Movie Bonfire

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Movie Bonfire is back in business. We've had a band member shake up, but all is good now. In honor of our resurrection, we take a look at one of the more recent zombie themed (but not undead) films from earlier this year. The Crazies is a remake of the 1973 George Romero original. Terrie and I had a lot of fun with this first "beercast", and look forward to more soon.
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After the success and massive critical praise earned by The Exorcist, the obvious sequel was produced four years later. The Exorcist 2: The Heretic attempts to rewrite the back story from the original, recasting Regan's possessor as the evil demon Pazuzu rather than Satan himself. With total disregard for this awful sequel, Movie Bonfire instead seeks out the original figure of Pazuzu at the Oriental Institute on the University of Chicago campus and has a conversation with the little guy (shown below).
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The future Zach?

The understood champion in the competition for "scariest movie of all time" is the first film we take on for our new Exorcism marathon, guaranteeing that the remaining films in this marathon will be anticlimactic. Though The Exorcist itself may be talked to death by various film scholars, movie buffs, and probably even your mom, Movie Bonfire takes a stab at it (with a crucifix, no less). In our longest episode yet, the religious themes of the movie are explored by an atheist, a Catholic, and one guy who can never make up his mind.
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For our final episode in the David Cronenberg marathon, we present the 1988 film Dead Ringers. Here Cronenberg adds his own spin on the true story of twin gynecologists found dead in their apartment in New York. Jeremy Irons plays both brothers and shows his acting chops (take a look at those tools in the picture to the right, he definitely shows some "chops"). By any measure this is a disturbing film, touching on standard Cronenberg themes such as flesh, sexuality, technology, and science, all with a little bit of gore thrown in for good measure. Join us as we sign off on our Cronenberg marathon and each rate our experience with the past seven movies.
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Next Marathon?

The Fly is what happens when Cronenberg gets his hands on a decent story and hires some decent actors. He's back in his element with all the technofear and cartoonish gore. All three of us liked this one and pretty much agree that it's a classic. Goldblum is awesome and the drug metaphor takes this film to the next level artistically. Remake? What? Why? Where? Who? Crazy.
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