Nighthawks' Podcast

Episode 17: The Exorcist and Needful Things (Monstoberfest: The Devil and Max Von Sydow)

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Who wins, Max Von Sydow vs. The Devil?What happens when Max Von Sydow *is* The Devil?We don't have the answers for you. What we do have is two movies about The Devil, as November's vanguard brings Monstoberfest to a close.First up, Trevor and Matt sample a slice of the classic William Friedkin horror masterpice: THE EXORCIST. The guys watched the movie and they have thoughts they'd like to share. Specifically if THE EXORCIST manages to get past Matt's predisposition to disliking demon-posession films? Von Sydow plays an elderly priest and archeologist, who is asked to help rid a young girl of her literal demons.Second on the docket: Max Von Sydow takes up arms against the other side. In NEEDFUL THINGS, Von Sydow plays the charismatic and manipulative Leland Gaunt, proprietor of a small-town antique store. However Gaunt isn't as he appears to be, he's actually doing a great bit of schemeing and tempting, leaving it up to Ed Harris to get to the bottom of things. Does The Devil make us do bad things, or