The Exorcist - The Most Terrifying and Controversial film ever

[Davids]

Wasen't the dead kid in Men Behind The Sun real?

[LoudLon]

Originally Posted by Davids

Wasen't the dead kid in Men Behind The Sun real?

Yep. Freaky, huh? :eek:

[Davids]

Originally Posted by LoudLon

Yep. Freaky, huh? :eek:

Yes. But i do think it's a great war movie

[Dudeman]

I still haven't seen Men Behind The Sun. Isn't that about Unit 731? I saw a documentary about that one time.

[The Mothman]

i never understanded the hype of the exorcist.
the only effect it had on me was making me chuckle at a couple scenes.

[mordrid]

Besides a handful of horror movies that truly stand the test of time (Halloween, Nightmare on Elm St, TCM, Universal Monsters, and a few others), most horror movies get dated. A movie like the Exocrist had its most power during the few years after it was released. Now if you are a christian person, I am rather sure this movie still has power. My wife still to this day refuses to watch the movie. I still consider it own of my favorite movies.

[Elvis_Christ]

I didn't think it was very scary until I caught it on the big screen when the new version came out. It has a amazingly tense atomosphere in the theatre especially with the weird shit coming out of the surround sound speakers. It totally kicked my ass and is one of my favorite horror flicks.

[pbwriter]

As I stated in my introductory post, I saw "The Exorcist" in the theater when I was 4 years old, and it literally changed my life. It scared the holy bejabbers out of me to the point where I would dread the commerical breaks on TV in case the preview was shone, and I would freak out if I even saw the classic ad (the silhouette of Father Merrin) in the newspaper. Photos of the movie...well, just forget that.

What's weird (I think) is that I seem to remember stuff in the movie that just wasn't in it, like a scene where her tongue rolls out of her mouth and it's black and furry and make-Gene-Simmons-jealous long. And I would SWEAR I saw the ghost of Captain Howdy in a scene. I know it's probably just imagination working overtime, but still...

I'm pretty sure that the whole experience of The Exorcist is what led me down the primrose path of being a horror fan. I've never found another movie that could make me so anxious and jumpy. It still makes me uncomfortable to this day...but it's still one of my favorite movies.