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Title: the EXORCIST (1973) Post by: RCMerchant on August 21, 2019, 12:24:32 AM Still one of the best horror films ever made.
Though lotsa folks think it's boring! Or they just won't watch it. Tiana and me just rewatched it again the other night. Never gets old. (https://i.imgur.com/0iUxZTV.jpg) (https://lunapic.com) Title: Re: the EXORCIST (1973) Post by: claws on August 21, 2019, 02:00:52 AM One of the greatest horror movies ever made. So glad you didn't post this in the bad movies forum :cheers: :wink:
Title: Re: the EXORCIST (1973) Post by: Trevor on August 21, 2019, 02:53:36 AM Another classic film banned by our dumbass censors :question:
The sequels were also banned. Title: Re: the EXORCIST (1973) Post by: retrorussell on August 21, 2019, 04:07:38 AM When I get into a conversation with someone about the 10 greatest horror films ever made, this always comes up #1 for me. The sheer audacity of the film..! A little girl saying such incredible filth.. shovin' her mom's face in her womanhood after stabbing it with a crucifix.. holy crap, and this is from the seventies!
Also, the part when the girl says (in the dead guy's voice) "Do you know what she did? Your c**ting daughter??", I just was stunned silent! What the hell did I just watch?! Love this flick. Title: Re: the EXORCIST (1973) Post by: Gabriel Knight on August 21, 2019, 05:57:35 AM I will never forget my first time watching the infamous "crab girl going down the stairs": we were with a bunch of friends from the school, we had like, 13 at the time. All was jokes and laughs until that damn scene came up - it was instant silence from everyone. I almost shat my pants. I haven't watched it in ages so memory can be a tricky thing, tho...
Title: Re: the EXORCIST (1973) Post by: Allhallowsday on August 21, 2019, 11:04:27 AM Definitely THE EXORCIST holds up as one of the greatest Horror films made, and is a masterpiece.
Title: Re: the EXORCIST (1973) Post by: Svengoolie 3 on August 21, 2019, 11:28:48 AM The scene of the vaguely "ape in kiss makeup" creature in the dark was maybe the scariest. It was the true face of the demon possessing her, Pazuzu.
https://exorcist.fandom.com/wiki/Pazuzu Title: Re: the EXORCIST (1973) Post by: bob on August 21, 2019, 03:37:55 PM fantastic film, which holds up very well
I own the Extended Director's Cut of The Exorcist on bluray Title: Re: the EXORCIST (1973) Post by: Svengoolie 3 on August 24, 2019, 04:10:59 AM Dig this:
https://the-line-up.com/paul-bateson Title: Re: the EXORCIST (1973) Post by: The Burgomaster on August 24, 2019, 07:32:45 AM This and ROSEMARY'S BABY are the cream of the crop.
Title: Re: the EXORCIST (1973) Post by: Trevor on August 24, 2019, 09:35:59 AM Dig this: https://the-line-up.com/paul-bateson :buggedout: Yikes! Title: Re: the EXORCIST (1973) Post by: Rev. Powell on August 24, 2019, 04:01:09 PM I think it's boring for about the first half hour. Then it rips.
ROSEMARY'S BABY has a similar thing going on. Title: Re: the EXORCIST (1973) Post by: Paquita on August 25, 2019, 10:31:34 AM I read the book when I was 11 and saw the movie when I was 12. I was really intrigued by it because I kept hearing how everyone thought it was so shocking and scary. I wasn't really shocked by the movie, but maybe it's because the book was a little more detailed. Plus I was 12 and trying to push my limits. I couldn't imagine letting my daughter read or watch The Exorcist at her age now (almost 11) though. Weird how that works.
