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I like the Exorcist but think it's way too overhyped. Everyone was fainting and vomiting in the Exorcist audience because they were a bunch of mainstream soccer moms who would never set foot into a theater showing something like NOTLD or TCM. Friedkin and Blatty also seemed to think their audience would watch this as something more than just a horror movie---like demonic possession was something as commonplace as a cold or stomach virus. Same with the Omen movies. They just took themselves way too seriously.
Many ghost movies do the same thing. I personally don't believe in the paranormal and don't appreciate filmmakers assuming that I do.
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