Tag: Vatican

• 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

• Sir Anthony Hopkins Performs an Exorcism in The Rite

  

  Sir Anthony Hopkins is one of those interesting actors. Best known as an incredible actor throughout his entire career, sometimes he will do movies that are, for lack of better words, slumming it – doing a movie for a paycheck. Freejack. Alexander. The Edge. The Wolfman. Red 2. To be fair, I cannot really blame […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  September 17, 2014

  Critical/Cultural Studies, Film Studies, Gender Studies

  Anthony Hopkins, Baal, Catholic Church, cats, Colin O’Donoghue, demonic possession, demons, Devil, empowerment, exorcism, exorcist, Freejack, mules, sexuality, The Devil Inside, The Exorcist, The Rite, toads, Vatican, voice, witches

• [REC]2: When Possession Becomes Infectious

  

  If you are not aware of it, then I should warn you — we are kind of in a period where zombie fervor has some what taken over American pop culture.  We’ve been in this period for awhile now, over a decade in fact, tracing back to movies like Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later… (2002), […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  August 20, 2014

  Film Studies, Gender Studies

  28 Days Later, antidote, biohazard, Catholic Church, cops, Dawn of the Dead, demons, evil children, exorcism, exorcist, experiments, infection, possession, Quarantine, rabies, Resident Evil, science, Shaun of the Dead, Spain, Vatican, viral, virus, zombie apocalypse, zombies, [REC], [REC]2

• 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 Bonkers Exorcist II: The Heretic

  To use the words of my partner, this movie is just bonkers. Continuing the reporting of our initial thoughts on the Feminist Tensions in Exorcism Cinema, we come to the sequel to the horror blockbuster that started it all, The Exorcist.  Coming out four years after the blockbuster that supposedly scared audiences into sickness and shock, Exorcist […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  January 29, 2014

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

  Africa, bonkers, Catholic Church, Catholicism, exorcism, exorcist, Exorcist II: The Heretic, heretic, holy person, hypnotism, Linda Blair, locusts, Louise Fletcher, Max von Sydow, miracles, Pazuzu, Richard Burton, Satan, The Church, The Exorcist, Vatican