movie review LEE CRONIN’S THE MUMMY Running time: 133 minutes. Rated R (gore, brief drug use, language, strong violent content). In theaters. I never thought I’d miss the Scorpion King. But as gallons of oily vomit spewed and bloody skin got gruesomely peeled off a girl’s leg in “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy,” The Rock’s rocky … Read more
It takes a lot to scare kids in 2024. With all the shiny new tricks of CGI movie technology, it is getting harder and harder to deliver that true spine-chilling internal fear that makes horror films so great. Gen Z and Gen Alpha kids may arrogantly scoff at retro scary movies, but it hasn’t always … Read more
Darkness cometh, my babies. On Monday, April 8, 2024, we will experience a total solar eclipse in the fire-forward, progress-at-all-costs sign of Aries. A large portion of the United States will fall within or close to the path of totality, meaning many will witness this visual phenomenon — and all among us will feel its … Read more
Did your toxic ex leave you with way more than debt, trust issues, and a proverbial box full of darkness? Acclaimed nondenominational exorcist, author, and energy specialist Rachel (R.H.) Stavis reveals that entities can function like sexually transmitted infections — and you can indeed get a demon from getting it on. Stavis tells The Post, … Read more
Exorcise your demons, my babies. From resolutions to blood oaths channeled to make us better, January is high time to take steps that serve our greater good and future selves. For Rachel Stavis — a nondenominational exorcist, apex Pisces and author of “Sister of Darkness: The Chronicles of a Modern Exorcist” — furthering our personal … Read more
The vehement reaction to “The Exorcist” when it premiered in late 1973 helped create a special place for it in pop culture. The New York Times critic Jason Zinoman gives his perspective on the film’s lasting impact, the screenwriter’s headstrong ideas for the production and the conflict that turned “The Exorcist” into one of the … Read more
“My earliest and most vivid encounter with sheer terror took place in a movie theater when I was 3 years old. It was at the Fresh Pond Cinema in Cambridge, Mass., not during a showing of ‘Cujo’ or ‘It,’ but another dog and clown horror classic (masquerading as a kids’ movie), ‘Air Bud.’ Still indelible … Read more
Essays by Jason Zinoman, Manohla Dargis and Erik Piepenburg Could a movie about a girl possessed by the devil really have caused audience members to faint and lose their lunch at theaters? The vehement reaction to “The Exorcist” when it premiered in late 1973 helped create a special place for it in pop culture, as … Read more
It’s having supernatural success. “The Exorcist: Believer” landed in the No. 1 spot at the box office on Friday, its opening night. The sequel to 1973’s “The Exorcist” and the sixth film in the horror franchise raked in just over $11.9 million, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo. The Post called the slasher flick — which … Read more
With this weekend’s release of “The Exorcist: Believer,” filmgoers will once again witness young, possessed girls blaspheming, shrieking and levitating as their parents try to wrest a godless demon from their bodies. What they likely won’t see, however, is their fellow audience members fainting, vomiting and fleeing the theater in terror. That chaotic scene was … Read more
Their heads spun 360 degrees. They vomited up green sludge. They violently shouted curse words. No, not the demonically possessed girls in “The Exorcist: Believer” — the awful movie’s furious audience. After a promising start, the sixth film in a franchise that should’ve proudly called it quits fifty years ago becomes absolutely enraging. With what’s … Read more
Horror producer Jason Blum may be ready to take on demons, but he feels he is no match for Taylor Swift. The film veteran and founder of Blumhouse, who has produced hits like “Insidious” and “The Purge,” said he made the decision to move the release of his latest film “Exorcist: Believer” up from Friday, … Read more
It was a Swift exorcism of the movie theater. Producers of the upcoming film “The Exorcist: Believer” announced on X (formerly Twitter) Thursday they will release the horror flick a week early to avoid competing with Taylor Swift’s “Eras” Tour film. While both were scheduled to drop nationwide on Oct. 13, horror mega-producer Jason Blum … Read more
It was December 1973, and a rabid crowd of moviegoers stood in line in the sleet and rain for hours outside Manhattan’s Cinema 1 theater on Second Avenue. Some people lit bonfires to keep warm, while others threatened to storm the movie house if they couldn’t get in. Some went a different route, offering bribes … Read more
Fr. Vincent Lampert — a Catholic priest and the designated exorcist for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis — has witnessed people “foaming at the mouth, growling and snarling” during one of many exorcisms throughout his career. Exorcism is an ancient rite in the Catholic Church, that is, “at its core,” Fr. Lampert said, “a prayer directed to God … Read more
It’s not everyday that an exorcist pens a movie review, but last month a group of demon removers did just that. “Unreliable … splatter cinema,” the International Association of Exorcists declared of the new movie “The Pope’s Exorcist,” starring Russell Crowe, which hits theaters Friday. The 29-year-old Catholic organization added: “The end result is to … Read more
Crowe noted the irony of a movie set in the 70s being trounced at the box office by a re-release of the 1973 horror classic, “The Exorcist”. Source link