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Friends,
Love, just love Bloch’s Psycho. The movie and the novel, both being classics. Bloch’s Psycho 2 and 3 (entitled Psycho House) are not great, but unusually Pscho 2 the movie (written by another) is very good. Psycho 3 the movie is not great, while Psycho 4 the movie, while an interesting idea, doesn’t really enhance the saga. So in saying all this, both Bloch and Hollywood should have stopped with the first…
😛Cheers & God Bless
Benjamin Szumskyj
(editor of the forthcoming ‘American Exorcist: Critical Essays on William Peter Blatty’)Mike,
I’d love to see such a graphic novel and am surprised it’s never been done. If Mignola did it, I’d cry tears of joy…
😛Cheers & God Bless
Benjamin Szumskyj
(editor of the forthcoming ‘American Exorcist: Critical Essays on William Peter Blatty’)Friends,
I am confused at this posting in that I gather you are discussing the adaptations, rather than the text. E3 is clearly the sequel to E; if you get the chance, read The Exorcist and follow it up with Legion (which E3 is loosely based on).
Cheers & God Bless
Benjamin SzumskyjFriends,
Though this might be slightly verging off the topic, to answer Jenny’s query, I can shed some light on the “Legion” issue (mostly because I discuss it in my essay for my forthcoming book on Blatty’s works).
Anyway, in Luke 8:27–33 (from the Bible), there is a story of great interest, of Jesus confronting a possessed man, who has seemingly been able to control the unholy host that resides in his body. The instantaneous fear shown by the demon is remarkable . As it is written:
“When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at his feet, shouting at the top of his voice, “What do you want from me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torture me!†For Jesus had commanded the evil spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard, he had broken his chains and had been driven by the demon to solitary places. Jesus asked him, “What is your name?†“Legionâ€, he replied, because many demons had gone into him. And they begged him repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss. A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. The demons begged Jesus to let them go into them, and he gave them permission. When the demons came out of the man, they went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drownedâ€.
I make note of the above passage, as it is this very passage, which not only planted the seed for the Exorcist sequel Legion, but it is also echoed of by Blatty in The Exorcist:
“’Who is “we�’ Karras probed with alert, quick interest.
‘We are quite a little group in the piglet,’ it said, nodding†[E 207]Hope that is of some interst. More on this in my essay…
🙂Cheers & God Bless
Benjamin SzumskyjJaygon,
You are absolutely correct. Pazazu possessed Regan because she played with the Ouija board…
Cheers & God Bless
Benjamin SzumskyjFriends,
Also, let us remember back to the final scene in THE NINTH CONFIGURATION. The cross mysteriously appeared in the back of the car, an indication that there was an afterlife. So if it wasn’t Regan, or any human hand for that matter, it could’ve been an angel…
Cheers & God Bless
Benjamin SzumskyjPazrags,
I agree. I’d love there to be a third book. Though in saying that, Legion is such a great sequel because it is so different (and in some ways, not heavily dependent on) The Exorcist. A third book would have to be unique and continue the themes of the past two books, as opposed to the characters.
To satisfy your cravings, have you read “Elsewhere” (from 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense, ed. by Al Sarrantonio, 1999)? Worth a read…
Cheers & God Bless
Benjamin SzumskyjLamont,
There was a novelization of “In the Beginning”, but not sure about “Dominion”…
Cheers & God Bless
Benjamin SzumskyjGreg,
It’s a novella by Blatty (a great one at that), about a haunted house and such. Well worth hunting down. In fact, the whole anthology is great… but I bought it because of Blatty…
Cheers & God Bless
Benjamin SzumskyjFriends,
So my question is… shall I start a petition for a special edition of Exorcist 3 / Legion at http://www.PetitionOnline.com?
🙂Cheers & God Bless
Benjamin SzumskyjFriends,
All beautiful and touching responses that I am certain Mr. Blatty will read and appreciate. As you all know, I will be dedicating the book to both Mr. Blatty and to the memory of his son and am pleased to hear others are continuing to pray for the family…
🙂Cheers & God Bless
Benjamin SzumskyjM.I.K.E.,
I understand and appreciate your honesty. Well, I can assure you I have SIGNED the contract for the book with McFarland Press, so it’s definitely on. It’s a legal binding document now, so this will DEFINITELY be published. Being due lat next year, I’d say we’d see the book in print early 2009 (such is the publishing schedule of academic presses), but I can assure you that this essay is a greenlight and will be published. As the editor, I highly respect the essayists I work with and will certainly not change the essay in anyway. You have my word, as an editor and as a man of God.
Hope that helps. Please e-mail me at khraftstar@yahoo.com for more details and contract…
🙂Cheers & God Bless
Benjamin Szumskyj
