THE EXORCIST is Scary as Hell ! * MOVIE REACTION and COMMENTARY | First Time Watching (1973)

[@RuntotheMovies]

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[@marcella6969]

A real exorcist wouldn't be afraid of a demon.

[@maggie_rhee_wählt_blau]

What makes these Movies so iconic? People in 2024 aren't still prepared for this! Fun Fact: Die Actor who plays "Damien Karris" was very angry about the "🤮-Scene" because it was planned the puke hits his chest not the face! So his reaction in this scene was very authentic in my opinion!😂 Really great & funny Reaction, Ladies!😃👍🏼

[@johnnydoe6325]

But do you have the spine to watch the sequel? Not Exorcist 2... Repossessed,starring Leslie Nielsen🤣

[@definitelydelish]

Definitely watch the exorcist 3 [it follows on this one nearly directly], the 2nd movie was terrible and universally disliked, so skip that one.

[@SgtHookhead9910]

Yessss!! I absolutely agree. I'm sure that everyone who has seen this trilogy will say the same. Ty!​@definitelydelish

[@chrisbate9956]

"Your mother cooks socks in hell!" - The dyslexorcist.

[@SathReacts]

underrated comment, lol

[@HonRevPTB]

Great comment, you win at internetting today!!! 👍🏆🎖️🏅🎗️

[@encrypter46]

Fabulous!!!!!!!!

[@craiglee5460]

Now that made me literally laugh out loud 👍

[@OneThousandHomoDJs]

Did you ever see Exorcist 2 on SNL when Richard Pryor hosted? The line became, "your mother sews socks that smell." Hand to God, you can look it up.

[@robertbunting3117]

'That woman has a face like the old woman in 'Requiem for a Dream'. Nice call, she is the old woman in 'Requiem'. 👍👍👍

[@clarencewalker3925]

Ellen Burstyn is her name. She won the Oscar for "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore." Directed by Martin Scorsese.

[@wartyrant8627]

The kids now call her Old Murph in Interstellar 💀

[@wartyrant8627]

@@robertbunting3117 “I like the way I feel. I like thinking about the red dress and the television and you and your father. Now when I get the sun, I smile.” 💃🏻😔

[@knytestorme]

"Kids don't cuss" - Toy "Hold my crucifix" - Linda Blair

[@itsjuliescottyay]

Linda Blair is the founder of the Linda Blair WorldHeart Foundation, an animal rescue in Burbank California. That was always her dream, to help animals. 🙂

[@RuntotheMovies]

😻😻😻😻😻😻

[@wheelmanstan]

linda blair hosted one of the creepiest damn tv shows on the family channel..of all places back in 2000, called the scariest places on earth and it was narrated by the tiny woman in poltergeist, zelda rubenstein i think was her name..and her voice is so damn creepy. but yeah I remember watching that show around halloween and it was great! the episodes are all on youtube now

[@BBoyDK1974]

51 years later & to this day, it's still the scariest, creepiest, terrifying movie ever! But totally iconic

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

Because it’s REAL…it taps into the soul…satan, that coward, rules this world….but his time is rapidly about to come to an end…and like a scared cornered animal, he is lashing out with everything he has right now…hence the awfulness in the world

[@Uncle_T]

Fellow Swede Max von Sydow was only 44 when filming this which no one ever really notices, so the old man make-up is definitely top notch together with his ability to act like a frail man almost twice his actual age. And he basically looked the same as the make-up when he got old so they really nailed it. A true classic.

[@bb21again.67]

Dick Smith the make-up artist has said Max Von Sydow was wearing more make-up than Linda Blair.

[@darealtreegardner6165]

Max von Sydow = Legend

[@cameraman502]

It helps that he look elderly his entirely career.

[@bb21again.67]

@Uncle_T Dick Smith the make-up artist said he was wearing more make-up than Linda Blair.

[@phogue1]

The medical team doing the spinal tap was a real team from a NYC hospital that actually did them. One of the members of the team doing the spinal tap turned out to be a real serial killer later. Friedkin had become friends with him, and based on their conversations he wrote the movie “Cruising.”

[@jamesamelia2812]

Holy Sh!t!

[@gregorymann5057]

not a spinal tap - Cerebral angiography is a procedure that uses a special dye (contrast material) and x-rays to see how blood flows through the brain.

[@factman-w8m]

Did you ever watch the youtube video analyzing the movie but showing that Karl was indeed in her room during the crucifix scene. I saw him knocked out next to the bed in this analyzation. The lady here was actually spot on saying it was Karl. COuld have been, He was in that room at that time.Might have been the demon entering Karl and then back into reagan

[@JSBIRD69]

I almost feel cheated that we didn't get a reaction to the spiderwalk down the stairs.

[@RuntotheMovies]

The cut if the film that we watched is the only one that is currently available on streaming.

[@factman-w8m]

@@ASKMEABOUTMYGARDEN Directors cut is the only one to watch. We freaked out in 1974 on the big movie screen late show, and didn't even get the spider walk.Every Movie USher were required to have smelling salts. People fainted throughout america, mostly from the spinal tap hospital scene.

[@RuntotheMovies]

@@ASKMEABOUTMYGARDEN that scene is only in the Blu Ray version of the movie. Unfortunately, there's no way to watch it on streaming.

[@JakkFrost1]

​@@ASKMEABOUTMYGARDENthat's the spiderwalk scene OP is referring to.

