THE EXORCIST (1973)-Movie Review-Episode 47

[@frugalwitch]

I’m 60 and I have loved horror movies my entire life. The Exorcist is not only my favorite horror movie of all time but in my top five movies ever.

[@BloodandDonutspodcast]

I agree! Quentin Tarantino calls it a “perfect movie..” Thanks for watching!

[@laurenmccoycrutchfield8885]

Great movie to review for October! I’m excited about this one.

[@layneinchains848]

Exorcist 3 is a suspense masterpiece 👍

[@lurxy_cc]

The exorcist was my favorite movie of all time and this is a great video

[@BloodandDonutspodcast]

Thanks for watching! Love The Exorcist.

[@RebecaLawrence-w6e]

The Exorcist is still the scariest movie ever made. I'm a 80's born too. I first saw the original version on tv. I saw the Never Before Seen The Version. At the movies. I even like to quote it. A good friend of mine. Told me I sounded like the demon. While we watched it at a sleepover. Till this day. My friend can't stand to hear the name. The Exorcist or The Blair Witch Project. In my mind that was something. The Exorcist still has power. I can't get over the things directors. Will do for the movie. 🎃😃🎥

[@c.d.scalemodels9198]

Hey guys, Chris here…… my favorite film on the planet…… the reason I think they show well to do families having these issues lets the average viewer think that bad things can happen…….. even to the rich.

[@BloodandDonutspodcast]

Hey Chris! That’s a good explanation. I bet you’re right. I think we are also morbidly fascinated by the rich and want to watch them suffer. Ha! Thanks for watching!

[@c.d.scalemodels9198]

@@BloodandDonutspodcast no question……..

[@kellinwinslow1988]

And the interesting thing is that Columbo was based off of the character of LT.Kinderman. Blatty was slightly annoyed. There is much more of him in the book and of course the 3rd film,Legion,is about him. He's a very sly and sharp character that Blatty really knew how to write well.

[@BloodandDonutspodcast]

The Kinderman character in the 1973 movie was such a clever way to move the story along without an exposition dump. George C Scott, who’s such an amazing actor, took that character to a whole new level! Thank you for watching! We love your insights.

[@kellinwinslow1988]

A great film. The best horror film of all time. The new trash is so bad Blumhouse should be ashamed of themselves. No modern horror film compares. Terrifier is complete garbage shlock. There is nothing scary about gore. Sorry. Like Steven King said in his great book,Danse Macabre,there are 3 levels to being scared. Terror is the finest emotion and is about the anticipation of something happening. Horror is seeing something happen. Then the lowest level is gore or gross out. It can be effective simply because of the idea of pain but it's cheep and lazy. The Exorcist does all three with a level of quality that modern films don't have. It feels real. Late Night With The Devil is good but it still rides off the coattails of this film as does the inferior Conjuring film. The true sequel to this film is The Ninth Configuration then Legion. Blatty never liked the idea of a direct sequel. His idea was to do stories in the same world but with different ideas and characters. Especially The Ninth Configuration which is about the astronaut from the party. Even the score is groundbreaking. Forget the tiny little bit of Tubular Bells. The use of Kristoff Pendreki in the score was unlike anything ever done and is still the most unsettling music. Listen to his classical music late at night and see if you can get thru something like Threnody for Hiroshima. Fredkin famously destroyed the original score because it was too generic and cliche. He made the right choice. That original score though is the stuff of collecting legends if you listen to the bits that exist of it. The genius of Blatty and Fredkin is that they never treated it like a horror film. It's a theological drama. Even Ray Bradbury called it one of his favorite love stories. Blatty wrote everything in the film for a logical reason. Even the crucifix scene was not done for shock value which many writers now don't get. It was a logical step to get the mother to the point where she did what she had to do irregardless of her lack of faith. Everything about the film is so well constructed and written it's in a league above every film now irregardless of how old it is. If anything that alone makes it better. Older films weren't concerned with the modern ADD mindset. They took their time. Alien,Jaws, Psycho all take their time to build up mood, atmosphere and good characters. Anyone who says it's boring is simply a child with no patience or imagination. I recently watched it with our 18 year old cousin and he loved it and was never bored. It's still the most disturbing horror film ever made.