As Gina and I were sketching out the fifth issue of our series--holy moly, five issues already!-- we were spitballing ideas: Eco-horror? Christmas Horror? Queer Horror #3? Monsters? Then on a video call about the future of the series, Gina said to me, "Ya know what Joe? This year will be the 50th anniversary of The Exorcist. I have a LOT to say about that movie. What'd'ya think?" I didn't particularly have that much to say about it, but you know what I do love to write about? Really bad sequels and prequels to really great movies! I was currently in the midst of watching every movie stamped with The Amityville Horror name I could find, including those about haunted clocks, lamps, and dollhouses.  I knew that The Exorcist not only had two sequels, but two prequels that came out in the early 00's. Man, I love bad horror movie sequels. "Gina," I said, "I'm in."

In the zine, Gina examines the ripple effect that The Exorcist sent throughout the horror genre, spills the tea on her thoughts about the book that started the series, and tells a chilling story of a serial killer in her town growing up and how The Exorcist made her rethink what evil really could be.  I have a riot watching every movie in The Exorcist franchise and writing about them, including both sequels from 1977 and 1990, I dissect the fascinating story of the two prequels that came out less than a year apart, give my thoughts on the popular-but-short-lived Exorcist TV series from 2016, and dig through a few other franchises you'll love if you enjoyed The Exorcist. As usual, this isn't a one-and-done zine, you'll likely have to sit with this one for awhile! 

The zine clocks in at 32 full color pages with over 11,000 words - that's almost a quarter of a novel, dang! The zine cover sports a handsome linocut from my extremely-talented friend from across the pond, John Watson. The zine is printed by Fireball Printing right here in Philadelphia. And what's that? You say you've read the others in the series and you miss the terrible, overly-simple line drawings I did for the first issue of Queer Horror? Well, okay, if I have to try my hand at some Exorcist-themed drawings, I guess I will...