[@pinehawk9600]

Now you got to watch The exorcist 3

[@EliCross]

"This movie didn't really get me..." I have never heard anyone scream louder at the head turn.

[@dancolon47]

FYI: The True sequel to this movie is Exorcist 3 which came out nearly 20 years later. Exorcist 2 was a weak Hollywood cash grab that has been universally rejected.

[@flmlvr]

I met Linda Blair many times through the years at various autograph shows. She is one very genuine down-to-earth and kind person to talk to. Let me assure you that she assured me that NOTHING out of the ordinary happened during the filming. But it made for great publicity. I was about 14 when I would finally see the movie. I don't remember why it got my attention, but I turned around and there was this woman holding a crucifix and a bottle of Holy Water in front of her. And what I said to her I'm saying to you - "Lady, it's just a movie." Nothing was going to happen to you as a result of seeing this film. As one of the technicians so eloquently said "It was an illusion." But it sill amazes me that 51 years after it was released it STILL has the power to shock and scare people. And I can't even imagine in 100 years the effect will be any different.

[@TheLaFleur]

The man Reagan says he's going to die up there before she pisses the rug is tied to another novel and movie of Blatty called the Ninth Configuration, the man is an astronaut who suffers a mental breakdown just as he was about to send out to space, so he's send out to a military mental asylum to recover. The movie is part of the Faith Trilogy alongside Exorcist and Exorcist III, although it's not a horror or a paranormal movie

[@robling1937]

I think this movie is so effective because whenever you expect something to happen, nothing happens. Whenever don't expect something to happen, something happens. Always keeps you on the edge of the seat.

[@murrayroodbaard207]

The spider-walk you saw in the end is in the "Director's Cut."

[@wesleyrodgers886]

THE music.. Tubular bells. Mike Oldfield. 😊

[@anrun]

I believe he was only 17 when he wrote it.

[@ThirdEye...]

No, Original was from a Prog Rock Band from Italy Called : Goblin ! Who did many Horror Movie ‘s Soundtracks!

[@ThirdEye...]

Nope

[@anrun]

@@ThirdEye...I think you've got it wrong. Oldfield wrote TB. He recorded it when he was 19 and, presumably, was writing it before then.

[@JeremiahWeiberg]

Fun fact for you girls, the actor playing Damien Karras, Jason Miller has two sons Jason Patrick on The Lost Boys and Joshua Miller in Near Dark. Both vampire movies came out within a year of each other, the Lost Boys had much better advertisements and ultra cool cast. Near Dark became more of a cult classic but very worth watching.

[@jimmyo1123]

Yes and the mother is linda miller jackie gleasons daughter

[@keith9716]

@JeremiahWeiberg ........oh wow. I remember seeing Near Dark in the theaters, and loved it. I'm going to have to watch it again. I forgot all about that movie. Haven't seen it in over 30 years.

[@CLFmoto87]

“I’m sensing something between them.” Yeah it’s called friendship.

[@RuntotheMovies]

Producer's note: I've watched the film many times before this reaction was filmed and I always viewed it as the two priests were simply friends, the same way you do. When editing this reaction, I couldn't help but think that Abby was onto something with her observation of the interactions between the two priests. So I dug further and found various non-scholarly references in which plenty of folks posited that the two priests were, indeed, gay. I also did find some scholarly sources with essays that broke the film down. In one, that is written with an eye on psychology, I found this passage: "In the book, Karras is gay, I might add. It’s extremely subtle - it was 1973, remember - and it’s in ONE line, to his handsome young roommate in the cloister at Georgetown, Father Dyer, when he refers to “guys like us…”. At the end of the movie, when Father Dyer visits the MacNeil house as mother and daughter are leaving for home in Hollywood, Dyer finds the house calm and Regan restored to full mental and physical health. As Regan leaves the house to board the taxi to the airport, she reaches up and kisses Dyer; it is implied this is because she recognizes his cleric’s collar and even unconsciously remembers Father Karras “saving” her. Ostensibly, Dyer is there to “check in” on mother and daughter in the aftermath of the ordeal, but it can also be interpreted that he is there to see where his lover died and process the loss. Dyer is reassured in his faith that Karras did the right thing by seeing the little girl whom Karras saved, at the expense of his relationship and indeed his life." There are no comments on the topic from either the writer or director. However, I found this quote in another article: "Director William Friedkin has a complicated relationship with the LGBT community. He directed both Boys in the Band (1970) and Cruising (1980)." Make of it what you will, but one thing is clear is that the relationship between the priests is not as clear cut as it may seem on the surface.

[@JohnBaran-kw5jf]

​@@RuntotheMovies _"So I dug further and found various non-scholarly references in which plenty of folks posited that the two priests were, indeed, gay."_ Projection of their own condition is common in that community. I would stick to scholarly references. _"In ONE line, to his handsome young roommate in the cloister at Georgetown, Father Dyer, when he refers to 'guys like us…'"_ Much of the movie focused on Father Karras's struggle with the priesthood. That is what they had in common. They were both priests. _"but it can also be interpreted that he is there to see where his lover died and process the loss."_ If he broke out weeping in that scene, then this would be a reasonable interpretation. He just looks down and walks away. He looks *scared* not *heartbroken.* It is far more likely that he is contemplating the bizarre way his friend died. There is also a strong indication that he did not intentionally walk there. _"Director William Friedkin has a complicated relationship with the LGBT community. He directed both Boys in the Band (1970) and Cruising (1980)."_ Again, it sounds like projection. They are projecting that theme onto those movies.

