Episode 221 – On 'The Exorcist'

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. (pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-stu…)

For details on Quentin S. Crisp's upcoming Weirdosphere talk on literature and the supernatural, visit Weirdosphere (weirdosphere.org/course/something-ghostly). The event takes place on October 31 at 3 pm EST.

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References

William Friedkin (dir.), The Exorcist (imdb.com/title/tt0070047/⁠)

Richard Donner (dir.), The Omen (imdb.com/title/tt0075005/⁠)

Fulton J. Sheen, On the Demonic (ewtnreligiouscatalogue.com/products/on-the-dem…)

William Blatty, The Exorcist (bookshop.org/a/18799/9780062094360⁠)

Gyrus, North (dreamflesh.com/projects/north/⁠)

Don Siegal and Clint Eastwood (dir.), Dirty Harry (imdb.com/title/tt0066999/⁠)

Weird Studies, Episode 88 on Mr. Punch (weirdstudies.com/88⁠)

Joe Bob Briggs (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Bob_Briggs⁠), American film critic

Matt Cardin, "Teeth" (bookshop.org/a/18799/9780972854566⁠)

Ryan Duns, The Theology of Horror (bookshop.org/a/18799/9780268208561⁠)

Norman Mailer, "The White Negro" (bookshop.org/a/18799/9780674005907⁠)

Ray Brassier, Nihil Unbound (bookshop.org/a/18799/9780230522053⁠)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man"

Thomas Ligotti, The Conspiracy Against the Human Race (bookshop.org/a/18799/9780143133148⁠)

John Lennon, "Imagine"

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