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The Exorcist (Blu-ray Details)
Controversial, haunting and popular from the moment it opened, William Friedkin's masterpiece "The Exorcist" now marks its historic Blu-ray premiere in a 2 disc Edition featuring stunning Hi-Def presentation of the original 1973 Theatrical Version and the 2000 Extended Director's Cut. The terrifying and realistic tale of an innocent girl inhabited by a terrifying entity, her mother's frantic...
Exorcist II: The Heretic (DVD Details)
Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil (Linda Blair) four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and knowledge of a Vatican investigator (Richard Burton) and a hypnotic research specialist (Louise Fletcher) free her from its grasp?
Employing production design and special effects that are dizzily exhilarating and a supporting cast (Max...
It's Only a Movie (Book Details)
To avoid fainting keep repeating,
It's only a move
..only a movie
..only a movie
..only a movie
If you grew up believing that Planet of the Apes told you all you needed to know about politics, that Slade in Flame was a savage exposé of the pop world, and that The Exorcist revealed the meaning of life, then you probably spent far too many of your formative years at the cinema. Just as...
The Exorcist III (US) (DVD Details)
A woman crawls by unnoticed - on the ceiling like a fly. A long-dead killer claims victim after victim. Flames erupt, snakes slither, the ground opens and reveals a writhing pit of the damned. The evil is back.
Also back is the creative force whose novel and Oscar-winning screenplay shaped the trailblazing The Exorcist. Adapting his novel "Legion," William Peter Blatty writes and directs The...
The Exorcist (UK) (DVD Details)
The belief in evil - and that evil can be cast out. From these two strands of faith, author William Peter Blatty and director William Friedkin wove The Exorcist, the frightening and realistic story of an innocent girl inhabited by a malevolent entity.
Academy Award winner Friedkin, who introduces the film and supervised this new video transfer from restored picture and video elements, gets...
Why Horror?
As my parents can’t stand horror films and my brother is largely impassive to them, I’ve often wondered and have been frequently asked why I like horror films so much. The following ramble is a vain attempt to explain this.
As I said in Becoming a...
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Becoming a Film Addict: Part 2
The previous 'Becoming a Film Addict' seemed to go down well and, looking back on it, the article seemed a little perfunctory. I have thought about it some more and this is an expansion on Part 1.
This addiction to film and DVDs led me, following...
Posted by David Beckett
My Top 10 Favourite Horror Films
In the spirit of Halloween I’ve decided to go through my collection and try and work out (in the style of High Fidelity) my top ten all time favourite horror films. I’ve had in mind those that would go into the list and have been slowly reviewing...
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What film did it for you?
Was there a film that turned you into a film addict? Was there a time when you saw something, either at home or at the cinema, that made you think "I...
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Exorcist II: The Heretic (Review) (DVD)There must have been a time in the mid-1970s when filmmakers all over the world were wondering how to jump on the coattails of The Exorcist...
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It's Only a Movie (Review) (Book)Through his appearances on television and radio and as a critic in The Observer and Sight and Sound, Mark Kermode has established himself as...
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The Exorcist III (Review) (DVD)After the desperately bad Exorcist 2: The Heretic, William Peter Blatty directed his adaptation of his own sequel to The Exorcist – the...
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The Exorcist (Review) (DVD)The Exorcist was the first film that I saw at the cinema that made me realise the power of the medium. It was a midnight showing in 1998...
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I think my dividing line was Star Wars. I'd enjoyed watching movies, and I was fascinated by the technicalities of making movies,...
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On Radio 5 Live on Friday, Nigel Floyd who, along with Boyd Hilton, has taken over reviewing duties for Marc Kermode for the...
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Far from it, David. There are times I wish I'd never heard of any of the shows you mention, tainted as they are by nerdliness ;) ...
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What film did it for you?
Yes, I am talking about the new Battlestar Galactica (which I purchased as a 'blind buy', having never seen an episode) and, as...
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What film did it for you?
Ah, but you've bought the new "re-imagining" of Battlestar, haven't you? Si's on about the creaky Glen A Larson original complete...
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