[@williamj6974]

@CLFmoto87 father karras committed suicide which is a sin so they had to put in the scene of father dyer reading him his last rights

[@carl_anderson9315]

@@CLFmoto87 I was gonna write exactly the same words!

[@parice]

So jealous of that youtube pillow. Sorry had to say it😅

[@EidsonFly]

I am new here, and I had to stop myself from writing in the comments how I was awestruck by how beautiful she was at first glance.

[@incredibleadventures1027]

What do you mean?​@@EidsonFly

[@EidsonFly]

@@incredibleadventures1027 I was compelled to speak the truth, but was aware of how creepy it seemed. So I seeked out a brother of the cause in the comments, to share in the blame.

[@Sarah_Gravydog316]

lolll

[@notmee2388]

So… the small pillow…

[@ztomas1]

At 26:53 & 37:18 - OMG 😂😂😂 I literally almost choked watching your faces, you guys are HILARIOUS!!!! 😂🤣😂

[@tjtenser7828]

I've never seen Toy so nervous through a whole movie before! Abby's attempts to ground her were fun. What has made this movie stand the test of time is William Friedkin's excellent direction, William Peter Blatty's great writing and the total conviction in the acting of Ellen Burstyn, Jason Miller, Linda Blair, Max Von Sydow and Lee J Cobb. Plus the cinematography, sound design and choices of when to use and not use music. I'd love to see Tori react to this film.

[@RuntotheMovies]

Thanks so much for watching with us!

[@brianrodriguez7057]

This reaction had everything that makes RTTM so damn special. It had thrills. It had chills. It had Abby squealing. It had Toy laughing and freaking out. Man, I'm so glad you guys did this one. Also, Abby, the movie you're thinking of is Poltergeist. That one was cursed behind the scenes. Love you both and keep up all the great work!

[@RuntotheMovies]

Thanks so much for watching with us and for your kind words!

[@kevinscott1547]

Captain Howdy=the demon Pazuzu

[@EntertainmentFan11]

Even though the demon is never referred to by name in the first film.

[@michaelcoulter1725]

Captain howdy oh man I thought you meant Captain Spaulding LOL

[@TheLaFleur]

Pazuzu is just the name of a demon, not even one that bad in zoroastrian mythology, like Merrin said: there's only One

[@Mirakulus9]

​@@EntertainmentFan11 Never by name, but the statue Father Merrin faces in Iraq is a rendering of a famous Assyrian statuette of the demon Pazuzu from Mesopotamian mythology.

[@billhinge9403]

@@Mirakulus9 Its in the Louvre, Paris, I've seen it. Its raised left hand is mirrored in the hypnotist scene.

[@dafterite]

New character appears. "He's gonna die!" Another new character appears. "He's gonna die!" Another new character appears. "He's gonna die!" Another new charac . . . 39:27 - "I don't want anything like this happening to me!" But the two of you have already been putting on more histrionics than the demon for the entire movie. 😁

[@garyzink1927]

I watched this alone at the theater as a tuff h.s. football player when it came out. I locked the car doors on the way home, scared shitless all the way. At 67, this movie still disturbs me. Peace from Northern Michigan.

[@Billp19733]

I'm a 220 pound 6'2" 50 year old construction worker. I cut my hand on the job, I wrap it up with paper towels and electrical tape. I don't tell anyone this but, I can't watch this movie alone. It's just impossible. I don't find horror movies scary. This is more than a horror movie. It's a paranormal, religious psychological drama. It scares me every time I watch it.

[@stefanforrer2573]

the religious aspect is what takes away any scare factor for me....

[@realitycheck5376]

Thank you. Someone who gets it. There is a definite spiritual element to it if you are a believer that is far beyond any regular horror movie. I'm personally not crazy about even watching reactions to it but I'm a glutton for punishment. Lol. Franklin Graham said he believed that the celluloid on the tape used to record the movie was contaminated with evil.

[@brutbrutus2669]

I'm a little older, and I refuse to watch it alone as well. And I love scary movies! I was around 10 or 11 when I first saw it, and I had to sleep in my parent's room for 3 days.

[@stefanforrer2573]

@@ASKMEABOUTMYGARDEN wtf are you even talking about?

[@vilefly]

@@stefanforrer2573 Challenge accepted. Watch "The Omen".

[@bobc538]

My father took me to see this film when it originally was released. I was traumatized with horrible nightmares about being demon possessed. Not for impressionable kids is an understatement. The actor playing Fr. Merrin is Max Von Sydow. He was in the original Dune movie, Flash Gordon (Ming the Merciless), Conan the Barbarian. A Hollywood legend.

[@tubekulose]

I think it wouldn't do justice to von Sydow to merely call him a Hollywood legend. He was an international movie legend considering all the much more sophisticated roles he had played before "The Exorcist" during his Ingmar Bergman period.

[@joeriveracomedy]

My property owner won't let me do an exorcist motif for Halloween. Settled for spooky pumpkins.

[@Calico_Jack_]

Linda Blair does not look like Chucky! Lol. Hey, this happened to be someone a lot of us going teens crushed on back then, even after the movie. So nice to see Toy out of her comfort zone. Abby is all like, "Bring it!"

[@CreativeCreaturefx]

@@Calico_Jack_ I think what they meant is that Linda Blair has dark features that make her look attractive but unnerving in a subtle way. The filmmaker cast her because ahe had "the look". The makeup artist brought those dark features out with prosthetics. That's why they managed to make her look so terrifying.

