Category Archives: The Exorcist

Two Forthcoming Titles

I’m pleased to announce two forthcoming titles that look great. I know both authors and they have made appearances on this blog previously, which makes it even more exciting, and the subject matter is wonderful. First, on the fiftieth anniversary of The Wicker Man film, Steve A. Wiggins has written The Wicker Man as part […]

Satan is Busy at the Box Office

A consideration of recent items in popular culture reveals that Satan is a popular figure. Eli Roth’s The Last Exorcism is at the top of the box office at the time of the writing of this post, and seems to be well received by many horror film websites and blogs. In turn, the release of […]

Joseph Laycock: The Exorcist, Secularization, and Folk Piety

Joseph Laycock is an independent scholar and doctoral candidate at Boston University, and author of Vampires Today: The Truth About Modern Vampirism (Praeger, 2009) who was interviewed here in the recent past on this book. He has returned to discuss a paper he submitted to the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion titled “The Folk Piety […]

The Legend of Hell House as Neglected and Eclipsed Classic

Of course, there are a variety of factors that contribute to the success or lack of success in films as they are received by viewing audiences. Sometimes a film that is not well received is poorly written, acted, or directed, and sometimes all of these aspects are well done, but other factors related to the […]

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