It's always been one of my favorite exorcism movies, hands down. Great cast, great atmosphere, very creepy scenes, >!the floor scene is still one of the eeriest scenes I've ever seen in a horror film. It's so quiet, there's no real build-up to it which makes it more effective IMHO. The first possession scene as well as the entire barn sequence creeped me and my friends out when we first saw it.!<
Speaking of, I thought Jennifer Carpenter was excellent in this role, she really made you feel sorry for her one moment & scared the next. I also loved the performances of Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Campbell Scott, Josh Close, Colm Feore, Mary Beth Hurt, Henry Czerny, Shohreh Aghdashloo, JR Bourne, Kenneth Welsh, etc. They were all really good. I loved the different interpretations of what was happening with Emily as well. I think Scott Derrickson's a great director, Sinister's another film of his that I really enjoyed as well. What was your favorite scary scene from the film? What did you think of the film and the performances? Did it scare you or creep you out?
I’m not entirely sure if the pilot completed shooting. But the director Derrickson was called back for (and declined) reshoots. Which usually happens after primary photography has completed.
From Snowpiercer Wikipedia
May 2017, it was announced that Scott Derrickson would direct the pilot written by Friedman. The pilot was picked up to series in January 2018. Later that month, Friedman was removed from the project by TNT due to "creative differences" with the network. Graeme Manson was appointed to replace Friedman as showrunner the following month. That June, Derrickson refused to return for reshoots on the pilot due to creative disputes with Manson, explaining via Twitter:
"The 72-page Snowpiercer TV pilot script by [Josh Friedman] is the best I’ve ever read. The feature-length pilot I made from that script may be my best work. The new showrunner has a radically different vision for the show. I am forgoing my option to direct the extreme reshoots." Less than two weeks later, James Hawes joined the series in July as a co-executive producer and a director to oversee the reshoots for the pilot. According to Manson, nearly nothing of the original pilot's footage was used outside of one special-effect scene, and this reshooting was the primary cause for the year-long delay in the show's premiere.
Here is the first image from the newest film, THE BLACK PHONE, directed by Scott Derrickson (Sinister, The Exorcism of Emily Rose) and starring Ethan Hawke. Produced by Jason Blum, the film hits theaters on January 28, 2022.
Now that we know Wandavision and presumably Spider-Man tying in to Doctor Strange MOM, why did Derrickson leave? Was this always the plan with the tie ins and it didn’t give him enough creative freedom to tell the story he wanted to tell?
Did any industry insiders or anyone have sources tell them why he actually left? Creative differences is such an overused PR trope. There has to be more.
I do wonder what his sequel would have looked like
It's always been one of my favorite exorcism movies, hands down. Great cast, great atmosphere, very creepy scenes, the >!floor scene is still one of the eeriest scenes I've ever seen in a horror film. It's so quiet, there's no real build-up to it which makes it more effective IMHO. The first possession scene as well as the entire barn sequence creeped me and my friends out when we first saw it.!< Speaking of, I thought Jennifer Carpenter was excellent in this role, she really made you feel sorry for her one moment & scared the next. I also loved the performances of Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Campbell Scott, Josh Close, Colm Feore, Mary Beth Hurt, Henry Czerny, Shohreh Aghdashloo, JR Bourne, Kenneth Welsh, etc. They were all really good. I loved the different interpretations of what was happening with Emily as well. I think Scott Derrickson's a great director, Sinister's another film of his.
Favorite scary scene from the film? What did you think of the film and the performances? Did it scare you or creep you out?