[@Calico_Jack_]

@@CreativeCreaturefx I didn't take it seriously, thus the "Lol".

[@wartyrant8627]

🎶 “She’s all right! She’s all right!” -- Rick James

[@william_santiago]

17:49 Blair actually injured her back due to the hydraulic ram jolting her back and forth. Her spine was fractured and gives her problems and pain to this day. 28:58 Us? Yes. Demons and devils are said to be legion, when they possess a person. I'm not sure why, but it appears that it takes a LOT of effort to possess a mortal. It may be that they need to cooperate to do so. Definitely a "they/them." And 29:12 he was "supposed" to be hit in the chest, but an "accident" with the tubing caused it to hit him in the face. His expression of disgust was legitimate. He was quite pissed about it. I'm sure, that like me, he feels it was on purpose to elicit the response he gave. 35:29 Max von Sydow was so shocked at her outburst, that he forgot his lines 45:38 Yeah, you didn't even watch the scary version. The Extended edition is FULL of scenes either too scary and/or disgusting for the audience of 70s.

[@benjamansharer7969]

Ellen Burstyn cracked her sacrum in her spine in the scene where she was thrown on the floor. Her scream of pain was real and they left it in the film

[@PublicElixir]

It does not take 'effort', it takes doing something like playing with a Quija board where you are invoking a spirit, invoking is 'inviting', that's all demons need. Its not hard at all to become possessed actually. You can play the board without getting possessed right away or at all because demons are not omnipotent, people get lucky because demons don't happen to be around them at the time. But playing the board will eventually attract demons because they roam seeking human targets.

[@ligman100]

@@PublicElixir what b.s,it would be all over the news/internet if anyone ever was really possessed.

[@wartyrant8627]

@@ligman100it isn’t called the “occult” for nothing. Books, music and movies can serve as a useful tool to cover their tracks.

[@rubroken]

The Exorcist has to be one of the most scary movies ever made

[@Sarah_Gravydog316]

my grandma saw this in the theater & a woman threw up on my grandma

[@toy4871]

​@@Sarah_Gravydog316ohhh noooo!!! 😅😅

[@martinboyle9163]

(Forbidden Planet is a good movie...) Good eye, Toy! The mom in this movie was also the mom in Requiem For A Dream! I grew up Catholic. I had zero chance to see The Exorcist whatsoever. Surely a one-way ticket to hell. I didn't see it until I lived on my own. I see why it's considered to be classic horror and also why it is a favorite among most fans of the horror genre. I really enjoyed watching this with you! Great show, Ladies! Best to you both! ❤

[@tomstanziola1982]

25:25..... That's not the idol head from the beginning, ladies. That's just an old lump of clay. Remember, Regan does sculpture and painting.

[@deanster300]

as a horror writer, I loved the reactions in this vid

[@toy4871]

Nice! Do you have a channel of your work? Or any other platform with it? I'd love to check it out! And thank you so much! Glad you had fun with us! 😊😊❤✌🏽

[@danielesteve8359]

Your writing doesn't even scare a cat.

[@deanster300]

@@toy4871 thank you. I have some chapters uploaded to my KZbin channel.

[@lauriebarrett6789]

Linda Blair who played Regan in 'The Exorcist' auditioned for the role of Carrie White in the 1976 horror movie 'Carrie'.

[@snarkyenigma9219]

Never would have worked ... Linda Blair was (and remains) completely typecast as "Regan MacNeil". But she was able to parlay the insane success of The Exorcist into a few very good TV movies.

[@DraylianKaiju]

Good eye Toy, yup Ellen Burstyn who played Chris McNeil in The Exorcist later played Sarah Goldfarb in Requiem for a Dream 😎🤓👍

[@blueroninstudios]

Back in the day people were fainting, and even running out of the theater from the sheer terror of this movie, some people were even nauseous and so shocked they just left the theater in tears. A regular movie from the 70's can be a lot for some kids today, but this one had people "NOPING right out of the theater from how terrifying it was! I saw it in college on a very small tv, late at night while I was alone in my dorm room, and during one moment my roomate knocked on my door suddenly, and I nearly hurt myself because I jumped out of my chair! LMAO! I feel Toy's pain, I really do! But i think his movie from a technical standpoint is pretty amazing!

[@Greenwood4727]

fun fact the guy with the beard holdig reagan is an alleged serial killer called paul bateson, he was convicted of murdering someone

[@jimmyo1123]

Yes

[@ThalesPo]

@Greenwood4727 Yeah. On that outtake they watched in the end there he is seen touching Linda's shoulders from behind and laughing together with everybody. So creepy.

[@cajunsushi]

Saw this in the theater with friends of mine from work. After it was over, we needed a drink, it was definitely an event that year.

[@MrTech226]

Toy & Abby Welcome to medical treatment of 1970's. Doctors injected bio injectable dye into Regan's Jugular Vein for scanning her Brain. Remember that CT scan was still new while MRI hasn't been invented yet. I recently dye into my body to check my heart and circulatory system. In other words, doctors still use dyes in treatment.

[@everyonelovesmajima]

28:54 Brilliant subliminal Pantera art.

[@RuntotheMovies]

Editor's note: I'm glad you noticed it. :)

[@CreativeCreaturefx]

Your guys are so fun to watch. I love Abby's inquisitive energy and Toy is adorable.

