She kissed the priest on the cheek at the end bc she didn’t remember “anything”…but she still had flashes of the priest collar as someone who…helped her in some way, felt the need to thank him. She didn’t know it wasn’t the same man & she didn’t know why she felt grateful. Her subconscious knew a priest saved her, I guess?😉
in the exorcist, heretic she remembers what happened to her even though she wasn't supposed to remember anything. That's why in one part of the film she was asked what happened to her, and she explains that she got possessed by a demon.
48 years later ...it is still the "GOAT"..of horror movies. And considering when it was made, remarkable acting, writing ,directing AND special effects...without CGI!
Absolutely! As far as I'm aware, it's the only film that had people fainting, vomiting and crying to that degree in the theaters. I know Frankenstein did as well but I believe The Exorcist was worse.
There’s one scene written out of the movie from the book. The famous stairs scene, Regan was supposed to chase Sharon (the woman you see the mom with most scenes), and Willie the house maid. Would have made that scene more terrifying.
Father Merrin and the demon (Pazuzu) had a history. They've battled before in his younger years as a priest. It's why Merrin recognized the artifact he dug out of the hole and was a little shocked. He knew Pazuzu was back and they would battle again. The scene with him faced off with the statue, with the sound of dogs fighting, signified this. As well, you hear Pazuzu mention his name a couple of times on the backwards recording and scream his name when he enters the home.
I saw this in the theater a few nights after my first major breakup with a guy, and my college roommate pulled me to the theater to get my mind off things. And boy, DID IT WORK! Imagine seeing that movie on a large screen with all the sound pounding in your ears and the dialogue (especially Reagan’s exorcism) so loud you couldn’t shut it out even if you didn’t want to hear it. Absolutely terrifying! I’ve seen it several times since then, but I wouldn’t want to go back to see it in a theater again; way too intense. BTW: The Theme From the Exorcist is a haunting piece of music, adapted from a hauntingly beautiful composition called Tubular Bells by composer Mike Oldfield/Oldfeld. There are three or four adaptations of the piece, but I think it was in its second adaptation when used as the theme for The Exorcist. It would be a good piece of music to react to. Full orchestra with a progressive rock sound.
I know what you mean, I saw this for the first 50 times only on tv, then it was played at a movie theater in mission valley san diego about 20 years ago and we (about 8 of us) went to see it all for the first time at a theater, and yeah its a bigger louder impacting deal on the big screen, for sure! even if you've seen it already.
The “Coin” was not a coin. It was St. Christopher. A saint that protects from evil. The little statue was the demon Pazuzu. There are so many things that have certain meanings in this movie. Especially if you are catholic, you catch them and that’s what made it so damned scary! The little girl was actress Linda Blair.
The first time you see "The Exorcist" it will haunt you. It is one of only a couple of movies that actually ever really scared me. I've seen it many times & still wouldn't watch alone in the dark.
tbh Because ive seen movies that are graphic, the exorcist had no effect on me. But i can definetly see How it causes anguish for many people, because they have never seen anything like this in the 70's
@@damienthorn1849 First time I saw Evil Dead was pretty scary. Beyond the Door is also, but it's kind of an Exorcist ripoff. It came out one year after The Exorcist
The exorcist is the only movie that still has a uneasy feeling for me even almost 20 years later. Not scared like scream inducing but just uneasy. Most horror movies are forgotten the day after.
For people who never read the book, the piano scene where she says "you're gonna die up there" is directed to the guest they close up on briefly. He's an astronaut.
@@uNkLeRaRa4 No, Burke had already left the party drunk before the piano sing along. The grey haired guy is an astronaut, referred to at the start of the party with Father Dyer lighting his smoke. The book expands on this in more detail.
Linda Blair who played Regan was actually screaming in real pain when she was being flung back and forth on the bed so violently that she fractured 2 vertebrae. She was screaming for her real mother so convincingly that they initially thought what great acting, it was until they actually started to hear the real pain in her voice that they yelled cut!
