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.
Miscellany
The Shrine¹ vs Pazuzu²
Before urinating on a rug in her nightgown, Regan makes a chilling threat:
Finally, a few more spiders.
Until next time.
Here comes a few 'coincidences'.
Viking Wolf (2022) and Beartooth - Aggressive (2016 album)
And worst of all.
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| 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
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
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| 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.
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| Hellboy (2019) |
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| The Poughkeepsie Tapes |
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| The Thing (2011) |
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| The Void |
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| 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
"You're gonna die up there."
Filmmakers 'attempt' to throw us off the scent.
After briefly passing out, Mia vomits a copious amount of blood on Olivia.
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| Mia: "You're all going to die tonight." |
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| 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."
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| 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.
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| Koudelka (1999) Elaine acts as the end boss. |
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 (2014)
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| Euryale knows how to get around. |
For shiggles.
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| Her sister Stheno scurries like an insect. |
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