In observance of the spooky season we&#39;re posting our conversation with historian Matthew J. Cressler on the relationship between Catholicism and horror cinema. We explore the sub-genre of Catholic Horror through our analysis of two recent films centering on the Italian exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth (1925-2016): William Friedkin’s (!) documentary The Devil and Father Amorth (2017) and Julius Avery’s horror/dramedy/superhero film The Pope’s Exorcist (2023). The conversation was enlightening and just a delight. Please be on the lookout for all of Matthew’s great work on Catholicism and horror:“<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/10/netflixs-midnight-mass/620446/" rel="nofollow">The Netflix Series That Should Make Religious People Uncomfortable</a>” The Atlantic, 10/25/21 (on Midnight Mass)<a href="https://therevealer.org/exorcists-abusers-and-when-catholic-history-is-horror/" rel="nofollow">“Exorcists, Abusers, and When Catholic History is Horror” </a>The Revealer, 05/10/22<a href="https://uscatholic.org/articles/202210/you-cant-have-a-catholic-imagination-without-horror/" rel="nofollow">“You Can’t Have a Catholic Imagination without Horror”</a> U.S. Catholic, 10/28/22And the man’s making comics about this at <a href="https://badcatholics-comics.org/" rel="nofollow">Bad Catholics / Good Trouble</a> !

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