Tag: The Exorcist

• We Still Live In What Carl Sagan Called “The Demon Haunted World”

  Occasionally, I write horror movies for a living. I don’t see the Bible as a book of religious inspiration, I see it as a launching pad for horror movies. In my career, I’ve worked with both Billy Friedkin (director of “The Exorcist”) and Richard Donner (director of “The Omen”); those are two of the biggest…

  A L Katz

  March 4, 2022

  Atheism, Culture, Religion, Showbiz Stories, Spirituality, The Nature of Evil

  Ann Druyan, Carl Sagan, Faitheism Project Podcast, Horror Movies, Magical Thinking, Pandora's Box, Richard Donner, The Bible, The Demon Haunted World, The Exorcist, The Omen, William Friedkin

• Horror Movies & Christianity: A Match Made In…

  To be honest, I’m not sure there’d even BE horror movies without Christianity. I used to do a show for HBO called Tales From The Crypt. Among my executive producers — my bosses — were some of the biggest filmmakers working: Joel Silver (the Lethal Weapon movies, the Die Hard movies among other Big Budget…

  A L Katz

  March 30, 2021

  Atheism, Movie Reviews, Showbiz Stories, Spirituality, The Nature of Evil

  Bob Zemeckis, Christian Soldier, Christianity, Dracula, Horror Movies, Joel Silver, Satan, Tales From The Crypt, The Exorcist, The Omen, The Outer Limits, William Friedkin

• Here’s The Problem With Letting Religious People Run Things, Part One

  An important moment in every kid’s life — an essential moment, really, that will dictate the course of the rest of their life — is the instant they realize that adults (pretty much all of them) are completely full of shit. And adults ARE full of shit. Adults want kids to believe they know everything…

  A L Katz

  June 4, 2020

  Atheism, Climate Chamge, Coronavirus, Live Bullshit Free, Magical Thinking, Political Commentary, Uncategorized

  Magical Thinking, New Testament, Old Testament, Religious Education, Religious hypocrisy, The Bible, The Exorcist, The Omen