'Probably' everything that ripped off Flash Gordon, Altered Beast and The Exorcist

Normally I'd focus on one, but rulebook is ripped up.

Flash Gordon (1980)

Commando (1985 arcade flyer) vs poster

Li Jen - Yie-Ar Kung Fu II vs Max van Sydow - Ming the Merciless

Strider - Mega Drive cover art vs Sam J. Jones

Contra III: The Alien Wars vs Hawkmen (led by Prince Vultan)

Star Wars title crawl vs Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

Altered Beast (1988)

Rise from your grave!

Thor: Ragnarok poster vs arcade flyer

WHAT?

1989 home computer art (recycled for subsequent budget re-releases) lives long in the memory.

Here comes a few 'coincidences'.

Viking Wolf (2022) and Beartooth  - Aggressive (2016 album)

And worst of all.

Mark Chadwick - Moment (2014 album)

Former Levellers frontman was definitely On The Fiddle.

The Exorcist (1973)

William Friedkin's adaptation largely follows William Peter Blatty's 1971 novel of same name, but like Regan's obscenities, content is toned down.

The crucifix scene was nasty in the film, but compared to the book...

Anyway, the power of Christ compels me to begin.

Films

Seytan (1974)

Abby (1974)

The Devil's Female (1974)

Beyond the Door (1974)

The Eerie Midnight Show (1974)

The Antichrist (1974)

Exorcism (1975)

Exorcism (2003)

Joshua John Miller's The Exorcism (2024) centres around Russell Crowe's washed up alcoholic actor playing Father Arlington in The Georgetown Project, with film within a film being a remake of...

Naked Exorcism (1975) aka Return of the Exorcist, was released at some point in the 1980's on VHS as The Exorcist III: Cries and Shadows.

Check out Father Merrin in poster.

Miscellany

Dark Shadows (2012) vs pea soup

The Shrine¹ vs Pazuzu²

¹ntbcw 1983 James Herbert novel Shrine, adapted as The Unholy in 2021.

²Film never mentions the name of fictional demon, but at the palace of Ashurbanipal, written word describes limestone statue as having a bulbous, jutting, stubby penis and a mouth stretched taut in feral grin.

Spider walk

Cut scene wasn't restored until 2000.

"Gliding spiderlike, rapidly, close behind Sharon, her body arched backward in a bow with her head almost touching her feet, was Regan, her tongue flicking quickly in and out of her mouth while she sibilantly hissed and moved her head very slightly back and forth like a cobra."

Shit caught on.

Hellboy (2019)

The Poughkeepsie Tapes

The Thing (2011)

The Void

Anything for Jackson

Evil Dead

Fede Álvarez's re-imagining of Equinox, sorry The Evil Dead, was really impressive.

But some aspects (other than profanity) felt familiar.

Abomination flicking out tongue

Before urinating on a rug in her nightgown, Regan makes a chilling threat:

"You're gonna die up there."

Filmmakers 'attempt' to throw us off the scent.

Mia: "You're all going to die tonight."

After briefly passing out, Mia vomits a copious amount of blood on Olivia.

Olivia succumbs to possession and pisses herself.

Miscellany

V/H/S (2012) - Tuesday the 17th segment

Wendy: "You're all going to fucking die up here."

Resident Evil (2002)
A holographic representation of the Red Queen states:
"You're all going to die down here."

Homage?

No fucking idea.

Video games

Pickings are surprisingly slim, but whatever.

Quiz Dai Sousa-sen: The Last Countdown (1991)

Finally, a few more spiders.

Koudelka (1999)
Elaine acts as the end boss.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 (2014)

Euryale knows how to get around.

For shiggles.

Her sister Stheno scurries like an insect.

Until next time.