When this came out it was only in theatre’s. There were a lot of people who were not prepared and were leaving the theatres. The scariest part was going home afterwards!
This movie still scares the hell out of me, 40 years after I first saw it. I watched it with my teenager last year, who claimed he wasn't scared at all...until the phone rang and he jumped out of his freaking skin!
This came out when I was 9 years old and even the trailers and newspaper ad scared me. Finally saw it when I was 15 and even though it was heavily edited for tv, I still had to sleep with the lights on that night. The house and those steps are still in DC to this day.
omg me too. i saw a commercial and it scared the crap out of 9 year old me. it messed me up for months; grew to love the movie as an adult. but man, as a kid----it was scary
Interesting fact about those steps: during the making of 'The Exorcist', the film's crew stuck rubber pads on each of those steps, and they had a stuntman genuinely jump out of the window and tumble down every single one of them to the bottom. Even with the rubber sheets, it was still an incredibly risky stunt. The stuntman said that the key to him falling down them without seriously harming himself was to allow his muscles to go completely limp. So, that fall you see in the movie was an AUTHENTIC FALL (albeit with rubber sheets on top of each step). 🤐
One of the things about this film that nobody hardly knows is that the hospital testing scenes were filmed by an actual medical staff in Bellevue hospital in NYC, performing actual procedures of the time. Anyhow, the radiologist in the movie, actually went on to become a serial killer in NYC a little while after appearing in the movie.
The St. Joseph's pedant necklace is what protected Fr. Karras from evil. The demon had to take it off of him in order to possess him. Then the demon tried to harm Regan and Fr. Karras sensed that and was conscious enough to stop himself and sacrificed himself by jumping out of the window. It's tragic and sad that he had to die.
Which, if you hear real exorcists speak on the subject, is very unlikely to happen as demons have an aversion to sacred objects, avoid even looking at them while coming into contact with them causes great suffering to evil spirits. The demon played on Fr. Karras' guilt over his mother (which is why he probably ended up sacrificing himself as a type of penance I suppose). In reality priests receive absolution before performing an exorcism. This is done so as not to give the demon any ammunition since absolution wipes the slate, containing all wrongdoings, clean and demons know this. Fr Karras wouldn't have died if the correct protocols had been observed. That, however, would have made for a far more mundane and less frightening movie.
@@anta3612 I don't make fun of it. However, a den of liars and paedophiles is hardly an institution to go to if you need help. Demons are no more real than hobbits and orcs
Oh honey, we were all scared! This movie scared the hell out of me as a kid in the theatre (why my parents let me see this, I will never know). Especially being raised Catholic - I was legit traumatized. I didn't watch it again until I was in my late 20's lol. This is one of those movies that stands the test of time - it doesn't matter how many years go by, when you see it again, it is just as disturbing! So many movies have tried to tackle this same subject, but this is the undisputed king of exorcism/possession movies! ~ Kristine
Yeah, I was raised Catholic too and I was 12 the first time I saw it (way too young -- my parents didn't pay much attention to what I was watching). That movie shook the shit out of me at the time, to say the least! 😱😯🙈🙊
I was 8 when this came out when I snuck into the theater with a friend and his older brother. I didn't sleep very well for quite a while. I met Linda Blair in 2018 and got an autographed photo of her as the demon. She's really sweet. It took her a long time to accept the fact that she will always be known as Regan the possessed girl. The impression and impact of this film was so strong, it cost her future jobs in Hollywood.
I find that often times when people initially see this film, it's the shocking things that are initially remembered. But, when you see it again you realize, how masterfully made this film is. It's a classic for a reason.
"You all see that?" Nope, it was just you. The St Christopher medal was what was protecting Karras. It was fore-shadowed in his dream that he would lose the medal. And his possession was fore-shadowed by the demon saying that the exorcism would bring it and Karras closer together. The book explains a whole lot more than the movie could but basically the demon's whole plan was to get Karras. At the end, even though Karras invited the demon to take him, the demon had to rip off the medal to achieve this. In the "real" case, according to the priest's diary of the events, there were no deaths involved. Just a very confused 13 year old boy and a bunch of adults that appear to have been fooled into thinking it was a case of possession. Either way, the non-fiction book of the actual case is kind of disturbing on a few levels. Also, the white pills Merrin is seen taking throughout the film are for heart disease. Nitro-glycerin. The demon realised that Merrin was dying and that was why it started laughing during the exorcism.
