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Essays · Horror · Religion & Spirituality

You Say You Want a Revolution? Regan’s Head and The Exorcist

October 31, 2016

If the evil spirit is “seen,” that is, reflected . . . he is overcome. – Marie-Louise von Franz Unmask Satan, and you vanquish him. – St. Augustine * *[…]

The advertising campaign for The Sign of the Cross gave the impression that Paramount Pictures was having a gay old time. This film was the first in Hollywood history to feature homosexual characters in its ads; they were painted by Dan Sayre Groesbeck.

Directors · Film Technology & History · Historical & Epic · Pre-Code · Religion & Spirituality · Silents

The Wickedest Movie in the World: How Cecil B. DeMille Made The Sign of the Cross

December 18, 2014

This post was adapted from the new book by Cecilia de Mille Presley and Mark A. Vieira, Cecil B. DeMille: The Art of the Hollywood Epic (Running Press, 416pp, December[…]

Documentaries · Religion & Spirituality