Footage

  

  Before Chris Olson and I started on this project, we were just watching horror movies.  I have been fond of found footage style horror movies since The Blair Witch Project.  And in my last post on the exorcism cinema project, I started thinking through why these movies are relying on tactics designed to foster a […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  April 23, 2014

  Film Studies, Gender Studies

  Abalam, Bible, Constantine, cult, demonic, demons, devils, Esther, exorcism, exorcist, Feminism, found footage, genre, horror, male oppression, Paimon, patriarchy, possession, Rosemary’s Baby, Satantic, The Exorcist, The Last Exorcism, torture porn