The Power of Christ Compels you to Sit Down and Shush: Kermode, Friedkin, and the Perfect (Horror) Movie

By contributor Adam Page This was the first time I understood that a movie could get inside you. Not just frighten you, as any hack with a violin section and a cat in the cupboard can make you jump. The Exorcist gets in, sets up camp, and starts rearranging the furniture of your soul without […]

Raindance 2019: Friedkin Uncut (2018)

By Matt Harries Despite professing to not be a political film maker, William Friedkin demonstrated his social conscience at the very beginning of his directorial career. The People Vs Paul Crump was Friedkin’s 1962 debut and follows the story of the titular Crump, sentenced to death by electric chair for his part in a bungled […]

Stairway to Hell: The Exorcist

By special guest contributor Marc Lissenburg “What’s the scariest film you’ve ever seen?” It’s a query I am faced with on an alarmingly regular basis when folk learn of my fervent horror movie fanaticism. Despite the somewhat tedious probing, my enthused and instantaneous retort each time is – “THE EXORCIST!” Now I accept one man’s […]