TOP "The Crucifix Scene" Reactions! The Exorcist (1973) Movie Reaction! *First Time Watching*

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[@batman66ism]

You should do one of the hospital scene in Kill Bill with the conversation with the orderly and the guy with the trucker cap standing over Uma Thurman in the bed.

[@mcl00br]

Get your face out of there.

[@BobBenson-qz8lp]

Hey buddy, you should have been there with me in 1974 when I was 14, at the midnight showing of this movie. That night I couldn't sleep without the lights and ot about 3 hours of sleep.And do you know that the spider walk wasn't even in the original??? We were traumatized and they didn't even show that scene!

[@Buttercup-vw2zo]

Can you imagine how funny this would be after eating some bitchin SHROOMS?

[@miguelangelperezolivares2379]

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[@idontsignin]

Dude was that traumatized he had to take his wig off.

[@jameskuhn432]

I was dying at that 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@hosamhamdi819]

This dude always have some of the best reactions lol

[@amethystrain01759]

😂😂😂

[@ghostjacker]

Every reactor is horrified, petrified, terrified. But everyone's eyes are glued to the screen 😂

[@Richard-us8wz]

Just biscutte laugh 😂

[@cheetahobx]

Like a train wreck...but funnier

[@barthotuber6429]

Thank god! Appreciate the technical aspects of film making!

[@sanddab]

Seeing this in a theater in 1973 was the wildest movie experience ever.

[@illuminotme825]

Could you tell us more about the reaction in the theaters? I was only 4 yo at the time so obviously not at the theater. Were the reports true of people passing out? Were people walking out of the theater etc? Today, we've been desensitized to visual digital effects but an early 70's audience must've been horrified at what they were seeing on screen.

[@sanddab]

@@illuminotme825 I was 14 in 1973. I remember reading a front page article in the L.A. Times about the public's reaction to the movie right after it opened. This was before blockbusters became a thing. The lines at the theaters were enormous. My dad had read the bestselling novel from 1971 and I remember being very intrigued by the cover of the original paperback, which had an eerie, abstract photo that I couldn't figure out but it made me curious. My dad went to see the movie by himself, and all he said when he got home was "it's very strong", which he had never said about any movie so we knew this was different. He knew my mom would not be able to handle it given her Catholic upbringing and fear of the subject matter. I saw it with my older brother since he was 19 years old and could get me in an R rated movie. When the lights went down you could really feel the tension in the room. This was before shopping mall multiplexes where you had 16 screens. Theaters were still mostly independent. The theater we went to had a huge screen with booming sound so you felt completely immersed. I remember thinking one of the reasons it was so disturbing was how low key it was. There was such a long slow buildup that when the shocking scenes occurred, there was a mix of gasps along with those that just couldn't look up, followed by stunned silence. There were people that got up and went to the lobby, but only about 10 or so. William Friedkin did a masterful job directing. They were very wise to not case big Hollywood stars.

[@ikecreates]

I envy you for that. I can only imagine witnessing this for the first time in 73.

[@LiirThropp2687]

I can't imagine. At a time where movies like this weren't common at all? The audience must have lost their minds at this film. We're so desensitized now. Back then, not so much.

[@DylansPen]

@@illuminotme825 All of the reports are true, there is a video on YT of that era showing people who left the theater and were lying on couches in the lobby, when interviewed some said they were sick and others said they couldn't go back in and finish watching it. One movie reviewer in New York who went to see it at a local theater said the bathroom was so covered in vomit you couldn't walk across the floor.

[@ExUSSailor]

51 years later, this movie has lost none of it's power to terrify!

[@IDyce88]

51 years later and people still have not forgotten...the sequel was a pointless thing...when the sequel was suggested they were like "can we just uh...play the scene with the head rotating backwards...that says everything...we do not NEED a sequel or remake of any kind...

[@TylerD288]

51 years later I am 50.

[@RidePuppets4Justice]

Greatest horror movie of all time

[@Theomite]

Everybody gangsta til they watch '70s movies.

[@jdssurf]

lmao true, nothing compares to 70s and 80s horror

[@kimmyfreak200]

very gnarly era

[@SeaToSkyImages]

Haha. True. The 70s was an absolutely insane time in cinema.

