DAILY CALL SHEET: OCTOBER 5, 2024

Demons (1985) A disparate group of ticket holders must come together to fend for their lives when demonic spirits from the horror movie they are watching begin to inhabit audience members. With the exits barred and no refunds available, it's either become one of the possessed or become a pile of guts on the already sticky theater floor. Fundamentally a zombie flick, but elevated by producer Dario Argento and director Lamberto Bava, who bring with them an overabundance of style and all the neon bulbs Italy had on hand in the mid 80's.

TIL: While the Church doesn't teach that demons will pop out of the silver screen and possess you, she is naturally concerned about the effects cinema can have on a person's soul. Pope Pius XI wrote, “There does not exist today a means of influencing the masses more potent than the cinema… [it] teaches the majority of men more effectively than abstract reasoning." That's why he recommended learning about the techniques and conventions of film-craft, so you can recognize when you're being manipulated by a movie in an unhealthy way.

I HAVE SOME NOTES: Dashing out more doodles on my daily Scripture readings.