S 4.6 Catholic Horror with Matthew J. Cressler

<p>In observance of the spooky season we're posting our conversation with historian Matthew J. Cressler on the relationship between Catholicism and horror cinema. We explore the sub-genre of Catholic Horror through our analysis of two recent films centering on the Italian exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth (1925-2016): William Friedkin’s (!) documentary <em>The Devil and Father Amorth </em>(2017) and Julius Avery’s horror/dramedy/superhero film <em>The Pope’s Exorcist</em> (2023). The conversation was enlightening and just a delight. Please be on the lookout for all of Matthew’s great work on Catholicism and horror:</p><p><br></p><p>“<a href="theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/10/netfli…; rel="nofollow">The Netflix Series That Should Make Religious People Uncomfortable</a>” <em>The Atlantic</em>, 10/25/21<em> </em>(on <em>Midnight Mass</em>)</p><p><br></p><p><a href="therevealer.org/exorcists-abusers-and-when-cat…; rel="nofollow">“Exorcists, Abusers, and When Catholic History is Horror” </a><em>The Revealer, </em>05/10/22</p><p><br></p><p><a href="uscatholic.org/articles/202210/you-cant-have-a…; rel="nofollow">“You Can’t Have a Catholic Imagination without Horror”</a> <em>U.S. Catholic</em>, 10/28/22</p><p><br></p><p>And the man’s making comics about this at <a href="badcatholics-comics.org/"; rel="nofollow"><em>Bad Catholics / Good Trouble</em></a><em> !</em></p>