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CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, Dominican UniversityChristopher J. Olson, DePaul University
FEMINIST TENSIONS IN EXORCISM CINEMA: CASE
STUDY ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF THE
LAST EXORCISM AND THE LAST EXORCISM PART II
Noel Carroll & The Philosophy of Horror
Women in Horror Movies•Women as Other•Woman as Victim•Woman as Monster•Woman as Abjection
Feminist Critique of The Exorcist
•Woman as Lesser •Woman as Lesson•Woman as Virgin/Whore•Women as Sinner/Threat
The Last Exorcism & Its Sequel•The Last Exorcism (2010) •Found footage horror movie•Faced with real possession•Faced with satanic cult, demonic pregnancy
•The Last Exorcism Part II (2013)•Not found footage, but begins immediately following previous•Whereas first movie focused on priest as protagonist, focuses on teenage girl as protagonist
The Last Exorcism’s Damsel in Distress
The Sequel’s Empowered Woman
Conclusion•In The Last Exorcism•Women as Threat•Women as Sinner
•Women as Other•Woman as Abjection•Woman as Monster
•Woman as Lesson•Woman as Lessor
•Also all in The Last Exorcism Part II•But also Woman as Powerful