Tag: horror movies

• Exorcism Cinema Book Published

  

  Here it is! The Tensions in Exorcism Cinema project began in 2013, when my partner Christopher J. Olson (Seems Obvious to Me) and I watched the film The Possession and noted how common it seemed for women to be the victim of possession who needed to be saved through exorcism. We wondered, is that true of […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  November 1, 2016

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

  Abby, agency, Amityville II: The Possession, Ava’s Possession, Deliver Us from Evil, demonic possession, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, empowerment, exorcism, exorcism cinema, exorcism films, exorcist, Exorcist II: The Heretic, Exorcist: The Beginning, Feminism, Grace: The Possession, horror, horror movies, oppression, Possessed, possession, post-colonialism, queer theory, Repossessed, repression, Seytan, Stigmata, suppression, Teenage Exorcist, The Conjuring, The Conjuring II, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Exorcist, The Exorcist III, The Last Exorcism, The Last Exorcism Part II, voice, [REC]2

• The Exorcist on Fox

  

  Christopher Olson (Seems Obvious to Me) and I have been working on a project analyzing the portrayal of exorcism in cinema for the past several years. That project is about to reach fruition with the publication of our book Possessed Women, Haunted States: Cultural Tensions in Exorcism Cinema from Lexington Books this November 15th (https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498519090). […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  September 24, 2016

  Critical/Cultural Studies, Film Studies, Television Studies

  9/11, conspiracy, demonic possession, exorcism, exorcism cinema, horror, horror movies, Netflix, possession, post-9/11, The Exorcist

• 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 a paper that would go in a book we are developing. We just submitted the book proposal last night, and now this morning you can read this analysis […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  November 26, 2014

  Critical/Cultural Studies, Film Studies, Sexuality

  agency, demonic possession, demons, empowerment, exorcism, exorcist, Feminism, horror, horror movies, patriarchy, possession, sexuality, The Exorcist, The Last Exorcism

• 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