A year ago, Christopher Olson and I published a book on the representation of exorcisms in cinema. Possessed Women, Haunted States: Cultural Tensions in Exorcism Cinema (November…… Read more “Updating Exorcism Cinema List”
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Cataloging Exorcism Cinema
For the past couple years now, we have been working on this project analyzing the tensions in exorcism cinema. We are currently writing a book on the…… Read more “Cataloging Exorcism Cinema”
Deliver Us From Evil: The Danger of Possessing Men
As we have repeatedly seen during this project we are calling Tensions in Exorcism Cinema, there appears to be a narrative made popular by the success of…… Read more “Deliver Us From Evil: The Danger of Possessing Men”
From Reaffirming to Challenging Traditions: A critical comparison of The Last Exorcism and The Last Exorcism Part II
Christopher Olson and I presented our first analysis for the exorcism cinema project at this year’s Midwest Popular Culture Association conference. We subsequently wrote the presentation as…… Read more “From Reaffirming to Challenging Traditions: A critical comparison of The Last Exorcism and The Last Exorcism Part II”
5 Things People Believe About Demons, Exorcisms and The Spirit World
As All Hallow’s Eve approaches, and the dark veil between the land of the living and the land of the dead lists, we in the Western world…… Read more “5 Things People Believe About Demons, Exorcisms and The Spirit World”
Legion: Or, the Exorcism Movie that Makes Me Sad for Roddy Piper
I recently came to be interested in professional wrestling. For awhile there — as in most of my life — I thought wrestling to be beneath me,…… Read more “Legion: Or, the Exorcism Movie that Makes Me Sad for Roddy Piper”
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…… Read more “Feminist Tensions in The Last Exorcism and The Last Exorcism Part 2”
Sir Anthony Hopkins Performs an Exorcism in The Rite
Sir Anthony Hopkins is one of those interesting actors. Best known as an incredible actor throughout his entire career, sometimes he will do movies that are, for…… Read more “Sir Anthony Hopkins Performs an Exorcism in The Rite”
[REC]2: When Possession Becomes Infectious
If you are not aware of it, then I should warn you — we are kind of in a period where zombie fervor has some what taken…… Read more “[REC]2: When Possession Becomes Infectious”
Amityville II: The Possession — and the Rapes
So…this movie. The Amityville Horror (1979) has had a long lasting cultural impact, spawning a remake in 2005 and numerous sequels, prequels, sidequels, TV references, and more.…… Read more “Amityville II: The Possession — and the Rapes”