[@insanitypepper1740]

Even the dramas were emotionally jarring, like Kramer versus Kramer.

[@raywilliams6532]

Accurate

[@ThanxNo]

For anyone curious about why she’s talking in a British accent: that’s the demon talking in Burke’s voice mocking that it used her body to kill Burke

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Thank you for pointing that vital fact out.

[@robertyeah2259]

Also she twisted Burke’s neck, making his head backwards. Which is why she twists her neck to look at her mom, who is implied to be dating Burke.

[@brettkenschaft4239]

I'm surprised more people don't piece that together!

[@anabolic_red]

Never realised that until now

[@pinehawk9600]

He was also molesting her...

[@gunfukid]

When Ellen Burstyn gets thrown across the room and cries out while holding her back, she recieved a back injury that affected her her entire life.

[@GAMASPLASH]

She deserves the oscar, but this movie was too much for the people at that time

[@bobdobbs62]

I wondered about that. It looks like genuine pain on her face when she goes down (more than just acting). But I thought there were Actors Union rules against using footage where actual injuries were sustained. Perhaps this was made before those rules? Poor Ellen!

[@sydneyp3357]

​@bobdobbs62 part of it I think is at the actor/actress's discretion? As in LotR, Viggo (Aragorn) broke his toe kicking a helmet. He asked them to keep that take of the scene. And they did. That take is in the film. He stayed in character but used the pain to fuel the scene.

[@frauleinmona]

Linda Blair (Regan) sustained an injury as well during filming. Her lower spine was fractured and that developed into scoliosis that left her in chronic pain for many years.

[@horuslupercal9936]

I love how all these Christians think they're watching a Documentary 😅

[@RichieDb2]

"Fun" fact: When it was first released in the theaters, some people ran out of the theater vomiting and in total shock.

[@charlesknowlton7198]

True, but not for the scenes most people think. The people ran out of the theatres during the hospital scenes when the blood spurts.

[@patriciaroberts308]

Vomit and fainting. Walk-in theaters were the worst. That's where I saw just a small portion of the movie, WAY before this scene. For me it was not the gore, but the spiritual part of the movie that made me run out of the screening room. It was as if I was watching everything that I had been taught about Satan and demons come to life before my eyes. While being out in the lobby of the theater, waiting for my date to get through watching the whole movie, that's when I saw girls fainting, guys and girls throwing up.

[@rolandmeyer3729]

Fun fact: Regarding screaming, fainting, and vomiting 🤮 - you must choose which one you want to do.

[@UceyJuceyUce-j9g]

My dad said he pissed himself 5 times during this film back in '73, but good thing he predicted it and bought extra pants haha😂

[@paulchavez3039]

I'd be so proud of my movie if it made people do that 😂

[@TheQuietGeneration]

They don't make movies like this anymore. No jump scares, no musical cues or swells, no bells and whistles. Just terror.

[@dani-ell-ah]

Yeah, if they did this scene today it would probably be to a soundtrack. Part of what makes this scene so chilling is that the only noise is the action.

[@jcIIXVIIIVII]

First saw this movie on Halloween when I was 10 in 1997. I was living with my aunt and uncle and I BEGGED my uncle to let me stay up to watch it. So he decided to pop in the extended version where she crabwalks backwards down the stairs. After the movie was over, I had to go to bed. As soon as I fell asleep, I was woken up by growling and then my bed started shaking. I shot up out of bed like I had been stung by a bee and started freaking out 😂 My damn uncle thought it would be funny to pull a prank on me 😆 To this day, I still cannot watch this movie with the lights off before bed. He traumatized me with that prank 😂😂

[@ramonacosta2647]

Uncleing done right.

[@gorankopcic7827]

Extended version was released in 2000., so don't lie... Text from Google: That occurred in 2000 when The Exorcist was restored and released in the new cut. Adding a full 10 minutes to the running time, that cut has since come to be known as Friedkin's extended director's cut, since he oversaw its creation.

[@sagatuppercut2960]

I would not let a kid watch this movie.

