Tag: The Exorcist
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In 1973, William Friedkin’s The Exorcist didn’t just win at the box office; it fundamentally altered the DNA of the horror genre. It was a cold, terrifying kick to the kadiddlehoppers, that fucked up a generation of movie-goers. So, when Warner Bros. sat down to plan the sequel, they had a choice: they could double…
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We need to stop pretending that The Exorcist is just another classic movie that you check off a list so you can feel culturally literate. I am so tired of the modern elevated horror crowd—the ones who think a movie is only good if it’s a metaphor for hereditary trauma or a deeply moving exploration…
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If you’re a horror fan, you know the critics don’t always get it right. And I’m not just talking about movies that undergo extreme reappraisals a la The Thing or The Shining. A lot of film critics simply don’t care much for horror, and while that bias against the genre is thankfully waning, it hasn’t…