[Thor Joachim Haga]

I’ve steered clear of the Russell Crowe EXORCIST film thus far, and your feedback doesn’t make me want to change that.

THE BOOGEYMAN is pretty decent, agreed. I see I gave it 3 out of 5 stars on MUBI, which is good. But weirdly, I’ve forgotten most about it now, even as you recount the synopsis.

Speaking of horror, I’m currently watching my way through André Øvredal’s films again, as I’m going to do a Q&A with him next week, at the Norwegian pre-premiere of his latest film PASSENGER (featuring a Christopher Young score). TROLLJEGEREN is still pretty fun ‘found footage’ (although some comic elements that feel out-of-place), THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE a fine chamber drama horror (that brought him to the attention of Mr. Stephen King himself), SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK his best work (with beautiful late 60s colours and plenty of King references, produced by Del Toro), MORTAL somewhat of a misfire (despite a great Marcus Paus score), and then it’s THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER, which I’m rewatching tonight. Remember that as pretty good too, I love those “isolation horrors”. Curious what he’s done for PASSENGER too, which seems to be another isolation horror.