[@gaymer07]

My sister messed with me while watching carrie 😂😂😂

[@gaymer07]

​@@sagatuppercut2960well i hope not lol its rated R for a reason😂

[@rodolforodriguez6230]

This is iconic and brutal, what a scene, unforgetable.

[@larryjex6485]

Proof this movie has just as much impact today as it did 50 years ago! Imagine watching this in a movie theater full of people who had just been terrorized by the Helter Skelter murders, and soldiers returning from the horror of Vietnam with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

[@michaelstallings5824]

its over fifty years old,and still the most terrifying movie in my extimation.

[@blacbraun]

A mainstream movie today could never have content in it like this. It was a unique age.

[@zeronyne]

And that is so weird because movies are ten times more violent and gory now, even involving children. At least this hard-to-watch scene served the story in setting the horrible foundation they were trying to communicate. But that's the US for you, extremely bipolar about violence, gore, sex, and religion. Or maybe that's just all of the modern world.

[@tinas7653]

There’s nothing like these old horror films. Today’s don’t cut it.

[@gaymer07]

I rhink the conjuring series us pretty close

[@UceyJuceyUce-j9g]

The "Conjuring" series is closest we'll ever get to a 70s or 80s horror film

[@Bluesit32]

This is "The Exorcist". Comparing it with any other horror movie is a bit unfair.

[@TylerD288]

"Zombie Sluts From Outer Space" will change your mind.

[@HypnoticHollywood]

The person who made this movie was a comedy writer. When he didn't have luck getting a deal for his comedies he tried his hand at horror and his first try was The Excorcist, a masterpiece.

[@Anthonyhillbilly]

HAIL FROM OZ

[@sicr7373]

As a cabinet maker may I say how impressed I am with that tallboy, such a lovely piece of furniture!

[@EdmondMurphy-nt4dk]

I agree what wood did they use

[@tonymarshall509]

Funniest comment on here.

[@timd4780]

I've got to tell you, over the last 12-15 years I've watched a lot of reactions. I mean A LOT. And none of them, get the sort of reaction that this shorts clip gets multiple times. Literal jaws hitting the floor, the covering of the eyes, the recoiling in abject horror. It's hard to believe this was all done in the early 70's. Bravo to all involved

[@OroborusFMA]

It's the "Red Wedding" from GOT level shocking.

[@longtallshorty5791]

That's not literal.

[@timd4780]

@@longtallshorty5791 Good point, I didn't notice that. Oh well English is my first language.

[@MDCDawg79]

I'm alive because of this movie. My dad met my mom on a blind date to this movie. Scared to piss out of her. They were married 41yers till my mom passed 2021 R.I.p Ma

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Wow, an amazing story-speaking for myself,l don’t think l’d choose this movie as a blind date movie.

[@ItalianAngel21175]

Awww, that is precious! I'm sorry for your loss may your Mom be at peace 🙏💖🌹

[@ultraegovegeta8213]

May she Rest in Peace 🙏

[@ravenpoe7093]

May your mom RIP but were u conceived to this movie cause your dad was holding her and things went too far? J/k but um nice memories i guess?

[@UceyJuceyUce-j9g]

May peace be with her in heaven with the hoy father🕊

[@jwgacy2217]

As a 9 year old, this movie freaked me the fugg out. My sister and her boyfriend snuck me in to the theatre. Nightmares for years...and I loved it!!

[@OrsonBuggy1958]

I saw this movie in the theater way back when and this is the scene where most of the audience crapped their pants.. There were news stories at the time that told of people passing out, thowing up and fleeing the theater.. This was THE scene that did it all.

[@saaamember97]

70's and 80's movies are the BEST! I'm glad I got to live as a teenager and young adult during those two decades. Even today's movies, with their extreme CGI laden scenes, can't compare.

[@gorankopcic7827]

Same here!

[@sheilamaxwell5303]

Yes, they were but at least they get the opportunity to enjoy what scared us to death.

[@sheilamaxwell5303]

😂😂😂😂😂😂🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈I saw this movie when I was 10 years old and still today I still can’t watch this movie or the Omen by myself

[@bruceherb8402]

When the mother gets thrown across the room, her screams of pain are real. They pulled her with a cable much harder than they told her they would and permanently injured her back. You can see her reach for her back after she lands.

