David Gordon Green is set to deliver his scariest outing yet, and we got our first glimpse at the devil-filled madness. Today, the first trailer for Blumhouse’s The Exorcist: Believer arrived, and it’s a delightfully twisted treat. We get a look at our new story while also revisiting iconic characters from the original outing. The […]
Blumhouse’s The Exorcist: Believer scares us with three chilling new posters
We have our first look at The Exorcist: Believer, and it conjures up feelings of the original classic horror film. Universal Pictures and Blumhouse have teamed up for a new sequel to 1973’s The Exorcist, which will directly follow the original story and ignore all other sequels. Consider this David Gordon Green’s Halloween but for […]
Every Major Horror Movie Coming Out In 2023
EJ Moreno looks ahead at the 2023 horror slate… Looking back at 2022, it’s fair to say it was one of the best years for horror. Recently, the genre has been rising in mainstream popularity, and the arthouse crowd is getting fed. It’s abundant wealth, leading to 2022 alone having three or four genre-defining moments. […]
Linda Blair reportedly set for Regan MacNeil return in The Exorcist requel
If a new report from Above the Line is to be believed, it seems that Ellen Burstyn’s Chris MacNeil won’t be the only familiar face from The Exorcist franchise set to feature in Blumhouse, Universal and Peacock’s upcoming requel. According to the site, Linda Blair is also set to reprise her role as Regan MacNeil, […]
Universal and Blumhouse’s The Exorcist sequel adds a new pastor
David Gordon Green is currently in production on a new instalment of the Exorcist franchise, as he looks to repeat the formula of 2018’s Halloween by delivering a direct sequel to the iconic 1973 film which also serves as the starting point for a new trilogy. Not too long ago, Peacock and Universal scooped up […]
The Exorcist director says Exorcist II is “the worst piece of sh*t I’ve ever seen”
With 1973’s The Exorcist, director William Friedkin created one of the greatest and most successful horror movies of all time, only for studio Warner Bros. to follow it up with a strong contender for the worst sequel in history with 1977’s Exorcist II: The Heretic. If you’re unlucky enough to have seen the movie, then […]
The Films That Inspired Polterheist – Exclusive interview with director David Gilbank
Flickering Myth chats with director David Gilbank about the films that inspired Polterheist… Multi-award winning genre mashup Polterheist has arrived on DVD after sweeping awards at film festivals worldwide. Blending elements of horror, crime and comedy, the film is fresh, funny and stands apart as one of the most original indie films of the year. […]
It’s Time to Give the Horror Genre More Respect
As Halloween approaches, Tom Jolliffe looks at the Horror genre, and why it needs more respect… As a movie lover with a wide ranging taste in films I’ve long been fairly open to an array of genres. It was recently though, and perhaps in part this stems from writing a few horror features of late, […]
Crisis of Faith in Cinema
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at films about crisis of faith… The subject of faith in cinema has been around since the beginning. Whether this is faith in a religious sense, or spiritual, or of the self, it is in that test, or crisis of faith which sees a character put through a quest to […]
What is the Most Iconic Image in Horror Cinema?
Tom Jolliffe looks over some of the most iconic images in horror… Cinema is full of iconic films and iconic images within those. A moment of hope in Rocky personified by his mangled post fight face screaming ‘Adrian!’ or even in the same film, his victorious beating of those famous steps, holding his arms aloft […]
