The Pope’s Exorcist turns history into excuse-making, dressing institutional guilt up as demonic influence. The Exorcism can’t decide if it wants to honor or parasitize its legacy. The Ritual hides behind “documentation” while recycling every tired trope in the book.
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https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/04/02/the-hagiography-of-horror-theological-revisionism-and-meta-cinematic-possession-in-the-post-friedkin-era/
The Hagiography of Horror: Theological Revisionism and Meta-Cinematic Possession in the Post-Friedkin Era

The cinematic depiction of demonic possession has undergone a radical transformation in the early twenty-first century, shifting from the psychological realism and spiritual ambiguity pioneered by …

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Backrooms | Official Trailer HD | A24

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I honestly can't think of one. I'm sure I did when I was a kid. I wonder if that says more about me, or about the books I'm reading.

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This one is easy for me, a sketchpad. I have to think in scribbled notes, winding arrows connecting oblong rectangles.
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Who Are You!? | Quick Review & Gameplay | A Haunting Journey Into the Unknown

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Both Drag Me to Hell and Disappear Completely attempt to engage with modern malaise, but they frequently encounter structural and moral failures that negate the struggles of their protagonists.
#DragMeToHell #Horror #Movies #FilmCriticism #MovieReview #SamRaimi #Film #DisappearCompletely #PsychologicalHorror
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/the-architecture-of-damnation-moral-retribution-cultural-stereotypes-and-the-bureaucracy-of-fear-in-drag-me-to-hell-and-disappear-completely/
The Architecture of Damnation: Moral Retribution, Cultural Stereotypes, and the Bureaucracy of Fear in Drag Me to Hell and Disappear Completely

The horror genre has long functioned as a visceral laboratory for the exploration of societal anxieties, transmuting the mundane pressures of contemporary life into supernatural terrors. In the ear…

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Backrooms (2026): A24 Unlocks the Liminal Horror Universe of Kane Pixels | PopGeeks.com Forum | Indie Games, Movies, TV, Tabletop & Comics

A24’s Backrooms (2026) brings Kane Pixels’ viral liminal‑space horror to the big screen. Release date May 29, 2026.

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Defensive Wounds and Other Stories by James Everington
Release Date March 26, 2026
#Horror #ShortStories #Collection #PsychologicalHorror

https://www.risingshadow.net/book/88611-defensive-wounds-and-other-stories

This does not look like a safe commute ⚠️
Anyway, Stuck in the Present is 60% OFF on Steam this Spring Sale!

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Camila Morrone flexes her knowledge of Toronto slang on Jimmy Fallon
American-Argentine screen star and model Camila Morrone showed off her impressive knowledge of Toronto slang this week on an episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.Morrone appeared on the show plugging her new psychological horror miniseries, Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, premiering this week on Netflix. While shooting the series, ...
https://www.blogto.com/film/2026/03/camila-morrone-toronto-slang-fallon/