[@frankleben5451]

*broke her tailbone

[@OroborusFMA]

Yea that thud she makes hitting that floor is totally real. Ouch.

[@donreid6399]

Poor Ellen got messed up pretty good!

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

It’s truly irresponsible and inconsiderate of the crew to permanently injure Ms. Burstyn like that.

[@ItalianAngel21175]

So many people don't realize when her head spins and she talks, that is Burke's voice, "The Director" whom she snapped his neck and threw him out the window. Hence " You Know What She Did Your Cunting Daughter" 😮😯😵

[@mikewilson4480]

One of, if not THE scariest movies ever. I watched when i was a kid...didnt watch again til late 20's. A classic.

[@brettkenschaft4239]

First time I saw it was on regular TV and highly edited. It still scared me so bad I had to have my mom sit in my room until I fell asleep!

[@jcstegent]

Ellen Burstyn’s echoing scream was such a brilliant ending to that scene!

[@rebeccahopkins9522]

There’s a reason why 50 years later, this movie still has the power to terrorize.

[@TylerD288]

And it taught me the best pickup line: lick me!

[@brettkenschaft4239]

51 years later and this is STILL the scariest and most disturbing movie to me!

[@billmarshall5040]

The Exorcist was no Joke! 50 years later and it still terrifies! 😳😳😳😳😳😱😱😱😱

[@mrnohax5436]

to this day it still scares me but its the one movie that got me in demonology and understanding the devil

[@jcstegent]

The girl at 5:15 into this clip. She didn’t develop a British accent. That is Burke Denning’s voice. Regan\Devil broke his neck then threw him out her window.

[@johnkiprov7210]

And to think that a really lovely actress provided the voice of the spirit.She deserved ten Oscars just for her part in this movie..

[@Fmanzo10]

Something many miss, when she spins her head and says,”do you know what she did”? It was Burke Dennings voice that came out of her mouth. (Burke was the director that Reagan threw out the window)

[@jcstegent]

Regan\Pazuzu broke Burke’s neck first then threw him out the window

[@FiercedeityBrad]

I remember Linda Blair saying the director told her to stab a sponge soaked in fake blood that was placed between her legs and she thought nothing of it meaning she didn't understand the horror of it.

[@jarls5890]

Actually...I think I saw a documentary about this. If I remember right, she stabbed a pillow resting on a thick book in her lap. There was no blood. The shot of her lower body with the crucifix and the blood and all - is of a grown up woman "double". I believe the foul language was in part made so that Blair would say words that had similar mouth movements to what we hear. But she was never told to say the vulgarities. I.e. "Fight me!" instead of "F me". This was they protected Blair at the age of 12 from most of the "terrible stuff".

[@devinraymond]

There were a few comments about the scene being 'Sexual'. It absolutely wasn't sexual - it was the vile mutilation of a child. It was not a gratuitous scene, it achieved exactly what it set out to do: depicting pure evil.

[@MrDeadstu]

The Exorcist isn't the scariest of movies, but it is the one of the most disturbing movies, and from 1973!

[@richardgreen9330]

Sorry, but I don't have to say that's one of the scariest ones.I saw by conservative three,, And to this. Day.I think it's one of the best.

[@Suve35967]

1973...There is no match, for what it represents for the mind.

[@richardpoindexter6322]

I respectfully disagree..this is the most horrifying movie ever made

[@MrDeadstu]

@@richardpoindexter6322 isn't horrifying the same as disturbing? It certainly isn't scary.

[@Suve35967]

@@MrDeadstu I went on the first day it opened in Leicester Square London. People were very apprehensive, worried,and scared about the movie like I've never seen before. You could say a lot of factors, but your talking about a movie now over 50+ years old, that was even banned in the UK later on. That's what makes it the most scariest. Just my opinion. It's about standing the test of time.

[@LuizSilva-cz7gd]

Most shocking scene of the scariest film of all time.

[@lightyear999]

The horror and suspense in this movie has yet to be matched. It works so well because every time the film goes back into the bedroom no one knows what’s going to happen next. The abject terror in the theater was palpable.

[@nickknight5543]

I watched this when I was 10 years old and it scared the shit out of me. It also began my love of horror movies to this day.

