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A Better Look at the Sales Art for Filmax’s ‘Exorcismus’
Directed by Manuel Carballo from a screenplay by David Munoz is Filmax’s new exorcism tale, Exorcismus, which stars Tommy Bastow, Sophie Vavasseur, Richard Felix, Douglas Bradley and Stephen Billington. The film will explore the popular horror theme of exorcism, focusing on a young girl, Suzy, whose erratic behaviour forces her family to bring in a priest to try and resolve the problem through hypnosis. The disturbing results are recorded on a secret camera.
“Emma is sick. Tired of studying at home instead of going to school, tired of baby-sitting his younger brother, tired of their parents. Emma’s parents are overprotective, agnostics and overly strict with their children’s education. Emma wants a different life, wants to be free … Inexplicably Emma begins to suffer strange attacks that parents attributed to psychological problems, but she knows that these attacks have a very different origin. Emma knows that something terrible inside that is gripping it. Emma wanted to be free … Some things are best ever wished absence thereof…”
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John Carpenter Curates Two-Night Horror Programming Event For Turner Classic Movies This July
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has announced its July programming highlights, which include a celebration of independent filmmaking and a special two-night genre event curated and co-hosted by horror legend John Carpenter.
In recognition of Independence Day, TCM Spotlight: American Independents “traces the evolution of American independent filmmaking through a collection of groundbreaking films made outside the traditional Hollywood studio system.”
This series highlights pioneering artists and maverick filmmakers who helped reshape the landscape of American cinema. Look for landmark works from Ida Lupino, Ed Wood, George A. Romero, John Waters, and David Lynch to be included in the roster of filmmakers spotlighted in the collection.
TCM also presents The Carpenter Zone this July, a two-night programming event curated and co-hosted by John Carpenter.
Instead of programming Carpenter’s films, though, the filmmaker is highlighting genre films that inspired his own works. The lineup includes The Quatermass Xperiment (1955), Them! (1954), It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958), The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), The Mummy (1959), and Curse of the Demon (1957).
Throughout the two-night event, Carpenter will share introductions and commentary on the films that helped shape his lifelong love of genre filmmaking.
Additional programming details, including daily schedules, are available at TCM.com.
Related: Watch John Carpenter’s speech at Keith David’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony.