Tag: Stigmata

• 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

• Stigmata: Viewing the Church as Bad Guy

  

  A long time ago, in what seems like a much different life, I had a huge crush on Gabriel Byrne. I am not exactly proud of that, but he was one of many actors that I have had crushes on, and is always the case when I have a crush on an actor, I must […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  March 4, 2015

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

  Brazil, Catholic Church, crucifix, crucifixion, exorcism, Father Assisi, Gabriel Byrne, Gospel of Jesus, Jesuit, Jesus Christ, Jonathan Pryce, Patricia Arquette, possession, pregnancy, sexuality, Stigmata, The Da Vinci Code, The Exorcist, The Last Exorcism, Vatican, Virgin Mary