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Originally posted by Dr.Kelvinstein
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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you have a point about the films taking themselves too seriously i guess, i think i like that pompous approach when it comes to the omens though, damien is aloof personified after all.
are you sure that blatty and friedkin actually wanted the audience to believe that stuff? and, no offence or nothin here dr. k, but what do you think: i imagine the exorcists and omens really work best on still-terrified ex-catholics like myself.. call it new testament camp if you want to! ;)