It's actually a St Joseph medal he was wearing. St Joseph is the patron of a few things, but also of "people in doubt" and as Karras was doubting his faith that may be why he was wearing it.
@@kilgh Oh not at all, I think it's because it looks so much like a St Christopher, plus it's far more common 🙂 Weirdly at the start of the film, it's a St joseph medal that Merrin picks up out the box at the Dig site.
I've seen documentaries on how this film was made in the early 70's pre-digital era... The extremes taken to get every detail of this film just right were genious. It is a master-piece! 😳
The sounds in the scenes were very well picked up because they had very little to almost no music in the film which made it that much more creepy. This is one of my all time 5 best films.
Your reactions were EPIC and authentic. The spider walk down the stairs, the crucifix and head turning, the throat bulging.. hehe.. I loved watching you react the way we all did. That movie stuck with me a long time. It STILL freaks me out.
common misconception about the vomit, people always think it's silly looking since it's a very Ghostbusters-Green color but from what I remember from the book, the green-colored bile is a mixture of all the medication and liquid foods being fed to her just to keep her from dying
r Real life exorcists say that. while they find some cases disturbing, they don't experience fear during exorcisms. Firstly, because demons tend to hide (pretend they're not there) in an attempt to avoid getting expelled and only expose themselves when forced to (by the rite of exorcism). Secondly, the more the demon rages the more it means it's losing control and about to weaken its grip (like a wounded animal that's cornered and fighting for its life). Thirdly, priests know that God is greater than demons and is the ultimate authority and those who have been correctly trained to carry out the rite of exorcism know its power and thus also know they have nothing to fear provided that they follow the correct protocols. The priests in the movie, however, followed none of the correct protocols which is why they got into trouble. In reality priests need to have a mandate from a bishop as well as spiritual back up and support (no mavericks).
This film wasn’t just a horror movie. It was a prestige picture - nominated for TEN Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Actress, and Supporting Actress and Actor. It won Best Screenplay and Sound. It also swept the top Golden Globes honors: winning Best Picture (Drama), Best Actress (Linda Blair), Director, and Screenplay.
I watched this when I was 16 and it scared the you know what out of me. Years later, when I was in my 30's, we had a mild earthquake in the UK. It was strong enough to shake my bed very gently...and the first thing that came to my mind was this film, lol!
LOl, the same thing happened to me too, I was 16 the first time I went to the theater to see The Exorcist with a friend. There were only 10 people in the theater, including the two of us, and we were sitting just in the middle of the third row, nobody around us. when I got home completly traumatized, I didn't sleep a bit because I was too scared. At 04H30, in the morning, a truck just went rapidly in our street and my bed start shaking just like in the movie and I though : " this is it, I'm posseded ". Luckly, I wasn't but It took a lot of time before I succed to get asleep after.
The puke was pea soup. For the horrific parts the child actress was replaced by an adult stand-in. Some of the adult actors were already super famous including the mom legendary actress Ellen Burstyn. The child that was Linda Blair who became famous from this movie, true teen star, one of my favorites. My mom took me to see this movie as a kid. Imagine the fear in the movie theater on the big screen. Lol I still remember the shivers of fear I got when her head turned or when she crawled down those stairs backwards. True horror classic.🔥🔥🔥
4:24 is Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells. My father listened to that when I was growing up, he was a big prog rock fan. He used to listen to it to fall asleep during the day before working his night shift. Fast forward, I'm living with my now husband and I put Tubular Bells on. My husband FREAKED OUT because he's a catholic and knows that's from the Exorcist! hahaha! I don't listen to it anymore unless I'm wearing headphones.