[@chyke6272]

Listen, if i was a teenager in the 1970s and i saw this scene on the big screen in a theatre, i WOULD DEFINITELY have fainted.

[@LA_HA]

Apparently, according to the news at the time, lots of people did. It was so bad, people were calling priests, ministers, whoever had any religious authority to help them with demonic possession. Strangely enough, this only lasted as long a few months before that stopped happening. But after demon possession movies, like The Amityville Horror, would come out, there were flare-ups of this occurring again

[@lovelyangel71]

I love horror movies, and The Exorcist has stayed #1 of my movie list. No movie can't beat it til this day. 😎👹🖤👍

[@josepartida1711]

That guy took off his hair! Pretty scary 😂

[@DylansPen]

When Warner Brothers released this they didn't think it would do well in theaters so its first release was only in about 30 theaters in large cities. It immediately broke box office records at all those theaters and was then released nationwide in the U.S. It was released in Britain 3 months later and was banned in 1 or 2 counties in Britain and theaters had an ambulance parked outside on standby.

[@DarinW-gx3mm]

Sidenote on this scene After the demon spins Reagan‘s head around to the back, you hear a British accent. The mothers friend, who was a Director was British, who the demon killed by throwing out the window. The demon was just mimicking her friend’s British voice.

[@steves9303]

Burke Dennings

[@tinstrings6312]

At least Regan didn't say, "We're gonna need a bigger cross."

[@encrypter46]

How cute!!!

[@Anthonyhillbilly]

Wooooo HAIL FROM OZ

[@Anthonyhillbilly]

Get to the Chopper

[@kipperrepublic3568]

To all the people that said they just find the film funny. When you see these reactions, it just shows how effective and shocking The Exorcist still is to this day.

[@encrypter46]

Some people react to terror with uncontrolled laughter.

[@psychmajortodd]

I thought the most amazing thing about this video is how old some of these people are who have never watched "The Exorcist".

[@gorankopcic7827]

Yep, my thoughts exactly... I'm 56, and I've seen this movie in 1977. for the first time... Now I've seen it for 1977 times!! HAHA!

[@AWCMCultMovies]

I always thought it strange that nobody gets that she's speaking in Burke's voice on first viewing. Even though Kinderman just literally told Chris that he was found with his head turned around.

[@NSnicket]

Same. That and how so many people think Chris and Burke are actually an item. It’s like they don’t pay attention to the dialogue.

[@donreid6399]

@@NSnicket I hear you. Were they playing on their phones while the movie was running and only started paying attention when the actors on-screen started yelling? 🙂

[@natesamadhi33]

Probably because alot of people were so traumatized by the preceding scene, they probably weren't in the right mind to properly process that

[@51tetra69]

That scene is the most horrificly disturbing, cinematic demonstration of the phrase "The devil made her do it!" In the history of film! And the worst thing about it is that once you've seen it, you can never unsee it. Sweet Jesus!

[@williamjamesayers7719]

And this is why THE EXORCIST will remain my favorite and IMO the BEST horror film of all time. This is prime filmmaking IMO.

[@MsJasperr]

imo2

[@gorankopcic7827]

@@MsJasperr IMO here, although I don't a hell know what IMO means...

[@williamjamesayers7719]

@@gorankopcic7827 IMO means in my opinion.

[@gorankopcic7827]

@@williamjamesayers7719 Haha, thanks. I'm an little older man (56), and I don't give a hell for today's LOL, LMO, LIL LAL LUL etc. I don't understand, why is so hard to type 'in my opinion'?

[@williamjamesayers7719]

@@gorankopcic7827 it was like many of the others you listed, something that just caught on. Now many people use it. But being so recognizable, people know what you're talking about when you write it. Lol - laughing out loud, LMAO - laughing my ass off..... keep in touch because I am sure additional abbreviations will follow. Peace.

[@fastecp1]

I saw it at the theater when it came out. I don't care what anyone says; I still think it's the scariest movie ever! All the jump scares and CGI of today's movies don't come close to a film that came out over 50 years ago.

[@sicr7373]

Being an old git I remember seeing this at the cinema here in the UK, and I recall there being nuns outside to help anyone traumertised by the film when they came out.

