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Originally Posted by Greg666
The Excorcist is not scary simply because it has been done too many times before
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And by "before," you really mean "since then." Back when The Exorcist came out,
before all the copycats, it was pretty much the scariest movie phenomenon that had ever occurred. People fainted in the theater. Every showing had people leaving the theater to gather themselves. See for yourself:
This is the one movie that I was actually too afraid to watch as a kid, and waited until I was 20 or so to see it. It freaked me out, even at that age. It still gives me chills just thinking about it. It's the only movie that does that.
These days, everyone's desensitized, and have seen it all "before" in one of the countless films whose sole purpose is to attempt to be as good and as scary as The Exorcist.
Why is it scary? Well, for me the thought of the devil himself taking over my body and brutalizing it is horrific. The thought of that happening to my daughter is obscene and unfathomable. I also happen to believe in God and the Devil, which might make a difference.