[@renzero9206]

One of the best reactions I have seen to this film, hands down. The Exorcist is widely regarded as the best horror film ever made. Critically acclaimed, Academy Award nominated (which is rare for a horror movie). Abby is right, this movie gets you AFTER more then when you watch it. Incredible performances by all the cast, especially Ellen Burstyn (Chris McNeil, the mother). A fantastic actress who has won an Oscar, 2 Emmy awards, a Tony award, as well as a BAFTA and Golden Globe. Incredible film and one of the best of all time.

[@encrypter46]

Another truly frightening movie, especially for ladies, is "The Entity" which, at the time of the movie, was a true story still happening.

[@guitarman8462]

Fact : I was there at the theatre the day it was shown. Many women ran out of the theatre sitting in the lobby. Many also fainted, vomited. It was so bad that the ambulance had to be called for many.

[@RuntotheMovies]

Wow!

[@jimmyo1123]

They have footage on youtube of the actual time ppl were watching it

[@guitarman8462]

@@jimmyo1123 in Westwood village by ucla

[@mohamad-ms2pb]

It was mostly the medical procedure scene that got people rattled.

[@bxsyndicate]

Toy, you deserve a hug for making it through the whole movie ❤ Great reaction!! Your most fun reaction ever since you guys watched RoboCop. I love this channel!

[@toy4871]

Awww thank you so much!!! It's scary and unsettling but I'm glad I can watch it here and have fun with you as well. Thanks for being so awesome!!! 😊😊❤❤✌🏽

[@Tommieboy2009]

And now try to imagine being in the theatre in the 70s seeing that.

[@RuntotheMovies]

🙀

[@pinehawk9600]

I was there 🤯

[@johnplaysgames3120]

The first time I tried to watch The Exorcist (when I was a teen), I'd heard all the stories about how scary it was, how crazy it was, how people passed out from fear in the theaters, etc, so, tbh, I was a little nervous going into it. Thanks to the slow-burn, 1970s pacing, though, I ended up falling asleep halfway through. For years afterward, whenever the subject of The Exorcist came up, I told people I thought it was super boring. I finally went back a few years ago, as an adult, and finally watched the whole movie and you know what? It's really good. Great film, great acting, great FX (especially for the time), and just really well done across the board. Personally, I still don't find it particularly scary -- probably because I'm not religious -- but I appreciate it as a classic horror film that nails the unsettling vibe.

[@julielabrouste6344]

That was the best reaction to "The Exorcist" I've ever seen and I've watched a lot.

[@toy4871]

Lol thank you for watching and so glad you had fun with us. 😊😊😊❤️✌🏽

[@chadmedeiros264]

The procedure is called an angiogram. It is used to x-ray blood vessels in the body, specifically her brain in this scene. About the vomit, Regan's body was dying from the inside out. In the book, it talked about how bad the room smelled and how they had to change her clothes and sheets often. During the exorcism, Karras talks about how her heart is dying. The green vomit may be a bit bright but it is mainly an example of how the demon is killing her from the inside.

[@anthonyrocco288]

Both your reactions were priceless and hilarious!!!!

[@toy4871]

😂😂😂thank you so much 😊😊😊❤️✌🏽

[@commsense1979]

My wife and I took our wedding photos in front of the Exorcist steps and when I tell you she was absolutely terrified, she really was. Photos looked great though lol

[@toy4871]

Hahahaha I can imagine the look on her face in them 😂😁❤️

[@abbyygross]

hope yall are still married 😅😂 lmk if there is a curse!

[@commsense1979]

@@abbyygross haha yep still married... Celebrating 15 years on Nov 8 haha

[@terrylandess6072]

Regan MacNeil, you have been fined 7285 credits for violating the verbal morality code.

[@toy4871]

😂😂😂😂😂 nice!!!! I didn't think about that! That was a good one!

[@kingsnake23]

I'd say you two handled that movie really well. Now you see why they called it the scariest movie of all time.

[@drew2fast489]

I still think this is the best horror movie ever made. The crucifix scene is unmatched, master horror. Anyway, this was so satisfying. You two made this so enjoyable and relatable. One of the best reacts ever.

[@toy4871]

Thank you so much. Glad you had fun with us.

[@podunkcitizen2562]

I worked at Toys R Us. An adult woman asked her mother what the Ouija bord was for. The woman answered in Spanish (which I don't speak). The only word I understood was Diablo. I told an older coworker from Cuba that I thought she said it's to talk to the devil. My coworker said, she's right!

[@alieighty]

The Ouija board was a very popular "game" in America, almost as popular as Monopoly (Hasbro still own the "Ouija" trademark rights). This was the movie that made people afraid of Ouija boards.

[@SFOlson]

Now that they have watched this movie, I think that Toy & Abby should watch Scary Movie I & II. And from personal experience, ADHD doesn’t make you see things like this or do things like this. And taking Ritalin isn’t going to subdue, and drive out a “demon” that’s possessing someone. 28:54 And thank you for the flash of Pantera. Such a great album, I remember when it came out.

[@sebastianandres8781]

so sad they miss the spider scene...

[@76marex]

@@sebastianandres8781 its only in a special cut from this movie

[@tonycollins6271]

If your shocked now in 24 can you imagine the audiences in 73?

[@timfahey7127]

"We are ending generational trauma today" 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Thane36425]

I watched this in the early 80s with some friends when were all a bit too young for it. The real fun came a bit later though. In the fall, one of the guys was hearing noises in his attic and it scared the stuff out of him. Turned out that squrriels had found a way in up there and there were a couple of nests. The noise was them moving around and having little fights.