When I was like 8 I used to love watching this movie for some reason, I am 27 now and it’s been a while since I watched it and watching your video I legit don’t know how I wasn’t scared!!! This freaked me so much 😳
Jay, I thoroughly enjoyed your reaction and especially love your wrap up analysis. I definitely subscribed. This movie does not hold back and the director had balls. This was made in 1972 released in 1973 and still shocks and its a totally immersive experience watching it. This masterpiece was nominated for 10 Oscars including best picture. Linda Blair (Regan), Ellen Burstyn (the mother) and Jason Miller (Father Karris) all 3 were nominated for their brilliant performances. Not only is this movie horrific, it’s also layered with hidden messages and is very intense and emotional. It’s often referred to as “the thinking man’s horror movie”. The Exorcist is iconic for many reasons.
I was 14 or 15 when my boss took me and other employees to see the movie when it first came out!! It freaked me out...and it immediately became one of my all-time favorite movies!!!
The end can be confusing if you see it for the first time. After the elder priest dies (Max von Sydow), The younger priest (Jason Miller) got the demon latched onto him. Before the demon could get a real grip of him, he decided to jump out of the window.
However, demons are not subject to time or space. They are spirits and as such can be omnipresent and/or change location in a blink of an eye. At any rate the young priest has a very strong urge to kill Regan (which he fights by flinging himself out of the window). This suggests that the demon did manage to get a hold of him.
When Regan turned her head around and Burk's voice spoke, that was the slam dunk proof that it was indeed the devil inside of her. The part where the unblessed water was used was the devils clever way of trying to avoid an exorcism.
I remember stopping in to see my mom immediately after seeing this on opening night solely on the strength of a t friends telling me how compelling the book was. She took one look at me & said, " What the hell happened to you?" Apparently, I was in a state of cardiogenic shock, & too shook to know it. It took a lot of toasted "attitude adjustment" to restore some color to my face. GOOD TIMES !
The Iraq scene implies that the demon/ evil has existed even from the primordial past. Fr Merrin has done exorcism before and possibly met this demon. The battle between and the demon will conclude in this movie. Aside from demon possession it's a story of the priest seeking redemption and made the ultimate sacrifice. Fr khais faith was terribly weakened due to the guilt from his mother's death. His redemption came when Regan's mother desperately asked if her daughter will die. Realizing that he could not allow another tragedy to happen Fr Kharis returned to the room determined to save the child from the demon. This regained his strength and faith. NOTE : Back then Catholics believed suicide is a sin. So the scene where Fr Kharis confesses his sin before he dies was necessary in order for him to received salvation. Yes the Demon did not die that's why you need to watch part 3. The medallion for Catholics are like icons and signs that remind or visually give us direction to God. In the final scene the possessed girl /demon actually REMOVED it from Fr. Damian so it could transfer it's spirit to the priest and possessed him Please watch EXORCIST III . Considered a direct sequel and a conclusion. It will suppose to answer some questions. Skip part 2-- Not that good
Apparently, all demons go far back in the annals of time. They are as ancient as the human soul (millions of years old) and are actually believed to have had a soul originally and to have come from the creation of God, along with every other living, sentient being (humans, animals, plants, etc.). Somewhere along the way, they became completely disconnected from God/The Creator, hence their "demonic"/anti-God nature.
Some demons are gods from another pantheons. For the polytheistic Jews, these pagan gods are demons. When Christianity appropriated Judaism the practice continued. Demonization is a very common practice among Abrahamic faiths and was even used during the age of European colonization.
Fun fact: Mercedes McCambridge, who provided the voice of the demon, insisted on swallowing raw eggs and chain smoking to alter her vocalizations. The actress, who had had problems with alcohol abuse in the past, furthermore wanted to drink whiskey as she knew alcohol would distort her voice even more, and create the crazed state of mind of the character. As she was giving up sobriety, she insisted that her priest be present to counsel her during the recording process. At William Friedkin's direction, McCambridge was also bound to a chair with pieces of a torn sheet at her neck, arms, wrists, legs and feet to get a more realistic sound of the demon struggling against its restraints. McCambridge later recalled the experience as one of horrific rage, while Friedkin admitted that her performance--as well as the extremes which the actress put herself through to gain authenticity--terrifies the director to this day. This was probably the reason why Friedkin declined to call back McCambridge to provide the demon's voice for the film's TV version, instead deciding to do the voice himself.
