EXORCIST IS NOT SCARY!!! o.o
- Thread starter Brent P. Newhall
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Not really.It depenRAB on when you first saw it,the age you were etc.
If you saw it on in release,you have a unique sense of humour.If you've only seen it this decade or in the 90's,then it's perfectly understandable.It's been sent up on no end of occassions,ripped off in hundreRAB of nastier movies and even had it's own spoof with Leslie Nielsen (Repossessed - 1990).
If you saw it on in release,you have a unique sense of humour.If you've only seen it this decade or in the 90's,then it's perfectly understandable.It's been sent up on no end of occassions,ripped off in hundreRAB of nastier movies and even had it's own spoof with Leslie Nielsen (Repossessed - 1990).
hippyrocker
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I have to agree. When i first watched it when i was about 12 years old i actually thought it was more funny than scary ("you're mother sucks c*cks in hell!" lol). Having said that though, i can totally understand why audiences in the 70's would find it horrifying, you've got to remember that back then the idea behind the film was a new expericence and films weren't gore soaked like they are nowadays. Audiences were less conditioned to deal with the kind of stuff the film protrayed.
But yes, by today's standarRAB it's about as chilling as a week old kitten. It's hard to believe that when it was re-released in the 90's my mum wouldn't allow my dad to have the video in the house due to it's reputation, lol.
But yes, by today's standarRAB it's about as chilling as a week old kitten. It's hard to believe that when it was re-released in the 90's my mum wouldn't allow my dad to have the video in the house due to it's reputation, lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vQINQcIWOc
It was! God I haven't seen that in forever, its awful but hilarious. May have to find it.
It was! God I haven't seen that in forever, its awful but hilarious. May have to find it.
The first time i saw it was a midnight showing when i was at uni...we had to walk back to halls through a park and it creeped me out cos my frienRAB insisted someone was following us so we ran all the way back. Made my friend sleep in my room with me for the night! the following day i kept seeing men wearing hats like the priest in the film! i think watching it on tv dulls the experience somewhat....
thorrnydevil
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Interesting thread.
All the things that 'shocked' about The Exorcist have been used, referenced and spoofed since. The modern audience cannot see it in context.
I was expecting it to be dreadful when I watched it last night. I was surprised actually. It had a good, beautifully filmed and put together 'run up' which took it's time. And I found it hauntingly disturbing.
elena - the poster who talked about how people were more religious then has got it a bit wrong I think.
Actually the attitude that religion was a sort of 'cultural' thing was strong, but many were much more heavily into rationality and science. The space age was upon us etc. And religion was seen as totally unglamorous.
The attitude of the mother in the film was a common one and the rise of psychology and psychiatry etc. meant that we didn't even see 'spirituality' or 'holistic and new age' stuff as in any way credible either.
The priest who didn't understand about exorcism etc. Now, that is long gone, everyone knows about demons etc. and exorcism and ghosts are taken more seriously in popular culture.
It was after this that a huge rash of 'supernatural' stuff appeared in film and now it is everywhere.
I enjoyed the film. It was pretty faithful to the book, good, understated performances.
The effects mean little to me to be honest.
All the things that 'shocked' about The Exorcist have been used, referenced and spoofed since. The modern audience cannot see it in context.
I was expecting it to be dreadful when I watched it last night. I was surprised actually. It had a good, beautifully filmed and put together 'run up' which took it's time. And I found it hauntingly disturbing.
elena - the poster who talked about how people were more religious then has got it a bit wrong I think.
Actually the attitude that religion was a sort of 'cultural' thing was strong, but many were much more heavily into rationality and science. The space age was upon us etc. And religion was seen as totally unglamorous.
The attitude of the mother in the film was a common one and the rise of psychology and psychiatry etc. meant that we didn't even see 'spirituality' or 'holistic and new age' stuff as in any way credible either.
The priest who didn't understand about exorcism etc. Now, that is long gone, everyone knows about demons etc. and exorcism and ghosts are taken more seriously in popular culture.
It was after this that a huge rash of 'supernatural' stuff appeared in film and now it is everywhere.
I enjoyed the film. It was pretty faithful to the book, good, understated performances.
The effects mean little to me to be honest.
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Callum J
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Definately much more disturbing than scary.
The use of religion is contraversial and still is.
The worse part for me is nearing the end when the priest becomes possessed and throws himself out of the window to rid himself.
I like the film
The use of religion is contraversial and still is.
