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Mike Flanagan’s Exorcist ‘Isn’t a Remake’


“My goal is to make the scariest movie I’ve ever made and make something that scares the shit out of me.”

Like a possessed girl spewing bile, Mike Flanagan is feeling “nauseous” about his version of The Exorcist and he spilled at New York Comic Con. On day two October 19, podcaster Josh Horowitz conducted a live episode of Happy Sad Confused with Flanagan, his frequent collaborators Kate Siegel (also his real-life spouse), Carla Gugino, and Rahul Kohli. That being said, Flanagan’s closely studying William Friedkin’s stone-cold classic from 1973, but also – hold for cheers – The Exorcist III.

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