Tag: Repossessed

• 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 Pop Culture Lens Episode 16: The Exorcist (1973)

  

  As I have been writing about for awhile now, Chris and I are working on a book project that explores the tensions depicted in exorcism cinema. That is, we are analyzing films that depict possession and exorcism to understand what is being said about the world through those representations. Part of this analysis has been […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  October 29, 2015

  Film Studies, Gender Studies, Sexuality

  Abby, abjection, blasphemy, Blatty, exorcism, Exorcist II: The Heretic, exploitation, Father Karras, Father Merrin, Feminism, Friedkin, Grace: The Possession, monstrous-feminine, parody, Possessed, possession, post-colonialism, queer theory, racism, Regan, Repossessed, Seytan, slashers, The Dybbuk, The Exorcist, The Exorcist III, The Last Exorcism, The Last Exorcism Part II, The Pop Culture Lens, The Possession, the uncanny, Viral marketing