Behind the Curtains at KillJoy’s Kastle
A pair of lesbian-feminist artists have staged a rejoinder to evangelical Christian “hell houses.” Welcome to where the patriarchy goes to die.
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Demon Week
15 posts
Invaders in Our Living Room: Why We Love the Myth That Most Americans Believed the 1938 ‘War of the Worlds’ Broadcast
The real legacy of the War of the Worlds is how we think about mass media.
Horror Flicks and the Deus Absconditus: The Scariest Movies Confront Us With God’s Apathy
Why the Exorcist still plays on our greatest fears.
The Jinn of Oman
On the edge of the Arabian Desert, one remote outpost encounters evil spirits with disturbing frequency.
The Aye-Aye and the Finger of Death
The world’s most demonic lemur is also its most endangered. Meet the creature with the ugliest finger on the planet.
My Demons and My Dog and This Anxiety and That Noise
Anxiety is clearest when it’s loud—and most dangerous when it’s quiet.
Deliver Us From Evil: The Business of Exorcism
Exorcism and entertainment: How the distortion of a Catholic rite became a cottage industry
How Alexander the Great Used Genies to Build a Great, Great Wall
What ancient myth can teach us about demonization, xenophobia, and the comforting fiction of a wall.
Exorcist, Cure Thyself
Lessons on religious hubris—and secular smugness—from an evangelical childhood.