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Talent from The Exorcism of Emily Rose discusses the upcoming film
 As a rule, most horror movies are not considered intellectual films. They pull us in, they make us scared, and they spit us out on the other side. Sure, some of them involve more figuring, some a bit more suspense, and many a fair amount of well-thought out complexity. When it comes to our participation, however, we’re pretty much just along for the ride; we don’t question what happens, we don’t second guess how things turn out; we just watch, listen, and easily accept whatever reality flashes before us.
This fall, however, horror refuses to let us do just that with the release of The Exorcism of Emily Rose. It has is share of scares, its quota of eerie music, and its required amount of creepy. More than that, however, it makes us think, it makes us consider the "what" and "why" behind its horror, and it makes us ask ourselves what we truly believe is possible and why.
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 Not since The Third Miracle (1999) have I seen a film that does such an effective job of challenging our presuppositions about the supernatural. The Exorcism of Emily Rose doesn’t exactly argue that the spiritual world exists, just that we would be unwise to place it beyond the realm of possibility, that the same body of evidence can potentially give rise to more than one legitimate explanation. The main difference between the two films is that the characters in The Third Miracle were looking for evidence of the holy, while those in Emily Rose are seeking to prove the existence of something much darker.
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ELISABETH LEITCH
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If I were like most people reviewing The Exorcism of Emily Rose, I would compare it to other horror films. The problem is, for the most part, I have not seen them. I have avoided them at all costs. And, had I not been given the opportunity to attend the press junket for The Exorcism of Emily Rose, I probably would have avoided this one as well.
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 An Exclusive Interview With
Scott Derrickson
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KEVIN MILLER
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 Scott Derrickson co-wrote (with Paul Harris Boardman) and directed The Exorcism of Emily Rose. During the course of his career, Scott has also developed projects for Jerry Bruckheimer, Wim Wenders, Mike Ovitz, and Martin Scorsese. This is the second film Scott has co-written and directed, the first being Hellraiser: Inferno. He is also attached to direct Darkness Falling, based on another script he co-wrote with Boardman. Scott is a graduate of Biola University and the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema and Television, where he received his master’s degree in film production.
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The Light Magnified in Darkness
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MARK EZRA STOKES
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| Though the theatrical screening of The Exorcism of Emily Rose was prefaced with preview after preview of droll and unappealing horror films, it stands out as something distinct. Its director/co-writer, Scott Derrickson (a professing Christian), chose to pass on the overplayed formula of blood, guts and scantily clad women for a more unique style that blends the courtroom drama of Law & Order with the based-on-a-true-story horrific images of The Exorcist.
The true story on which The Exorcism of Emily Rose is based involves a college-age German girl in the 1970s, Anneliese Michel, whose priest and parents were charged criminally after a series of exorcisms went wrong. As the film begins, such a death has taken place in America, and Father Richard Moore (Tom Wilkinson) is put on trial for negligent homicide after the death of Emily Rose.
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