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WolfmanOz at the Movies #96
The degeneration of Oscar. Well it’s been over a year since I last posted – a severe case of writing block re movies. But somehow I have managed to rise from my slumber and have conjured this up. In Jean Cocteau’s marvellous 1950 film Orphée the poet asks what he should do. “Astonish me”, he is told.…
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WolfmanOz at the Movies #44
Demonic Possession It’s now 49 years ago that William Friedkin’s supernatural horror classic The Exorcist was first released (actually at Xmas in 1973). The film is based on the novel by William Peter Blatty, which it follows very closely in depicting the demonic possession of a young girl and her mother’s attempt to rescue her through…