[@Deam7666]

When this came out people were fainting in the theaters and they even handed out vomit bags as you came in. 1973…makes this movie all the more epic. If people are reacting like this in these days imagine how people fresh out the ‘60s felt😳F bombs were rarely dropped and the rest of the subject matter involved was so intense-one of the greatest movies EVER! Both Regan and her movie mom got back injuries during different scenes that affected them for the rest of their days😳

[@salvatoredioguardi3132]

The Exorcist is one of the top three horror films ever made!

[@embraceyourweirdness70]

I love how so many people react saying "Oh Jesus!".Pretty sure he had nothing to do with that...😂

[@chrishutt66yt]

Imagine what they felt in 1973! Reportedly some fainted & vomited & some ran out!😮

[@a-stranger-passing-thru]

Richard Pryor said that movie would have lasted 5 minutes if there were Blacks in the movie. Devil says “Hello.” Black Actor: “Goodbye.” 😅

[@wolfie35p]

The Exorcist is one of the scariest horror movies I have ever seen, even to this day, there is a good reason it was banned, but such a great movie for the early 70's, and the amount of people who were actually killed on this movie set is unbelievable.

[@jonhenke1504]

So many of these people have kind of a manufactured or pretend scared look on their face with the records and things flying through the air! But then they have an actual real reaction with the crucifix scene going where it shouldn't!! Then the head doing a 180 always gets a reaction!!

[@HypnoticPhantom]

To be fair it says first time seeing it, so if they aren't familiar with the film, all that stuff flying around will kind of shock them.

[@freddiemossberg7204]

I know Simone from Cinebinge, Mrs movies from You me and the movies and Jen Murray absolutely do NOT enjoy horror movies so their reactions are quite genuine I’d say.

[@Bluesit32]

It's the sound. If Reagan's head just spun, it wouldn't cause much of a reaction. The cracking sells it.

[@hectormaciasayala1852]

Seriously today's generations reactions are utterly laughlable.

[@cbobwhite5768]

When the movie was in the theaters, there were a lot of women that threw up, at this point.

[@oceanblueheart1472]

😅 that was the babylonic demon possessing the mother's daughter. Film release 1973. The stories I've heard of audiences were wild.

[@alricaneshama]

And it was based on a REAL story that happened to a young teen boy. I think he was between 12-14. It happened in the 1960's if memory serves. They have NEVER released his name.

[@TylerD288]

ZUUL

[@jdssurf]

Always funny to know how tough ppl think they are being into gore, goth, witchcraft and such, then know they would collapse in a real situation, yeah soooooooooo cooooooool lmao

[@empire7179]

When I was in the Theater watching this movie, it got real quiet and then a janitor open the top door of the theater and everybody in the Movie Theater jumped😲.. 🤣🤣

[@gamalshaheed7873]

I saw this move at a drive in. A year after it came out. The summer of 1974. I with my mom , my grandmother, my six. Other siblings. I Was the middle child . I was 9 years of age. This was the first horror film. I had ever saw. We all. Where totally terrified. My mother was sad and hurt. That she took us to such a strong and profound movie. She apologized. That night. When. We all sleep 🛌 in her bed. Or where ever we could find a place to. Which meant the floor too. My oldest. Brother. Had his own room down stairs. He was scared to, but he was about 16 years of age. To this day. I still have nightmares every know and then. About the Exorcist. I still can’t shake it.😧 !

[@GAMASPLASH]

Imagine the peoples reaction in 1973. It's definitely not a children's movie.

[@aha3885]

Yeah, it's not a children's movie. My friends and I discovered this at 11 years old, in 1988. We never forgot the experience. ☠

[@TylerD288]

Really? Oh wait, I get this one confused with Peter Pan.

[@MarcoGosatti43]

​@@TylerD288😂

[@fabricenouyrigat960]

When I saw this sequence for the first time, my hair stood on end and my body was one huge shiver. I didn't really know where I was at the end of the dazzling scene as its character was so disturbing and horrifying...

[@jasonball855]

The Exorcist is one of my comfort movies.

[@TylerD288]

This and Schindler's List.

