When Ghost released the Popestar EP and video for Square Hammer I thought they were done with promoting Meliora but they had one more video left. He Is, is a track that I grew to love. I used to focus on Cirice and From the Pinnacle to the Pit but He Is was waiting in the wings. The recently released video for He Is reminds me of the 70s horror movies I enjoy similar to Cirice. In Cirice the homage to Carrie is right there but since Ghost has loads of religious imagery in their work I see hints of Alice, Sweet Alice. In an interview one of the Nameless Ghouls mentioned the first 3 Omen movies to the little kid interviewer.
He Is isn’t a continuation of Cirice but it looks like it takes place in the same world much like Square Hammer takes place in the world of From the Pinnacle to the Pit. Papa Emeritus III appears to be at the height of his power in this video which could lead up to the unveiling of Papa Emeritus IV as Ghost releases their next album. The elements of a Catholic Mass are mixed with those of the Mega Church Evangelical masses and that brings in the ideas of the Omen trilogy of an antichrist rising through politics. The Summoning videos should be taken in account with the story as well and I’d like to see if a conflict could arise between the third and fourth Papa.