On a slightly related note, I recently learned that, if I got it right, in Mesopotamian culture, the demon pazuzu was actually not evil. He is supposed to be super ugly, but the sworn enemy of a demoness called lemashtu that was said to eat freshly born babies and pazuzu was supposedly called upon, or amulets depicting him were used, to ward her off when a mother was in labor. Title: Re: the EXORCIST (1973) Post by: claws on August 25, 2019, 10:51:49 AM This is probably just me but it always feels like the screen is on fire whenever Ellen Burstyn and Jason Miller have scenes together. I think they were meant to be together, and I always sense some sort of attraction to each other. Very subtle (Ellen Burstyn's character asks somebody at the party about "the priest" she saw on her way home) but it is there.
Title: Re: the EXORCIST (1973) Post by: Trevor on August 25, 2019, 11:05:57 AM I read the book when I was 11 and saw the movie when I was 12. I was really intrigued by it because I kept hearing how everyone thought it was so shocking and scary. I wasn't really shocked by the movie, but maybe it's because the book was a little more detailed. Plus I was 12 and trying to push my limits. I couldn't imagine letting my daughter read or watch The Exorcist at her age now (almost 11) though. Weird how that works. On a slightly related note, I recently learned that, if I got it right, in Mesopotamian culture, the demon pazuzu was actually not evil. He is supposed to be super ugly, but the sworn enemy of a demoness called lemashtu that was said to eat freshly born babies and pazuzu was supposedly called upon, or amulets depicting him were used, to ward her off when a mother was in labor. Sister Paquita! Welcome back! :cheers: Title: Re: the EXORCIST (1973) Post by: RCMerchant on August 25, 2019, 02:51:27 PM Howdy Paquita! :smile:
Title: Re: the EXORCIST (1973) Post by: RCMerchant on August 25, 2019, 03:54:17 PM About the EXORCIST- It's not only because it's scary why I love it. The actors are all great.
Plus the movie has a creeping fear that something ain't right straight from the get go. I seen it at the Strand in 1973. I was only 11. I was with my brother Mike, who was 13. And it helps that it's a dam good story. I read the book a couple years later. Title: Re: the EXORCIST (1973) Post by: FatFreddysCat on August 25, 2019, 04:29:02 PM Anyone remember when "Saturday Night Live" did an Exorcist parody, with Richard Pryor as one of the priests?
"Yo' mama sews socks that smell!" :teddyr: Title: Re: the EXORCIST (1973) Post by: ER on August 29, 2019, 11:04:57 AM I'm on record as saying this movie (that I honestly find funnier than it is scary) made me cry when I was a teenager, because the old sick priest going to help the little girl seemed like pure altruism.
Title: Re: the EXORCIST (1973) Post by: RCMerchant on August 29, 2019, 11:15:47 AM I'm on record as saying this movie (that I honestly find funnier than it is scary) made me cry when I was a teenager, because the old sick priest going to help the little girl seemed like pure altruism. Another reason I like it. Some folks might say it's in bad taste, but I find it a very spiritual film. And why rip offs like BEYOND THE DOOR (1974) can't hold a candle to it. (I like that movie too- but for totally different reasons!) Title: Re: the EXORCIST (1973) Post by: Allhallowsday on August 29, 2019, 01:20:36 PM I'm on record as saying this movie (that I honestly find funnier than it is scary) made me cry when I was a teenager, because the old sick priest going to help the little girl seemed like pure altruism. Another reason I like it. Some folks might say it's in bad taste, but I find it a very spiritual film. And why rip offs like BEYOND THE DOOR (1974) can't hold a candle to it. (I like that movie too- but for totally different reasons!) Edzachary! BEYOND THE DOOR is such wonderful crap. http://youtu.be/dkbRJMGFo9g (http://youtu.be/dkbRJMGFo9g) Title: Re: the EXORCIST (1973) Post by: RCMerchant on August 29, 2019, 01:25:43 PM ^ One of the best EXORCIST rip offs ever.
Along with ABBY (1974)! http://youtu.be/-QUEeQFaclw (http://youtu.be/-QUEeQFaclw) |