[@RuntotheMovies]

That must have been quite the scare to hear the squirrels for the first time.

[@johnniekight1879]

Loved your reactions ladies.

[@RuntotheMovies]

♥️

[@Barovian20]

I love how you see Boo's tail slide into frame like a shark fin before you see her. Coming in for predatory pets. They were performing an angiography on her in the hospital. As someone who has had an artery opened like that, it really does shoot out like that. It's pretty crazy, especially when you're laying there fully awake spurting blood. They're injecting a dye to see blood vessels on an X-ray.

[@pollynicklas5220]

This movie is listed on the top ten scary movies of all time! I saw this at the drive - in lol!

[@BigDave423]

I miss drive-ins. First saw "Jaws" at one as a family in a station wagon on a Friday night. Went to Half Moon Bay the next day for family fun day at the beach. 😎

[@wendellbunn6195]

This was one of your best reactions. I saw this as a teenager, I went determined to be cool an laugh at it, I almost craped myself, thru up the popcorn.

[@toy4871]

Ohhh my goodness! I was also thinking I would be fine during this movie, I handled it way better than I expected. Lol. My nervous laugh kicked in which made it easier 😅😅😅

[@unclejunesgaming4325]

You never F with the ouija board by yourself. NEVER

[@toy4871]

Nope nope nope!!! 💯💯💯

[@williamjones6031]

1. I was 13 when I saw this in the theater with friends. What rating system they had at the time wasn't really followed that closely. By word of mouth, I was aware of the head spinning, vomiting and language but what freaked me the most were the demon flashes.😱😱 2. When the doctor is looking at Regan's skull x-ray and says, "Nothing in there" I always🤣 3. The spider-walk down the stairs was NOT in the original release. 4. The loud banging with the medical equipment is for dramatic effect. 5. Father Merin and the demon/Pazuzu had a previous encounter where he almost killed the father. Merin doesn't acknowledge the receipt of the note and tells Karras there's no need for analysis. 6. Chris MacNeil/Ellen Burstyn actually broke her coccyx when the demon makes her hard fall. That wince of pain is the real deal. 7. The first priest Karras admits his lack of faith to/Tom, was a real priest. 8. The demon doesn't kill Merrin. From the beginning we know he has a heart problem most likely brought on by the previous encounter. 9. Karras doesn't kill the demon. He does manage to draw it out of her and sacrificed himself for her. 10. Karras is confessing and asking for forgiveness for his loss of faith. 11. RIP Willian Freidkin😇

[@RuntotheMovies]

Thanks so much for all of these tidbits!

[@stephaniemccarthy1676]

True..same actress in requiem of a dream.😊

[@atodamadre3197]

The 25th anniversary version which I had on VHS shows what the spider walk scene down the stairs was supposed to look like and how they changed it for the version youve never seen.

[@robertboyer1086]

This reaction was EPIC!❤

[@RuntotheMovies]

Thanks so much for watching with us and for your kind words!

[@DanielRamosMilitaryWiz]

As a dude, the scene where the demon grabs the psychiatrist by the crotch always hurts like hell. But that scene where she is stabbing herself with the crucifix is probably the worst. This film did for Ouija boards what Jaws did for water. Audiences freaked out seeing this in the 1970s with people fainting, vomiting, and running out of the theater. The Exorcist is based on the novel written by William Peter Blatty in 1971. He also wrote the screenplay for this film which won him an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The novel and film are inspired by the Exorcism of Ronald Doe. It’s a case from 1949 in which Catholic Priests performed a series of exorcisms on a 14-year old boy who was said to have been demonically possessed. Incredibly, The Exorcist was the first horror movie to be nominated for an Academy Award. (16:11) The doctors are performing a spinal tap, also known as a lumbar puncture (LP). It’s a procedure that involves extracting a small amount of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from the spinal canal to diagnose or treat certain conditions like neurological disorders. This type of procedure is a way to treat or diagnose issues with the brain. (32:31-32:46) Father Karris was called over to the house by Sharon, Chris’s assistant. She opened up Regan’s shirt to show Father Karras the markings coming through her body. (42:12) The demon in the novel and film is based on Pazuzu. An ancient and powerful entity from Mesopotamian culture who is considered the king of wind demons. In scripture it’s said that he can control storms and drought. He is described as both a destructive and dangerous wind, but also a repellant to other demons. For the Exorcist, Pazuzu seems to have the ability to read people’s fears and guilt, which he can use to psychologically attack and manipulate people. (42:38) Father Merrin dies of a heart attack. This is why he had to take nitroglycerin in the bathroom a few moments earlier to treat his heart. For the scenes in which Regan/Pazuzu thrashes around in the bed, Blair was strapped to a harness. It would repeatedly bang off her spine. In a sequence in which the bed levitates, a technical failure from the mechanical bed shook her so violently that it fractured her back. The injury developed into scoliosis, leaving her in chronic pain for years. (44:45) The medallion, actually holds significant symbolic weight. It represents faith, protection, and the struggle between good and evil. At the end of the movie, the passing back and forth of the medallion serves several purposes: 1. Symbol of Faith: The medallion is a powerful symbol of Christianity and the belief in divine protection against evil. Its presence signifies the strength of the characters' faith in their battle against the demonic possession. 2. Connection to the Characters: The medallion is closely linked to Father Karras and Regan. As it changes hands, it reflects their respective journeys and struggles. For Karras, it symbolizes his fight to reclaim his faith and redeem himself, while for Regan, it represents the hope for salvation and liberation from the demonic influence. 3. Climactic Conflict: The exchange of the medallion during the climax emphasizes the ongoing battle between the forces of good and evil. It highlights the tension and stakes involved in the exorcism, as the characters rely on this symbol of faith to confront the darkness. 4. Resolution and Sacrifice: The final moments involving the medallion also underscore themes of sacrifice and redemption. The actions taken around the medallion culminate in a resolution to the conflict, reinforcing the idea that faith and selflessness can triumph over evil. Overall, the medallion is a powerful narrative device that encapsulates the film's themes of faith, struggle, and the battle against malevolent forces. The spider walk scene you saw after the film was a deleted scene that was put back in the 2001 directors cut. William Friedkin felt the this scene was too big a special effect and so early in the story, that it undercut the impact of Chris MacNeil having just learned of Burke Dennings' death. You ladies are beautiful and so lovable as always. Sending my best wishes and blessings out to you all! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

