Tag: The Last Exorcism

• 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

• 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

• The Unborn: Exorcism, the Holocaust, and Twins

  

  Comic book fans will undoubtedly recognize the name David S. Goyer. For better or worse, he has become synonymous with Warner Brothers’ cinematic adaptations of their DC  Comics titles. Although he gained notoriety as the writer for a Marvel cinematic adaptation, Blade (1998), his most successful writing gigs have been with Christopher Nolan on the […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  February 6, 2015

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

  Akira, Auschwitz, David S. Goyer, dybbuk, exorcism, exorcist, Gary Oldman, Hamsa, heterochromia iridum, Jewish, Judaic, Kabbalah, mirrors, Nazi experimentation, Nazis, Possessed, possession, priest, Rabbi, Sefer Mar’ot ha-Zove’ot, The Book of Mirrors, The Conjuring, The Exorcist, The Hand of Miriam, The Last Exorcism, The Possession

• 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 The Exorcist (1973). There is a reason we like to say that the 1973 movie is the one that started it all, even though there had been films […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  December 1, 2014

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

  Africa, Amityville, animals, Blackwater Valley Exorcism, Conjuring, Deliver Us from Evil, demonic possession, demons, Eric Bana, evil omens, exorcism, Father Karras, found footage, infection, Iraq, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jesuit, Joel McHale, Jungler, minutia reception, Olivia Munn, Possessed, Ralph Sachie, saints, Scott Derricson, The Devil Inside, The Doors, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Exorcist, The Last Exorcism, The Rite, true stories, war

• 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

• The Devil Inside: The One that Pissed Off People

  

  A good found footage movie relies on its ability to trick you into thinking, just for a second, that maybe this could have been happening.  We all know it didn’t — the fact that we are seeing a “movie” is the largest proof against that idea — but we still like to trick ourselves in […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  June 4, 2014

  Critical/Cultural Studies, Film Studies, Gender Studies

  abortion, Catholic, Catholic Church, demonic possession, demons, Devin Faraci, documentary, exorcism, exorcist, found footage, Gameplay marketing, liberation, old school, patriarchy, possession, punishment, sexuality, The Devil Inside, The Exorcist, The Last Exorcism, Vatican, Viral marketing

• 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