This movie was nominated for 10 Oscars and won 2. Definitely a classic! Next watch The Exorcist part 3. (Trust me. Just skip part 2. Part 3 is made off the book the author wrote as the direct sequel) Then watch the TV series of The Exorcist. Loved your reaction!
The Oscar nominations proved The Exorcist was not a typical horror flick. It wasn't really horrific, in my opinion. I would describe it more as a thriller/disturbing movie. Horror movies, especially Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween & those after, rarely get nominated for Oscars, particularly for acting. The Exorcist featured very seasoned actors & it was a high quality made movie, unlike today's "horror" movies. The Exorcist is better described as a very disturbing movie.
I saw this in the cinema (UK) when it first came out , there were grown men walking out half way through. It was by far the worst we had seen at that time. There were even St John’s ambulance people in the cinema foyer.
The coin is actually a well known medal. They used the St Joseph medal in the movie whereas the St Benedict medal is traditionally used in exorcisms. If the girl was still possessed she would not have been able to bear touching a sacred object (such as the medal or the rosary). This is seen as proof that she had been completely delivered of the evil presence. Real exorcisms are performed in a sacred place (such as a church) this is done to weaken the demon/s as they have an aversion to sacred objects and places and will try to get away from them (thus facilitating the exorcism). Priests are assisted by a group of people who pray outside the room where the exorcism is taking place. This is to support the priests spiritually and to prevent any harm coming to them.
She saw the collar and kissed him because deep down she felt the connection with the other Priests who saved her and knew what it represented. The demon left with the Priest who sacrificed himself when he had an ounce of control left and before the demon could kill the little girl.
Which, in reality, is nonsense as demons prefer to kill those who they know are outside of the grace of God because their ultimate purpose is to drag people to hell. If they kill someone (such as a child who has just been delivered from an evil spirit) that child most likely would go straight to heaven. When a demon possesses a person it's main purpose is to work through that person to get as many other people as possible on the road to perdition before destroying its host. I'm not sure about the possessed priest because, since he sacrificed himself, I think that would merit a 1st class ticket to heaven which the demon would not have wanted so am not sure how that would work . While this movie portrays some elements of truth others have been greatly sensationalized.
@@krwawyrzeznik Hi, it sounds like this comment was meant in jest. Lots of people share the opinion that it's all nonsense. This is probably because, according to the Catholic Church, true demon possession has become rare in the west (though I hear it's on the increase) and in most cases someone who is possessed doesn't display obvious signs that something is amiss. Someone else in these comments mentioned that in this movie the demon's goal all along was to possess the priest since he would have been considered a better prize and, since his faith was wavering, the demon knew it wouldn't be too difficult to weaken his resolve. I've heard testimonies of priests who have said the opposite. They say they didn't believe in demon possession but after assisting with an exorcism, not only do they now believe, it also helped strengthen their faith. Btw only priests who are strong in their faith are given a mandate to perform exorcisms by the Church while ordinary priests (those who do not have a mandate or one who is training to be an exorcist) may be asked to assist. The two priests in this movie did not follow Church protocol and as a result ended up putting themselves in peril. In reality the Church has strict rules about this sort of thing (no mavericks) for a reason and priests in real life would have known better.
This film still holds up today! I saw it in the famed Zigfield theatre when I was 12. Try to read the book. And watch the “director’s cut. My dad required that I read the book first.
@@macker33 Totally different type of movie, and IMHO, a better movie overall. Not technically, but as a pure watchable aspect. Once you watch The Exorcist like Taxi Driver, the shock factor is gone, I watched it by myself at 10 at the Theatre, and had to walk home through the woods, LOL. I was high stepping....
