tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post3432118424075472658..comments2024-03-06T11:11:48.095-08:00Comments on Too Much Horror Fiction: The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty (1971): Begat Your Cunting DaughtersWill Erricksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-68435501372337559212020-01-07T20:16:10.905-08:002020-01-07T20:16:10.905-08:00Outstanding review!Outstanding review!Gregghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03706188248803555417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-2821929192258953902013-01-23T05:34:25.615-08:002013-01-23T05:34:25.615-08:00I think King may have been looking at Blatty's...I think King may have been looking at Blatty's work solely in terms of horror writing, and found him lacking. Which may be true. But as I noted in my review, I don't think Blatty was even concerned with writing a "horror novel," so King's criticism seems to me a bit misplaced. I love DANSE MACABRE, but King isn't always accurate...Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-60746118809005483022013-01-12T20:11:45.176-08:002013-01-12T20:11:45.176-08:00In Danse Macabre, Stephen King wrote: "two no...In Danse Macabre, Stephen King wrote: "two novels of the Humorless, Thudding Tract School of horror writing are Damon, by C. Terry Cline, and The Exorcist, by William Peter Blatty - Cline has since improved as a writer, and Blatty has fallen silent... forever, if we are lucky."<br /><br />If memory serve, this is one of the few, perhaps the only, really sharp barb King aims at a living Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07433298832591968890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-58447600916016019672011-05-11T14:57:48.289-07:002011-05-11T14:57:48.289-07:00Great review, Will. So great, in fact, that I cho...Great review, Will. So great, in fact, that I chose it as one of my favorite posts from April and included a link to it in the latest "issue" of Spatter Analysis.<br /><br /><a href="http://midnitemedia.blogspot.com/2011/05/spatter-analysis-7-april-2011.html" rel="nofollow">Check it out!</a><br /><br />--J/MetroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-70508032705695352562011-04-29T12:09:12.580-07:002011-04-29T12:09:12.580-07:00Oh, I'm as staunch an atheist as they come, an...Oh, I'm as staunch an atheist as they come, and I sorta knew what I was getting into with Blatty. Linda Blair has said that, as a mild Methodist child, she didn't even think people *believed* in the devil or in possession, and thought she was playing a monster just like Dracula or Frankenstein's monster! That's the way I looked at both novel and film. I'd say "pretentiousWill Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-4458476489908919192011-04-29T11:57:57.308-07:002011-04-29T11:57:57.308-07:00With all due respect, I feel the need to add a dis...With all due respect, I feel the need to add a dissenting opinion. While I agree that <i>The Exorcist</i> is nontraditional for its genre, I also disliked it quite strongly. It was assigned reading for a college class last summer, and the book looked short enough to pack into a day's worth of reading, so one July night I read it from start to finish. I <i>hated</i> it...not because it was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-8710227631480027752011-04-25T11:26:25.020-07:002011-04-25T11:26:25.020-07:00Thanks, guys! I know Brothers Karamazov was referr...Thanks, guys! I know <i>Brothers Karamazov</i> was referred to in Blatty's <i>Legion</i>. And I've recently bought a copy of <i>Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane,</i> which was later rewritten as <i>Ninth Configuration</i>.Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-4990622745298510152011-04-23T13:36:09.512-07:002011-04-23T13:36:09.512-07:00Good stuff, Will. As you may or may not know, Bla...Good stuff, Will. As you may or may not know, Blatty is a big admirer of Dostoevsky, and never had any connection, either as a writer or a fan, of horror fiction prior to THE EXORCIST. So you're on to something here.<br /><br />It's an interesting companion to THE NINTH CONFIGURATION, as both seek to prove the existence of God through questions of morality, but come at it from opposite bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-30063954163259182292011-04-12T19:56:19.419-07:002011-04-12T19:56:19.419-07:00I remember when Satanic Panic stories were so very...I remember when Satanic Panic stories were so very popular - even my ultra-conservative folks were freaked out by stories of young women defiled. Add that THE EXORCIST was supposedly based on true evens - welcome severe anxiety. <br /><br />Well put, all of it, as usual. I should pull this one down off the dusty shelves after all these years. The story never fails to resonate.Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13299640716799276127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-27718810564984645852011-04-12T09:10:56.575-07:002011-04-12T09:10:56.575-07:00Great review Will. I agree that it cannot be squar...Great review Will. I agree that it cannot be squarely lumped in the traditional horror category, but I think that's what makes it so good.-JBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com