Fear in a Handful of Dust: Hell, Faith, and Will in The Exorcist

A concerned Regan bows her head and leans against the wall near the door of her bedroom to listen to her mother in the other room.

|Harry Mackin| The Exorcist knows you’re afraid of it from the moment it begins. Well before its disturbing supernatural plot starts in earnest, you can feel the malice Friedkin imbues into every shot and frame, like “fear in a handful of dust”…  Continue reading