[@RuntotheMovies]

Thanks so much for your analysis and tidbits, as always! ♥️

[@DanielRamosMilitaryWiz]

@@RuntotheMovies You’re very welcome ladies! Thank you for your videos, and I can’t wait for your next reactions to other great films. You’ve definitely got to see Tremors (1990). I think you would have such a blast with that one, and Toy would enjoy the love story 😊

[@allenruss2976]

I have yet to see any reactor figure out about the cat scan. This was the early 70s. These procedures were just being developed

[@s.jackson8098]

What an extraordinary cast. Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, the great Lee J. Cobb. Wonderful actors all. And then there’s Max von Sydow as Father Merrin. He was in his early 40s when he played this old priest. The makeup helped, for sure. But really it was his impeccable acting that made us believe him as an old man. In addition to some American movies, von Sydow had a lifetime of experience on stage and film working with Ingmar Bergman. Most famously, he starred in Bergman’s "The Seventh Seal" - one of the finest films ever made. I once asked a rather well known director who was the greatest actor of all time. His answer: "You mean besides Max von Sydow?"

[@EntertainmentFan11]

Rest in peace, Max von Sydow (Father Merrin), Jason Miller (Father Karras), Mercedes McCambridge and Ron Faber (the voices of the demon, though the former provided most of the dialog), William Friedkin (the director of this movie), and William Peter Blatty (the original author). Edit: Also, this movie is considered to be one of the scariest ever made.

[@jjkk1630]

The novel was one of my favorite reads of the past few years, it's quite a cerebral story where Chris and Damien spend quite a long time struggling to rationalize Regan's condition as something that could be caused by a physical or psychological phenomenon but that's constantly challenged by things such as her speaking in languages she couldn't possibly have any knowledge of. In the film, the "help me" scene represents the point where Damien is finally convinced that what's happening to her is supernatural.

[@thegreatestshowonearth7623]

First time in life I've ever wanted to be a Marvel Shirt

[@toy4871]

🤣🤣🤣😁❤️✌🏽

[@danielesteve8359]

Porky

[@LibrarianMichael]

This is the ultimate horror movie. I saw it once 30 or 40 years ago and never again. But, I'll watch it with you in solidarity.

[@LibrarianMichael]

...and it still scares the crap out of me.

[@nino6664]

That's the way ct scans we're performed in the 70s early 80s if you know anybody from that era they hate going to the hospital and that is why back then the testing and treatment hurt more than what you were there for

[@ramonacosta2647]

This has to be the funniest reaction to The Exorcist ever.

[@HonRevPTB]

LMAO, that is the woman from Requiem of a Dream, she's Ellen Burstyn!!! LOL! Linda Blair was cast because of her beautiful but dark & creepy features!!!

[@lauriebarrett6789]

The Exorcist is parodied in Scary Movie (2000) along with Scream, Scream 2, The Blair Witch Project, The Matrix, The Usual Suspects. The Exorcist is parodied again in "Scary Movie 2" (2001).

[@vaopr1012]

Ah yes, a film whose production was so plagued with mysterious incidents and accidents that William Friedkin asked one of the actual priests involved to bless the sets. The priest refused citing he didn’t want to provoke superstitions. Several days later the sets burned down. Upon reconstructing the sets, the priest blessed them. Both Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair suffered serious back injuries from filming certain scenes. And, of course, there’s the radiology technician who was later convicted of murder and suspected of being a serial killer.

[@Deus5691]

Yes!!!!!!!! When Liinda is on the violentle shaking and says "Please,Help me Mommy, make it srop!!" she was yelling for her real mom who was off camera, becaue she was in pain and when the phone rings and Father Karas looks startled, that is because the director fired a freaking shotgun off canera to get the reaction he wanted!

[@raiderlove5923]

We will all sit here and watch it with you. We'll hold your hand.

[@kieronball8962]

Awesome " Exorcist " reactions from Abby and Toy! Now they just have to ignore Exorcist 2 and go straight into Exorcist 3 The Theatrical Cut! :)

[@encrypter46]

Exactly!!!

[@m0qanegosman648]

EPIC reaction from you guys! I hope this becomes the #1 Exorcist reaction here!

[@LibrarianMichael]

The Omen and Salem's Lot (the originals) are good follow-ups.

[@philliptucker4788]

The necklace was a St. Christopher medal, worn for protection from evil. That’s why Regan pulled it off Karras before the demon jumped into him. The necklace was a good thing.

