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Exclusive: Dog Fashion Disco’s ‘Satan’s March’ video clip, edited by Tim Silano

Captain Howdy — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:30:30 +0000

During my short visit to the set of Exorcist: The Beginning I was able to listen to Paul Schrader (back when he was still directing) answer a question about directing a film under The Exorcist banner. He answered that nobody could ever ‘top’ The Exorcist and it would be ridiculous to believe anyone ever could. [...]

Old interview with William Peter Blatty is a brilliant read

Captain Howdy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:14:15 +0000

I’ve always enjoyed the way William Peter Blatty speaks. His voice is engaging no matter the topic; but when the topic is his great triumph The Exorcist, the combination is bliss. So, it was with glee that I recently re-read an interview with Blatty which was originally conducted by Steve Head (IGN Film Force) back in [...]

Lobby Cards of The Exorcist, Heretic and Legion

Captain Howdy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:30:17 +0000

It’s a shame how lobby cards became phased out in recent years. Big, beefy promotional material always suited cinema. These days almost everything happens online or via cable television. At least we have traditional, classic lobby cards from The Exorcist that we can look back on. Thanks to Stephen for scanning and sharing these wonderful [...]

Worst Exorcist film of the series

Captain Howdy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:46:24 +0000

A review of Exorcist: The Beginning by Erik Kristopher Myers Originally published on bloodynews.com August 2005 Renny, my boy, I’ve got to admit: for a minute there, you almost had me fooled. Yeah, it’s true: we Exorcist fans nearly puked up our pea soup when we heard that Paul Schrader—the original director of Exorcist: The Beginning—had been fired [...]

Exorcist: The Original Rules

Captain Howdy — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:32:49 +0000

A review of Exorcist: The Beginning by Captain Howdy Originally published on bloodynews.com August 2005 I found myself almost a month late viewing the film I covered for nearly five years on my website. Well, actually – I could have been 18 months late… I guess it all depends on which version you’re talking about and which [...]

New interview with Eileen Dietz

Captain Howdy — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:56:13 +0000

Deke Farrow over at The Modesto Bee sat down with Eileen Dietz who is appearing at the ShockerFest International Film Festival. Dietz was originally uncredited as Linda Blair’s stunt double in The Exorcist, a credit that was eventually honored in The Version You’ve Never Seen re-release years later. Speaking at the festival, Dietz thought back on [...]

The Exorcist Blu-ray will feature the original 1973 theatrical release PLUS The Version You’ve Never Seen, arriving Halloween 2010

Captain Howdy — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:26:46 +0000

Ask and you shall receive. Thomas K Arnold of Home Media Magazine fame has posted a scoop on his blog today that I suspect will come as a relief to many Exorcist fans looking forward to the upcoming Blu-ray release. It now appears that TWO VERSIONS of The Exorcist will be available on the one release — [...]

Warner Brothers: The Exorcist Blu-ray release will be pushed BACK to 2010?

Captain Howdy — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:24:08 +0000

Seems The Exorcist won’t be hitting Blu-ray shelves this month as first anticipated. Now Warner Brother’s have announced that they will be releasing the new special edition version of The Exorcist on DVD and Blu-ray ’sometime’ in 2010, and in the meantime they will be pulling all existing copies off the shelves… This unfortunately means that, [...]

Unseen Exorcist: The Beginning promotion material presented by Captain Howdy

Captain Howdy — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:34:31 +0000

A special video I have made for long-time friend and Exorcist Fansite member Mike Garrett – as promised! What an excellent day for an exorcism...

WB confirms The Exorcist on Blu-ray September 2009

Captain Howdy — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:47:21 +0000

Warner Brothers have finally come forward with a Blu-ray release date for The Exorcist. September 8 2009 is the day you’ll be shelling out for the single disc, and the cut being used is definitely ‘just’ The Version You’ve Never Seen (as previously reported). While Warner Brothers didn’t confirm anything further (they haven’t released cover art [...]