In the end of the movie when the father was given karras his last rites before dying , the priest hand was shaking because the director felt it was not realistic enough so they kept doing that scene over and over until the director slapped his face in anger , the next shoot was were his hand was shaking , the director then was pleased
🎬Your lack of knowledge of Christian symbols and symbolism is getting in the way of your understanding. For one thing the "coin " as you've been calling it is not a coin. It was/is the equivalent of what I know to be a St.Christopher medal. An angel/talisman worn as a necklace to protect one from evil. St.Christopher, himself, I don't know much about what he did that makes Catholics hold him in such high esteem. Personally, Iv'e always view it's power as a symbol, as being no less than that of a cross.✝ 🎬View Father Merrin & the demon no differently than Vader & Obi Wan, they are old foes. At the archeological site, St.Christopher medal, the demon symbol found in the dirt. They imply that mankind has been dealing with this nasty little fucker for centuries ...that place was old, so maybe millennia. Him standing across from the demon's statue, the dogs fighting, was an omen to Merrin of things to come. He already knew he would be summoned for the exorcism and the demon knew he would be coming. 🎬On the tape Karras made you can hear him calling Merrin's name and when Merrin came to shake Karras' hands at the house, you heard the demon yell. Listen carefully, What he yelled was MEERRRINNN!!! Merrin's name. That's why when Karras started talking about Regan having split personalities, Merrin cut him off with, "There is only one." You repeated it yourself @ 24:03. 🎬I'm an old movie-head, if you had any idea of the nasty, suing for rights, studio fighting with WPBlatty over wanting to make a sequel (just for the money, it killed at the box office). The novel was a complete piece of work written in '71. As far as I was ever concerned, the movie, like the novel was a complete piece of work. What you see after that was merely a bunch of greedy people denigrating a masterpiece for💰
The girl in this movie she ended up dating Rick James. After this movie was released she had a very hard time in life. People went up to her in the street calling her a freak and a devil and trying to do mock exorcisms on her. She also started getting into drugs and hanging out with the wrong crowd. She tried to get into doing movies again but it didn’t work out. She was always remembered for this movie and I think this movie scarred her too like the rest of us maybe even more so since she had to live with the impact of being in it, her being a child didn’t help either.
I don't know how much the movie scarred her. She continued to take challenging scary roles afterwards like a drug addict/prostitute, or female prison inmate in "Born Innocent". Today Linda's doing well and is drug free.
I was 11 when this came out so I wasn't allowed in the theather, but my older sister was. I remember she spent like a month sleeping with the lights on. Me and my brother who is a year older than me had a great, funny time making spooky noises out of her room at night. 😂😂😂 Those were the days...!!
I've never been able to watch this film because I always remember my dad telling me about how he went to see it in the cinema when it first came out and he had nightmares afterwards, and my dad wasn't easily scared so the film had to be pretty horrific to scare him like that, lol! Just watching the clips you show here is more than enough for me! A couple of scenes made me laugh though because they are so famous and have been parodied so much over the years (the spinning head, projectile vomiting and some of the dialogue, etc). I'm not really a fan of horror movies much in general anyway. I like suspenseful thrillers, edge of your seat kind of films but I don't like a lot of blood and gore. One classic I do love though is The Omen, from 1976. Yes, there are a few gory scenes but nothing like what I've seen in these Exorcist clips. The Omen is a lot more subtle I think, but still psychologically disturbing and creepy. It's slow paced but has a slow build up of tension that's really creepy and suspenseful. You really should watch it. I also like the film Poltergeist from 1982 (I think). It's all a bit silly and far fetched but entertaining with some amazing sequences, including many that will make you jump. I don't care for all the Omen and Poltergeist sequels but the originals are definitely great. :)
The part when Regan's mom got slapped and pushed down hard by the demon and it showed her screaming in pain wasn't acting. The actress who played the mom really got hurt, she landed wrong and really hurt her back. She had problems from that fall the rest of her life.
