Spooky spooky

Phil and I went to see The Exorcism of Emily Dickenson Rose last night. We were both surprised. I didn’t go in with high expectations, but enjoyed the film all the way through. Instead of being an Exorcist rip-off, the story is about the trial of the Priest in charge of the exorcism in which Emily dies, and the struggles of his lawyer. Emily’s story comes out instead as the trial unfolds.

It supposedly is based on a true story about a backwards, god-fearing Christian family in Cornfield Nowhere USA whose oldest daughter goes away to a big city college and gets possessed. Back in the real world, circa 1976, there was a girl in Germany named Anneliese Michel who was the subject of the Catholic Church’s last recognized case of demonic possession and sanctioned exorcism rite. She died and the priest and parents were put on trial for negligent homicide. Umm, a little different, but this is Hollywood. I wonder if Anneliese saw melty faces and ate spiders in her bedroom too?

On a different note, my package arrived in London yesterday and is on its way to Buzzin’ Fly records today! Can’t wait!