Most modern horror movies have a similar structure. They’re low-budget affairs set in a single location, such as a haunted house. Their trailers often feature predictable jump scares. Studios like ...

If you’ve seen Scott Derrickson’s 2005 film The Exorcism Of Emily Rose, then you’re already vaguely familiar with the story of Anneliese Michel. But instead of being a work of horror fiction, Michel’s ...

The ‘70s were a big decade for Lucifer. The Exorcist came out in late ‘73, Anton LaVey was really feeling himself with the growing popularity of his Church of Satan, and his book, The Satanic Bible, ...

I'm fascinated by movies that give us some measure of the ending right at the start of the story. I love the sense of inevitability it lends, particularly in horror, and I love watching the ways ...

Serious, thoughtful horror films all but went extinct in the late ’70s, sometime between the commercial success of Halloween and the relative box-office disappointment of The Shining. Since then, ...

?The Exorcism of Emily Rose? perfectly demonstrates the principle of ?show, don?t tell.? It tells the story, based on true events, of an exorcism performed on a young college girl named Emily Rose ...

Joshua Kristian McCoy is a freelance writer and film critic from the United States. He is a lifelong film buff, a voting member of the Georgia Film Critics Association, a tournament-winning Smash Bros ...

One of the best "exorcism" movies ever made has a new streaming home. Note the quotes around the word "exorcism" because this isn't one of those typicalmovies about the devil possessing an innocent ...

All the signs are there. An emaciated girl/demon with green-tinted skin, cracked lips, and a dirty mouth. A devout and selfless Catholic priest determined to perform an exorcism despite his reluctant ...