[@YusukeTomB]

When dude pulled his wig off I damn near pissed myself laughing!!!! 🤣 😂😂

[@artistnyc123]

Now imagine seeing this in 1973 in a dark massive theater (because back then they didn't have 6 little tiny screens) and not having the benefit of seeing 50 years worth of CGI and now you know why this movie has gone down in history as the scariest ever. People were throwing up, people were fainting, it was just absolutely groundbreaking.

[@shihanuke3683]

The first week of the film's release back in Dec. of 1973 threw the theater ushers in front of a bus. We were issued gloves, rolling mop buckets, radios, and plastic bags. We had crews working double time scrubbing seats and isles from the night before. Mainly urine and vomit. Sometimes blood. That was from people fainting in the isles and their heads would clip the metal armrest gashing their foreheads before hitting the floor. Some people didn't clear the lobby before letting go at the restroom entrance. We weren't allowed to "treat" injuries. The fire dept. was called so many times that the city (chicago) arranged with high volume theatres to have an ambulance parked around the corner on a regular basis during the run . We had 4 paramedics in one unit and we flagged them when we had patrons who "seized" or fainted on us. I look at these reactions now in their homes and familiar surroundings reacting as if on a rollercoaster. And not to say the reactions in those conditions are less genuine. There is a security there. Back then, people got SICK. That didn't exist in a theater in the seventies full of screaming, cursing, crying, and bead carrying catholics praying in polish to intimidate the hell out of you. We went out the side alley door to avoid the crowds to go home. I took the bus. I got on and sat down hoping I didn't have the smell. It got in your clothes. Your hair. But I still had crusted shoe heels from dried vomit. The lady seated across knew the smell . She wasn't offended. I apologized anyway. What a great time for the movies. When you came out that theater, you were alive. It was a great time to be alive. Jan. 3, 1974.

[@Rick-jf6sg]

I saw this in the theater when it first came out. Having read the novel, I knew the story, but this was one of the loudest audience-reacting films I've ever seen. No CGI then -- all acting and special effects. The theater was packed, the crowd was screaming during harrowing scenes like this, particularly during the exorcism scenes. But the scene that made me squirm the most was when they did the spinal tap on Regan. A very shocking film, for its time.

[@imangelinayoujennifer]

0:46 the wig snatching is funny af lmfao

[@BlueBarchetta67]

One of the very best films ever made, across all genres. The lack of film score makes the film feel like you're actually there with them. If you haven't seen The Entity do yourself a favour and look it up, it's another excellent and really well made horror film.

[@Nightflyer720]

The Entity is fantastic! Saw it on cable as a kid. The scenes with Barbara Hershey being assaulted by the unseen force are BRUTAL. Today's horror is still playing catch-up with these timeless classics.

[@BlueBarchetta67]

@@Nightflyer720 I agree, film makers need to go and study these films, as todays horror films lack the atmosphere and creativity that those films have.

[@Pazuzu82]

The Omen 1976 and The Changeling 1980 are great also

[@BlueBarchetta67]

The Changeling for me is the best ghost story on film. @@Pazuzu82

[@Nightflyer720]

@@Pazuzu82 The Omen is a masterpiece in its own right. It's a virtually flawless film. I finally watched The Changeling about three years ago, after it being on my radar for many years. I enjoyed it quite a bit. George C Scott is easily one of the greats of all time - he carried the entire film from first frame to last.

[@shirrok]

Nothing can beat this movie. It is THE most terrifying and shocking horror movie.

[@naysay02]

barely a handful of horror movies can match the skill, atmosphere, shock value and sheer misery in this movie. Timeless masterpiece!

[@donreid6399]

I watched this movie at the drive-in in 1974 from the back seat of my parents' car (they couldn't get a sitter and my Dad really wanted to see it). I was nine years-old and yes, it took me quite some time to realize what it was that I saw! 🙂

[@williamjamesayers7719]

Forget about watching this on a small computer screen that the viewer has control over. Re release the Exorcist back into current theaters, and that's the crowd buildup you want to see who can handle this classic on the big screen.

[@brianclaudio1942]

This scene cannot be topped!

[@Illiyuwn]

5:17 Why did she have a British accent? That was the soul of Burke speaking through the demon! The guy that was killed earlier in the movie.

