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Blumhouse’s The Exorcist: Believer: Guests can walk through a retelling of the 2023 horror film, from the disappearance of two young girls in the woods to the finale’s exorcism ritual.
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Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
In interviews about his inspirations, Aster has invoked John Ford’s masterpiece My Darling Clementine, a bittersweet retelling of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 July 2025
His viral videos include a retelling of his experience in Normandy on D-Day, stories about their family history and other details about Jake's time stationed in Northern Ireland during WWII.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 21 July 2025
The two are also looking to work together on a new retelling of A Christmas Carol at Warner Bros. that has Eggers directing and Dafoe in early talks to star.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 17 July 2025
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Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
In interviews about his inspirations, Aster has invoked John Ford’s masterpiece My Darling Clementine, a bittersweet retelling of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 July 2025
His viral videos include a retelling of his experience in Normandy on D-Day, stories about their family history and other details about Jake's time stationed in Northern Ireland during WWII.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 21 July 2025
The two are also looking to work together on a new retelling of A Christmas Carol at Warner Bros. that has Eggers directing and Dafoe in early talks to star.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 17 July 2025
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“Retelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retelling. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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