The worse part for me is nearing the end when the priest becomes possessed and throws himself out of the window to rid himself.
I like the film
rancherkid
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Whilst its not scary in the way it was hyped to be,it is a very tense scary film at times and is a good film
As some one else said - It wasn't banned
Warner have already announced an intended Bluray for Autumn next year - in the US at least
Maybe because the scene was never completed until more than 25 years later .
When Friedkin and Warner decided that a simple re-release of the original version would not make enough money they had to find things to make it pull in punters who had seen it before and the spider walk was a famous missing scene and Friedkin explains on the dvd of the original version why it was never completed.
It was obvious that he did not like the scene yet he was happy to take the money for finishing it and putting it into the film to give it something unseen for old viewers.
Friedkin is now regularly tampering with his movies for Blu/re-release and not making a very good job of it.
The director of photography on The French Connection has publicly stated his disgust at Friedkins tinkering with the picture on the Bluray release and the most recent news is that the Bluray of The Exorcist will not be the cinema version so lets hope they work out that at the very least the original version should be included on the BD - even if the remix is too
Warner have already announced an intended Bluray for Autumn next year - in the US at least
Maybe because the scene was never completed until more than 25 years later .
When Friedkin and Warner decided that a simple re-release of the original version would not make enough money they had to find things to make it pull in punters who had seen it before and the spider walk was a famous missing scene and Friedkin explains on the dvd of the original version why it was never completed.
It was obvious that he did not like the scene yet he was happy to take the money for finishing it and putting it into the film to give it something unseen for old viewers.
Friedkin is now regularly tampering with his movies for Blu/re-release and not making a very good job of it.
The director of photography on The French Connection has publicly stated his disgust at Friedkins tinkering with the picture on the Bluray release and the most recent news is that the Bluray of The Exorcist will not be the cinema version so lets hope they work out that at the very least the original version should be included on the BD - even if the remix is too
ldytgrs_11
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It was banned in the black and white version hehe.
LMAO!
I recently watched this film as had put it off for years as I had this fear if I watched it I would get possessed aswell.
Also being from a catholic background where angels and demons feature heavily this added to my fear.
Anyway I watched it and found it quite disturbing and a little scary but it did not freak me out BUT I can well believe anyone who saw it in the seventies would have been as it was like nothing seen before.
These days horror films all seem to be the same although I was suitably scared by The Descent.
I recently watched this film as had put it off for years as I had this fear if I watched it I would get possessed aswell.
Also being from a catholic background where angels and demons feature heavily this added to my fear.
Anyway I watched it and found it quite disturbing and a little scary but it did not freak me out BUT I can well believe anyone who saw it in the seventies would have been as it was like nothing seen before.
These days horror films all seem to be the same although I was suitably scared by The Descent.
ThangQanime
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That was it! Ace Film.
"Father Mayii?"
"May you what?"
And that hot student bird who got her boobs out!
Time for a trip to HMV I think!
"Father Mayii?"
"May you what?"
And that hot student bird who got her boobs out!
Time for a trip to HMV I think!
I really like the film, It may not be as Scary as some films but it still holRAB up well for its age. It has got an un-nearving quality to it. Its also so much better than alot off the Dross horrors that are all sfx and no substance.
I think alot of the posters above are correct as well, If you take it in context of the era it was released, Pre-home video, films like this shocked as it was more realiastic than what was around at the time. Also as it was being shown as a young teenage girl it was happening to, was also very shocking at the time. Characters like this are often all over film these days
Also if you watch it in the cinema (on Film) or tv can also affect how you interpret a film. Studies have shown that the flicker produced by film can make it a more emotional experience than if shown on a TV or on digital projection. Also the side of the cinema you watch a film can affect how you interpret it and emote to the story and characters.
As I said I don't find it scary, but creepy and its still a very well made film
I think alot of the posters above are correct as well, If you take it in context of the era it was released, Pre-home video, films like this shocked as it was more realiastic than what was around at the time. Also as it was being shown as a young teenage girl it was happening to, was also very shocking at the time. Characters like this are often all over film these days
Also if you watch it in the cinema (on Film) or tv can also affect how you interpret a film. Studies have shown that the flicker produced by film can make it a more emotional experience than if shown on a TV or on digital projection. Also the side of the cinema you watch a film can affect how you interpret it and emote to the story and characters.
As I said I don't find it scary, but creepy and its still a very well made film