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Originally Posted by DarthVader
When THE EXORCIST first came out, there had never ever been a film like it. It was extremely scary back then in 1973, because that type of story and special effects just wasn't done. The book made it seem like those events were possible. It was truly horrifying back then.
But now today, we've seen over 1,500 Exorcist copy-cats. We're now desensitized to it.
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That's exactly it. The Exorcist had become that influential that each scene had been parodied, copied and diluted to a point that the movie feels familiar.
Similar to how of you watch Seinfeld reruns the comedy seems very derivative of today's sitcoms, even though it was 20 years before hand.
One curious way to look at The Exorcist is through the eyes of the mother. She is watching her child being taken over and has no way of stopping it. Going so far as to beg both medical and religious people for help.*
Is it scary? That is for each individual to decide, personally I think it hasn't aged too well, but for the reasons laid out before*