In this episode, long overdue, Phil and JF discuss one of the great American horror films: WIlliam Friedkin's 1973 adaptation of Willam Peter's Blatty's _The Exorcist_.
Music: "Nascent Red," from PY Martel's Weird Studies Vol. 1.
For details on Quentin S. Crisp's upcoming Weirdosphere talk on literature and the supernatural, visit Weirdosphere. The event takes place on October 31 at 3 pm EST.
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References
William Friedkin (dir.), The Exorcist
Richard Donner (dir.), The Omen
Fulton J. Sheen, On the Demonic
William Blatty, The Exorcist
Gyrus, North
Don Siegal and Clint Eastwood (dir.), Dirty Harry
Weird Studies, Episode 88 on Mr. Punch
Joe Bob Briggs, American film critic
Matt Cardin, "Teeth"
Ryan Duns, The Theology of Horror
Norman Mailer, "The White Negro"
Ray Brassier, Nihil Unbound
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man"
Thomas Ligotti, The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
John Lennon, "Imagine"
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