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AcolyteLector
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No surprises here…: except maybe for the fact that Demons want to make/watch more films about themselves… 
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catsrus
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I’ve seen too much of the exorcisim stuff on TV recently. Kind of like in the 70s after The Exorcist movie came out and suddenly there was a rash of cheap knock off horror flicks to cash in on the interest.
I realllly think Satan is a bit more suble than all that growling and head spinning stuff.
I realllly think Satan is a bit more suble than all that growling and head spinning stuff.
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Brooklyn
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You need to read “The Rite” by Matt Baglio. It’s a true story, and trust me, Satan is not subtle. Levitating, spitting up nails and other objects, super human strength - it’s all in there.I’ve seen too much of the exorcisim stuff on TV recently. Kind of like in the 70s after The Exorcist movie came out and suddenly there was a rash of cheap knock off horror flicks to cash in on the interest.
I realllly think Satan is a bit more suble than all that growling and head spinning stuff.
The chief exorcist of the Vatican, Father Gabriele Amorth, says The Exorcist is his favorite movie.
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Tigg
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Altho I agree Satan has power he is willing to display if needed, I would suggest that most times it is unnecessary. There’s not much need for supernatural manifestations of evil when we have demonic abortions done on a daily basis, murder of Christians, the loss of faith, relativism, and artwork reviling the very essence of what is Holy. Who needs vomit coming out of the mouth of the possessed or being flung across the room by demons? Makes for an interesting movie, tho.
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livnlern
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I would be very skeptical of most all of the events in these kind of movies. Hollywood loves to take real life stories and add in all kinds of things to make the movies more exciting. I just watched a movie called “The Haunting in Connecticut” on dvd. Then watched the dvd extras. I’d say 80% of what took place in the movie wasn’t what happened according to the real people involved in the haunting. And now I’ve found an article that questions whether any of the “facts” are true: livescience.com/strangenews/090326-bad-haunting-movie.html
The evil forces in these movies are made to seem really powerful and praying and calling in the church are seen as last resorts. If people had prayer and the church in their lives to begin with, the devil wouldn’t stand a chance. But that wouldn’t make for good box office receipts.
The evil forces in these movies are made to seem really powerful and praying and calling in the church are seen as last resorts. If people had prayer and the church in their lives to begin with, the devil wouldn’t stand a chance. But that wouldn’t make for good box office receipts.
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cathgal
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Satan is subtle…until he’s found out.
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gurneyhalleck1
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Tell that to the young boy in the famous St. Louis Exorcism case that was the true-life hellish exorcism that inspired Blatty to write the Exorcist. Satan isn’t always as subtle as you think. He wasn’t subtle with Hitler, Pol Pot, Edi Amin, Stalin, or the Holocaust either! 
I realllly think Satan is a bit more suble than all that growling and head spinning stuff.
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Hastrman
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In a book I’m writing, two vampire-hunting priests are talking about each other’s sense of aesthetics; one of them says to the other (who’s an exorcist, called in when the vampires have deals with bigger spirits), “Your phone’s ringtone is ‘Tubular Bells,’ you don’t get to criticize.” But really, if you’re an exorcist, what do you use as your ringtone?
Ahem. I think the reason Hollywood’s so interested in exorcism is the same as the reason they’re so interested in Shaolin Kung Fu. Yeah, Kung Fu is a minor thing in Buddhism, even in the Zen whose monastery Shaolin is. But it’s picturesque and dramatic, and, y’ know, “visual drama” is what they do for a living.
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gurneyhalleck1
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As much as Hollywood and the media are hostile to the Catholic Church, oddly enough I suspect there is a buried, subtle respect for it as legit and the real deal of the all the churches. You’ll never seen anyone but Catholics hunting vampires, exorcising demons, and 90% of the time it’s a Catholic priest officiating at a wedding in movies or TV. Think of how frequently a confessional is a part of the plot of a flick or TV show. And I think of shows like the X-Files where Scully’s Catholicism is constantly explored and mentioned and priests are continually referenced. Catholicism is respected, I believe, by even the cynics and immoral libertines that live in Hollywood. I think the supernatural character of Catholicism whether it is transubstantiation, holy water and blessings of objects, the power of the priesthood, anointing with oil, you name it, there is that respect and recognition of the ancient dignity and character of the Catholic religion.
BTW, Tubular Bells kicks butt! I am a huge Exorcist fan. Amazing film.
BTW, Tubular Bells kicks butt! I am a huge Exorcist fan. Amazing film.
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catsrus
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Yeah. I think we got that.
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Teelynn
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Have you read the interview with Fr. Gary Thomas? He does talk about dramatic effects along similar lines, however, he thinks part of the reason Hollywood is so interested in occult type movies, is due to the ever growing amount of evil we see around us. I myself would tend to agree. The evil has grown at a rapid pace. I would like to read the book. He states in the interview that EVERYTHING in the book is true down to the last detail.
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