Posts Tagged ‘The Exorcist’
Film Review – The Ritual
Another year, another exorcism movie. At this point, we’ve seen so many films that claim that the exorcisms depicted in them are “Based On A True Story” that I’d be surprised if we got one that didn’t have it. From The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005), The Conjuring (2013), to…
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Film Review – Ghosted
Ghosted (2023) has the kind of glossy artificiality of an amusement park stage show. There are plenty of explosions, shoot outs, and death-defying stunts, but there’s never a moment we are not aware that everything is a simulation. There is no tension because we don’t believe…
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Episode 51 – Scare Me and The Babysitter: Killer Queen
For this episode of the podcast, we review the Netflix original sequel, The Babysitter: Killer Queen. From the horror app Shudder, we review the newly released horror-comedy, Scare Me. We also discuss some of our favorite horror movie scores, and as streaming homework, we check…
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An Appreciation – Jaws
“You’re gonna need a bigger boat” Here is the moment that would forever change how movies are made, marketed, and watched. It’s hard to fathom – all these decades later – how much of an impact Jaws (1975) would have in popular culture. With its…
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Film Review – Ouija: Origin of Evil
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016) is set up as a prequel to Ouija (2014). Instead of taking place in the present day we travel back to the 1960s, although the house featured is the same one from the first film. Why a prequel instead of…
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Episode 109 – The Business of Horror
Spencer and Greg investigate what makes a horror film financially successful and give their DVD picks of the week.
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Poll – Favorite Horror Film of the 1970s
As part of our horror celebration for the month of October, we will be running a series of polls to try to nail down the best horror films from specific periods of time. This time we are tackling the best horror film of the 1970s.…
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What We’re Watching – 8/24/11
Tabloid When I heard a new Errol Morris documentary was coming out, I squealed, which confused my husband, because I don’t normally make that noise. I remember seeing The Thin Blue Line on PBS back in 1988 and being amazed at how different it…
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