I love watching horror movies and reading horror novels, so I obviously wanted to read this classic. The exorcist, for those of you who don't already know, is the story of a twelve year old girl named Regan who becomes possessed by a demon. The book also follows a young Priest, Damien Karras, who is...
I wasn’t sure what to expect of this one. I’ve seen the movie a lot of times. A LOT of times. Despite its poor quality special effects and overzealous acting, it’s a seriously creepy movie that goes to some very ugly places. Rest assured, the book does, too.I was pretty surprised to see that the mov...
I came to this first by way of the movie, which is one of the few horror movies which has consistently scared the living shit out of me from childhood through adulthood. Even now, with dated and transparent special effects, having seen it a bazillion times, it has the power to make me uneasy unless ...
So much of the supernatural has religious underpinnings, but much fantasy and even genre horror novels underplays or eliminates that aspect. Witches are lovable like Tabitha and Hermione, werewolves have a "furry problem" at worst, vampires are smexy. The Exorcist, on the other hand, brings me back ...
But, Aryn! The book was published in 1971, and was based on a case from the 40s! Give the doctors a break. No. But why? Because. Because, I see the same attitudes in the way we treat childhood illness today. Nah, that kid doesn't need therapy, (s)he just needs Ritalin! Annnnnyway, the book defi...
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty full review posted at my blog For a book titled The Exorcist, there wasn't much exorcism happening. There are two ways in which I appreciate this piece of work: as a horror novel intended purely to thrill, and as a finer piece of literature that is able to s...
One of my favorite books returns for its 40th anniversary with some reworking. Twelve-year-old Regan McNeil starts exhibiting some strange, dangerous behavior. After visits to doctors and psychiatrists, only one thing could possibly save her life: an exorcism. Father Karras, a Church psychiatrist ...
”In our sleep, pain, which cannot forget, fallsdrop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, come wisdomthrough the awful grace of God. --AeschylusI get a wild hair every so often and recently I decided that I needed to go on a 19...
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