[@fahooga]

They went through a lot of Anderson's pea soup making this.

[@steveray9655]

Linda Blair guest starred in an episode of Supernatural. She played a police detective who had arrested the Winchesters, then found out that they're not crazy. At the end, Dean asked Sam if she looked familiar to him. Then he commented about being hungry, and having a craving for pea soup (a common reference to the green vomit).

[@xephrenata]

The fact that this is pre CGI still astounds me. Amazing how this came out in the 70s and it's still one of the most disturbing films ever.

[@richardpoindexter6322]

Scariest movie ever made.....great reaction girls.....

[@RuntotheMovies]

Thanks so much for watching with us!

[@skyfire007]

Me: "Oh it's that time of the year of a new round of Exorcist reactions again?? This time with Toy and Abby." Exorcist Film: "Indeed it is. Who do we get to shock and sicken this time??" MWHAHAHAHA!!!

[@renedavids6154]

The extended version had some nice extra's. Reminding the time it was made, still one of the best horror movies. People running out of the theater. Hope you did sleep well after this movie.

[@MaoKatz]

You people that doesn't watch the extended version miss some excellent scenes...

[@phillymike3181]

Movie goers had usually read the books before the movies came out so those they were better prepared for what was coming. The same with Jaws and The Godfather. (As I remember it, there was a lot of surprise that they showed scenes that everyone assumed would happen off camera.)

[@JoelAdams-j9x]

I stopped for the cuties and stayed for the reaction 🙏

[@Clambamthankyoumam]

I’m really glad that you two gorgeous ladies were able to watch arguably the greatest horror film of all time The Exorcist from 1973. Every October its part of my watchlist along with Halloween, The Evil Dead, Silence Of The Lambs, Carrie, Alien, A Nightmare On Elm Street, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, The Omen, and John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982).

[@toy4871]

I have never actually seen the Halloween movies🤯! I really want to! I know Jamie lee Curtis is in them and she rocks so maybe this year I'll make a one a day thing of them. I know there must be a lot of them so I gotta look into that. Same with silence of the lambs. I'm not sure how many there are. I would assume 2 or 3? Invasion of the body snatchers sounds icky! Lol so I definitely gotta make a movie night of that one! With friends of course. The omen!!! Now that one I saw in theaters with my brother. I was terrified!!! Oculus, however, I unfortunately let out a scream and the lady in front of me screamed too lmao. She was mad, I was embarrassed, and my brother laughed lol😂. The thing was amazing!!! Tori and I watched it together here on the channel. Tori is my favorite person to watch horror with ❤️. I may ask her to join me to watch the body snatchers movie you mentioned 😊. Carrie i dont know the story of but i do recall watching a newer version of the movie but only remember the blood being dropped at the end. Ill need a refresher on that one. Alien is always awesome! Now as for nightmare on elm street... that's a big no no for me lol 😅. As a kid I forced myself to try to watch them to get over that fear but it didn't work. The idea of him and how he works is absolutely terrifying lol. If he were real, I'd probably just end it myself and go without having him do it lol. 😅😅😅. I think the only movie I could watch with him in it was freddy vs Jason. I remember seeing a movie about freddy like he worked in a school? It's very faint and I can't remember it. My brother was the freddy fan so I tried to see it with him. I'm more of a leatherface gal. Lol. Loved him for a long time, but as I get older, I find myself drawing more to chucky. Must be a toy thing 😂😉. I have not seen any child's play movies yet so I'm going to add that to my Halloween list also. I only remember as a child, my family and I were at my uncles house. I wasn't allowed to watch but I went out to the living room where there was this beautiful big fish tank he had and I would just stare at it. Then I looked up to talk to my dad and saw this doll flip off a boy 🤣🤣. That's all I've seen. But I did see all the newer ones with his face stitched up. I haven't seen any Friday the 13ths either. I remember one shot of classic teens running and screaming it what might have been a cabin and he ran pretty damn good after them busting through a wall lol. In freddy vs jason is were I know him to move slow but somehow teleport 😂. Well thank you so much for your comment! If you know any others you would love to share, let me know. Anything with ghosts, demons, possessions are my top scariest things to see because of my own and my family's experiences lol so I generally stay away from those. But Halloween is my second favorite holiday (Christmas is my first 🥰, valentines day 3rd lol), so any fun ones you'd like for me to see I'd love to curl up with some popcorn and give it a watch. 😊😊😊❤️✌🏽 thanks again! And I hope you have a great rest of your week!

[@Clambamthankyoumam]

@@toy4871 Not the remake sequel or whatever it is and certainly not 2006 one either but rather the original of The Omen from 1976 directed by Richard Donner (Superman, Lethal Weapon 1-4, and The Goonies). Invasion Of The Body Snatchers is definitely worth checking out! Read the reviews for it and i guarantee it will at least peak your interest at the very least. It’s got a great cast in it too for starters Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Veronica Cartwright, and Jeff Goldblum.

[@kjdempsey]

Toy is so beautiful

[@toy4871]

Many many thanks! 😊😊❤️❤️❤️✌🏽. You are kind and I hope the rest of your week is beautiful and amazing.

[@kjdempsey]

@@toy4871thank you Toy ❤️

[@tomfrankiewicz4030]

Great observation on how the film was cut. The director William Freidkin was a documentary film maker before he was a Hollywood director. He used the induced documentary style with a ecliptic form of editing

[@RuntotheMovies]

That explains the cuts. Thanks for this tidbit.