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THE EXORCIST (1973)
DIR: William Friedkin
The scariest horror film ever made! Special effects and grisly makeup that will make you pass out and throw up in fear! The best piece of horror ever created!
Or so they say.
THE EXORCIST shocked the world in 1973. It became one of the highest grossing horror films (and films in general) of all time. It struck fear into many and is still touted as the greatest/scariest horror film in existence. I accept this feeling for 1973, but I argue that it doesn’t quite hold up today.
Although commonplace nowadays, this was one of the first possession films to make it big in Hollywood. Regan and her mother live a happy life in their family home until, after contacting spirits, she begins acting strange. Test after test shows nothing wrong with her and there is only one explanation and solution left: possession and an exorcism. The devil is inside her and the ancient ritual must be performed to stop the attacks on her body: the violence, the spewing of bodily fluids, and the sexual perversions.
America of 1973 wasn’t ready for this film. In an undoubtedly more religious culture unfamiliar with possession films and grisly horror just recently becoming popular, THE EXORCIST pushed many boundaries. I will give it credit where credit is due; having a little girl look so grotesque, scream obscenities, and defile her body with a crucifix is disturbing and jarring. It certainly paved the way for future gore and I respect its willingness to push limits. I still wouldn’t call it scary, though. That could be because I’m familiar with this narrative by now and speaking from a modern standpoint, but I only see it as a bit disturbing. The “horror” is quite mediocre and cheesy; it doesn’t get the reaction out of today’s audience that it once did.
The pacing is also bad. The story is slow. It takes so long for something to happen, and by the time it does it’s lackluster and I’m over it. It is an incredibly slow paced film and even the climax at the end is short and doesn’t have too much action. It doesn’t feel like a horror movie to me and that’s part of my problem with it.
But I will say, in terms of directing and cinematography, it’s mostly good. Unlike most horror films, it has an elegant feel. It’s like a classy horror movie, and not too horrific, to draw in a bigger audience. My one complaint in this category is the editing. Many cuts feel ill-timed and out of place. Overall, though, a nice look, elegant sets, and a timeless horror aesthetic.
I personally dislike this movie quite a bit. It’s a very underwhelming piece of horror that has been overhyped for years like its the scariest thing. I find it slow, with pacing challenges, and poorly edited. Even if it is well directed, the story just doesn’t get me like it should.
Is it the scariest horror movie of all time? I’ve stated my opinion, but I’ll let you decide. Give it a watch, if you dare…
~OCTOBER 2ND: DAY 2 OF “31 DAYS OF HORROR”~
“All right, fellas, here’s your story: North Pole, November Third, Ned Scott reporting. One of the world’s greatest battles was fought and won today by the human race. Here at the top of the world a handful of American soldiers and civilians met the first invasion from another planet. A man by the name of Noah once saved our world with an ark of wood. Here at the North Pole, a few men performed a similar service with an arc of electricity. The flying saucer which landed here and its pilot have been destroyed, but not without causalities among our own meager forces.
And now before giving you the details of the battle, I bring you a warning: Everyone of you listening to my voice, tell the world, tell this to everybody wherever they are. Watch the skies. Everywhere. Keep looking. Keep watching the skies.”
The Thing from Another World | 1951 Directed by Christian Nyby & Howard Hawks
Halloween Directed by John Carpenter (1978)
Halloween (2018)
Offerings
These are a couple of Exorcist-led magazines of the day, both released in 1974 with massive special sections devoted to the film. Mad basically recreates the entire film in the form of a rather long-winded and very goofy comic strip. FMoF focuses much more on the production of The Exorcist and Dick Smith’s work on the effects in particular. Weirdly, it features a lot of quite bizarre drawings of Linda Blair, like the one above, rather than just using film stills.
At the time, a huge fuss was made about the more over-the-top features of the film, like the crazy effects, the vomiting and especially the bad language. Coming at the film later, as I did, when it just had this reputation of being “The Scariest Movie of All Time”, it’s a bit weird to see how it was treated often, on its release, as this weird, low-brow carnival freak show.
I’m so mad because this worked
help me roger
Reblogging myself because
Reblogging myself because… what was that? Five minutes?
O_O
The dentist appointment I was waiting for got canceled because they’re backed up, and they rescheduled it for a much better time/day AND they’re waving my co-pay for the inconvenience. Thanks Roger!
Beetlejuice (1988)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992) dir. David Lynch