Tag: The Possession

• The Possession and the Traditional Exorcism Narrative

  

  This analysis presents an example of how we are analyzing the films of the exorcism cinema subgenre for how they reflect the traditional exorcism narrative, which you can read more about here and here. This analysis is based on the notes we took while watching the film, which are given here. The 2012 film The […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  January 4, 2016

  Film Studies, Gender Studies, Sexuality

  Abyzou, dybbuk, dybbuk box, exorcism, Hasidism, Judaism, Lillith, moths, possession, The Possession

• 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

• 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