Category Archives: possession

TheoFantastique Podcast 2.1 on The Rite

February 11th, 2011 | Posted in demonic, devil in film, Douglas Cowan, Paul Meehan, podcast, possession, Satan, W. Scott Poole

TheoFantastique Podcast, Vol. 2, no. 1 is now available. It involves a discussion on The Rite with past guests and contributors, including Douglas Cowan, author of a number of books including Sacred Terror: Religion and Horror on the Silver Screen; Paul Meehan, also the author of a number of books including Horror Noir: Where Cinema’s […]

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Cinefantastique Online – The RITE: Satan, Possession, and Unlikely Sources of Faith

February 8th, 2011 | Posted in Cinefantastique, demonic, demonology, devil in film, horror, possession

My latest contribution to Cinefantastique Online is now available, an essay titled “THE RITE: Satan, Possession, and Unlikely Sources of Faith.” From the introduction: The Devil and the related phenomenon of demonic possession, have been the source of several horror films for the years. Previous decades offered THE EXORCIST (1973), with its Roman Catholic perspective, […]

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Satan is Busy at the Box Office

September 1st, 2010 | Posted in demonic, devil in film, Exorcism of Emily Rose, possession, Satan, The Exorcist, W. Scott Poole

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 […]