Aug 25, 2010

EXORCISM MOVIES: a flowchart

The Last Exorcism opens this Friday. Are you worried that with all the possession-flavored movies on the market, you'll be mired in head-spinning and puking to the point where you can't tell your Regans from your Emily Roses from your Nells? It's understandable- you're not alone. That's why I made this flowchart to help everyone figure things out. Because I care!

EDITED TO ADD: No, I did not include every possession/exorcism movie ever made in this chart, thank you, I realize that. Like lists, when I post these things they're meant to be pleasant, horror-centric, time-wasting diversions that, perhaps, start discussion. They're not meant to be all-inclusive.

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20 comments:

  1. Quite the handy little field-guide, as it were...

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  2. Missing loads of other movies out.

    Is 'Goat rimming' an important theme?

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  3. I like my girls hairy from the waist down! Only I call them boys, and they're hairy in every direction. I have lost control of this thought. Point being, you liked The Last Exorcism then? I'm trying not to excite myself too much but I am excited nonetheless.

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  4. I knew that variations on "you forgot this" would come up immediately. No, I did not intend this to be an all-inclusive thing, charting every possession movie ever made. I intended this to be a funny diversion.

    I don't know how "important" goat-rimming is thematically, for I imagine that depends on personal...tastes. However, it it certainly a noteworthy enough scene to include it here to differentiate The Antichrist from other films. It's a rather notorious scene, the one people mention when talking about the movie.

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  5. I did like The Last Exorcism, although the ads are pitching it a bit wrongly, IMO. It's not straight-up razzle dazzle horror. It leaves a lot of doors open for discussion in the end, which is nice.

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  6. This, Stacie, is excellent! You bring me great joy.

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  7. Could you draw the same thing for zombie movies please?

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  8. Love it! Spot on and hilarious.

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  9. Fabulous stuff. Thank you.

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  10. Rumor has it that goat rimming is going to be a demonstration sport at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.

    No word yet on distances/formats. 50 meters sounds right to me, in a purely theoretical way.

    You could have had a branch in your flowchart that read "Is Linda Blair dressed up in a giant ice cream cone costume, shouting 'LICK ME! LICK ME!'", and the YES resolution would have been "Repossessed".

    Cheers,
    A.J.

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  11. Aaah, you're right! I've never actually seen REPOSSESSED (probably why it never would have occurred to me), but I missed a good opportunity for another branch.

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  12. "Did someone rim a goat?" = win!!!

    Not, like...ahem...for me personally. Just the joke. Dig?

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  13. The "No: Dummy" part made me laugh so stupidly hard. I stand by this, judge me as you will.

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  14. Wonderful, Stacie!

    And YES, sir (or madam), goat rimming IS an important theme. In fact, it's THE important theme. "The Exorcist," in leaving it out, is all the weaker for it.

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  15. Goat rimming just happens to be in my favourite nasty, Island Of Death, I haven't seen The Antichrist but I bet it doesn't have cool hippy music and a hottie like Celia (and phonebox sex that Tarantino ripped off).

    Please do some more flow charts, this made me piss my pants :p

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  16. I wonder where Amityville II: The Possession would fit...

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  17. Seconding request for further genre-specific flowcharts, due to the fact that this one was hilarious and awesome.

    Zombies would be my preference as well, but we'd gladly accept anything, as long as it's funny!

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  18. Note to self, go see The Antichrist. It ain't a proper movie unless someone rims a goat.

    haaaaaa

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  19. Holy shit! The Antichrist was my answer. ..... The chart really worx!

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  20. Great stuff. Though I wouldn't mess with this shit! ;)

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