Most modern horror movies have a similar structure. They’re low-budget affairs set in a single location, such as a haunted house. Their trailers often feature predictable jump scares. Studios like ...
I'm fascinated by movies that give us some measure of the ending right at the start of the story. I love the sense of inevitability it lends, particularly in horror, and I love watching the ways ...
?The Exorcism of Emily Rose? perfectly demonstrates the principle of ?show, don?t tell.? It tells the story, based on true events, of an exorcism performed on a young college girl named Emily Rose ...
Joshua Kristian McCoy is a freelance writer and film critic from the United States. He is a lifelong film buff, a voting member of the Georgia Film Critics Association, a tournament-winning Smash Bros ...
Serious, thoughtful horror films all but went extinct in the late ’70s, sometime between the commercial success of Halloween and the relative box-office disappointment of The Shining. Since then, ...
There's a little evil in us all - but not many experience what Emily Rose did. "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" is based on the true story of a girl whose family priest claimed was possessed by demons - ...
Three stars (out of four) "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" is very good! It's a true story and a well-done movie. It is not, however, what you expect from the coming attractions. First of all, it is ...
On this day in horror history, Scott Derrickson’s The Exorcism of Emily Rose with Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, and Jennifer Carpenter was released in 2005. Derrickson chose Paul Harris Boardman as ...
LOS ANGELES - "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" bedeviled its competition in its box-office debut this weekend, hauling in $30.2 million with its mix of courtroom drama and classic horror. The film, ...
The Exorcism of Emily Rose is an unusual movie, tricky to quantify but nonetheless affecting, as it combines two old standbys - the exorcism thriller and the courtroom drama - into something new and ...