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William Friedkin: The Cinematic Sorcerer

August 9, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

We look at the stellar career of the late William Friedkin and in particular his underappreciated masterpiece, Sorcerer… William Friedkin has sadly passed away but left behind a resume filled with masterful cinema including several films which redefined genres. When it comes to cinema, there are some filmmakers who have never quite had the level […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: bug, Cruising, Good Times, Killer Joe, Sorcerer, The Boys in the Band, The Exorcist, The French Connection, To Live and Die in L.A., William Friedkin

The Exorcist: Believer possesses us with first trailer

July 25, 2023 by EJ Moreno

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 […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News, Top Stories, Trailers Tagged With: Ann Dowd, David Gordon Green, Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Nettles, Leslie Odom Jr., Lidya Jewett, Okwui Okpokwasili, Olivia Marcum, Raphael Sbarge, The Exorcist, The Exorcist: Believer

Blumhouse’s The Exorcist: Believer scares us with three chilling new posters

July 21, 2023 by EJ Moreno

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 […]

Filed Under: Movies, News Tagged With: David Gordon Green, Ellen Burstyn, Leslie Odom Jr., The Exorcist, The Exorcist: Believer

Every Major Horror Movie Coming Out In 2023

January 1, 2023 by EJ Moreno

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. […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Movies Tagged With: Evil Dead Rise, Haunted Mansion, Insidious: Fear the Dark, Knock at the Cabin, M3GAN, MaXXXine, Meg 2: The Trench, Renfield, saw x, Scream 6, The Exorcist, The Nun 2

Linda Blair reportedly set for Regan MacNeil return in The Exorcist requel

March 26, 2023 by Gary Collinson

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, […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Blumhouse, Linda Blair, Peacock, The Exorcist, universal

Universal and Blumhouse’s The Exorcist sequel adds a new pastor

February 12, 2023 by EJ Moreno

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 […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: Blumhouse, David Gordon Green, Peacock, Raphael Sbarge, The Exorcist, universal

The Exorcist director says Exorcist II is “the worst piece of sh*t I’ve ever seen”

February 14, 2019 by Gary Collinson

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 […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Exorcist II: The Heretic, The Exorcist, William Friedkin

The Films That Inspired Polterheist – Exclusive interview with director David Gilbank

December 18, 2018 by admin

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. […]

Filed Under: Exclusives, Interviews, Movies Tagged With: Alien, Apocalypse Now, Dave Gilbank, Get Carter, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, polterheist, The Exorcist, The Wanderers

It’s Time to Give the Horror Genre More Respect

October 20, 2019 by Tom Jolliffe

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, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Deep Red, Don't Look Now, Hereditary, Possession, Rosemary's Baby, Suspiria, The Exorcist, The Shining, The Thing, videodrome

Crisis of Faith in Cinema

March 27, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

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 […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Andrei Rublev, Andrei Tarkovsky, First Reformed, Ingmar Bergman, Max von Sydow, Stalker, The Exorcist, The Seventh Seal, Winter Light

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