[@aha3885]

Sadly, that was missing for the non English viewers around the world. Only with the DVD era, the subtitles and the original version, we could found this detail.

[@Bluesit32]

No, it was just imitating him. Not using his soul. After all, the demon was definitely not channeling Karris's mother. L

[@joyceboone8206]

This movie definitely hasn't lost its touch,no wonder it's one of the most scariest movie of all time

[@carlaharrington5120]

I had already read the book before the movie came out so I knew what to expect. Even so seeing it played out on the big screen was next level. This was a really hard core movie for the early 70's. There were several stories of movie goers becoming violently ill or passing out in the theater!!

[@dw-fe2ww]

I feel the same way. And about "Jaws" as well. Reading the books prepared me but the movies were a whole other dimension.

[@lapourjenkins9724]

Regan is being possessed by a demon named Pazuzu

[@jimmyl324]

This scene will never be matched in history . The impact of this was so jarring. No question she was possessed!

[@RandyGentry-i6w]

Best horror movie ever made Linda Blair nails it 100percent acting my all time favorite

[@stephenfox8685]

I love how nobody realizes that it's Burk Denning's voice that says the "your c##ting daughter" line.

[@Anthonyhillbilly]

Great Line. HAIL FROM OZ

[@siddharthgaur2205]

Now Imagine what people who lived in 1973 felt like

[@gotham6490]

I saw the Exorcist in the movie theaters with some friends when I was 9 years old and I had to take a bus home at night by myself after the movie. Most terrifying night of my life since.

[@andreasfort1599]

I love the cross scene. I laughed so hard the first time I saw it

[@jahudgens5344]

there were people fainting and throwing up in the theatres when this movie premiered

[@mtw2025]

I was smiling from ear to ear. This was so funny to watch. I'm 53 and saw this when I was about 10 and after the initial shock and watching a couple of documentaries on the making of the movie, I have no fear of this or any other MOVIE. Linda Blair was great. She was asked if she have problems saying those words and she said, "It's not me saying those words, it's Reagan." She clearly could separate herself from the character she played. I don't get scared anymore watching movies, but it still gets me excited and entertained.

[@railenherman6482]

I’m a guy who had been exposed to so many horror movies in my life before watching this one. I couldn’t sleep for a day after this. The second scariest movie I’ve ever seen behind only the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

[@encrypter46]

If you haven't seen it, give "The Entity" a try. Touted as a true story and still happening at the time.

[@kristiminor]

Loved this ❤❤

[@delskioffskinov]

Your best compilation video yet! good job bud!

[@darthdeluxe_1]

Still THE scariest movie EVER. The first time I saw the film was in the early 90s. I was between 13 and 18. I've loved the film ever since.

[@Phil5150Bower]

Exceptionally brutal horror epic. The greatest horror film ever made.

[@tiwagg5345]

I hope Linda got parental approval to do this movie. Lol. It's still crazy this day to me how believable her character and her acting was. Still one of the best...and disturbing...movies ever in the genre. Good job on this! :) If y'all haven't subbed to all of their channels, please do so. It's worth your time

[@MrTech226]

William Friedkin, director had an adult actress for these disturbing scenes because of Linda Blair's age.

[@MrTech226]

Her name is Eileen Dietz

[@everyonelovesmajima]

She’s not in this scene.

[@JeshuaSquirrel]

Linda did fracture her spine flopping back and forth on the bed so violently.

[@JustTanya.]

She did. Her mom was on set. In fact, Linda's mom was actually an extra in the movie. She was also raised devout Christian so many of these things that she said she didn't really understand. For her, it's just what was written in the script for her to say and do. But the demonic voice of Pazuzu was voiced by an adult female actress, Mercedes McCambridge. She was recorded off set and so Linda's voice was dubbed over with her voice in post production.

[@ELW-1995]

This movie still holds up 🎉

[@RaulGarfias]

18:44 *Dude:* “Omg, go out the window, yo. I’ll take my chances. I’ll take my effing chances, yo”. *Karras:* “Way ahead of you. I had zero chances. Yo” PS: I agree with this dude.

[@Jarhead63]

To this day still the scariest movie ever made, and to this day i still can't eat pea soup.