Exorcism

I haven't seen The Exorcism of Emily Rose quite yet. From what I had heard, it seemed like just another failed attempt to top the all time scariest movie ever in many people's minds, The Exorcist. However, the story of Emily Rose is apparently quite different than the story of the little boy that  The Exorcist was based off of. Apparently, the story comes from the events in the life of Anneliese Michel, a woman who died during what many believe was a misdiagnosis of epilepsy/schizophrenia as demonic possession. In any case, after reading this article from Newsweek, I am tempted to see the movie, which is based on a story that illustrates a point that is quite the opposite of the one in The Exorcist. Either Hollywood really jazzed up the story and cut out the main point, or everyone I have talked to that has seen the movie seems to have missed it

[1] http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/paranormal_realm/118382
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneliese_Michel
[3] http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9711921/site/newsweek/

2 Comments

  • I had no idea the movie was anything other than another Exorcist movie. Sounds kind of interesting even though I am not a fan of the scary movie.

  • In many countries, when a person behaves abnormally, it is assumed that the person is possessed and needs to be exorcised. Even Mother Teresa was exorcised in Calcutta. This apparently happened when she was hospitalized for a cardiac event. Co-incidently during the same time, the arch bishop of Calcutta Henry D’Souza was also hospitalized in the same hospital as mother Teresa. He noticed that at night, mother Teresa seemed extremely agitated and was pullling on all the wires. He arranged for an exorcism to be performed after which it is reported that she slept like a baby.

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