[Doc Faustus]

In Danse Macabre, Stephen King discusses the difference between horror and terror. Horror is an emotional and intellectual reaction to something you find frightening on a deep level. Terror is a visceral reaction often accompanied by disgust. The Holocaust is horrific, a man chasing you with a machete is terrifying. The machete man is right there in your face, the Holocaust is something we must process intellectually and spiritually to react to. In its time, the Exorcist was capable of causing terror. This is true of all horror classics. But now, the reaction becomes not one of a person whose intestinal fortitude is challenged by in-your-face awfulness but one of fear at the power of evil to warp and crush even the most innocent soul of awe at the insurmountable task in front of Father Kerras which is to test weak and wavering faith against primal, unstoppable evil. Still scary. But if you're asking, did I vomit, did I feel like fleeing the room when I first saw it, then the answer is no.