That "GREEN STUFF" was actually Pea Soup they used in the film, but yes it was supposed to be vomit. Did you not hear the priest say " TAKE ME" and see the eyes and face change when the demon took over the priest? and then he jumped out the window and killed himself. The girl is LINDA BLAIR and I think she was 14 at the time it was filmed. Linda Denise Blair is an American actress and activist. She is best known for playing Regan MacNeil in the horror film The Exorcist (1973), for which she won a Golden Globe Award and received a nomination for an Academy Award. The film established her as a horror icon; she reprised the role in Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award.
Great reaction video! :) This is one of my favorite movies and I love how it evokes so much emotion and hits you psychologically. With no CGI, the effects still hold up. I highly suggest reading the novel, though, because it does answer some of your questions. Plus you get more dialogue between the demon and Karras and a side story about Karl. I like how you question many of the things going on. It really makes you think: did the demon win or not. In a way it did, because it's ultimate goal was to possess Karras. However, it wasn't betting on him sacrificing himself to save Regan. I don't suggest watching the second Exorcist because it really doesn't fit into the story well. The 3rd movie was great, however. Thank you for such a great video and I look forward to watching more.
18:33 when the furniture moved by itself and the girls head turned around...you know this is something way beyond anything you can affect. I'd have to go get a hotel room in the next county. Have the priest call me when it's all over.
No one other than William Friedkin could have done this film. It's got a documentary like feel to it. It's the primary reason why none of the sequels/prequels worked.
Cool that you went with the director's cut. I was too young to see this when it was released, but I remember the impact it had on people. It was a MASSIVE success, and I saw frequent references to it for years after its initial release. Since you liked it, I'm guessing you would also probably enjoy The Omen... another huge movie. The Omen has a very similar feel to it- that special atmospheric tone found in some 70's horror films that really brings the creepy factor. Ever seen any Hammer Horror movies? Those are phenomenal. Classic British horror with Dracula, Frankenstein, etc.
Years ago when on vacation in the New England states. I walked down those steps the priest rolled down. I have to say just stepping on them was creepy to me. Only 10 yrs after The Exorcist came out!! I was a young girl. 💀😁
I saw this when I was a 8 and my Mum had to sleep with my that night XD I have temporal lobe epilepsy, so the part when they saw she's having a seizure always makes me pee myself laughing XD The priest jumped from the window once he was possessed, so he could kill it. I've never seen the remake because this is so scary still and Linda Blair was so good in this movie. Thank you Mate and take care of yourself please.
When this was first released in the UK. The St John's ambulance was in the cinema, to treat people. There was a running total ,in my own town, as to how many had to be stretchered out of the cinema. I saw it, the ist week ,it was out. Sleeped with the lights on :-(
It was the Pazuzu statue head that Fr. Merrin excavated & Regan playing w/ the Ouiji board that got her possessed the Pazuzu demon which is the demon of south & southwest winds & sickness & pestilence. The St. Christopher pendant necklace is what protected Fr. Karras from evil but the demon had to snatch it off in order to possess him. After the demon moved onto Fr. Karras from Regan it tried to harm Regan w/ Fr. Karras' hands but he had enough consciousness to stop the demon from doing that. He instead sacrificed himself by jumping out of the window .RIP Fr. Karras & Fr. Merrin. Regan kissed the priest at the end because she subconsciously knew that it was another priest that saved her life by giving up his own.
She turned her head backwards because she was imitating how Burke died. That was his voice she was speaking in. Also, that was the first time I heard the word "kunt" used as a verb💯😆😆
One of the greatest horror movies, an all time classic. Like you said, acting, cinematography and sound design were all top notch. So good to hear you enjoyed it. They don't make many movies this well any longer. Thank you my brother...good luck sleeping.
The statue in the desert and the demon face that kept popping up is Pazuzu. This is the demon that possesses her while she’s playing with the spirit board… He tells her his name is captain Howdy and is nice to her and lures her in then he takes her completely over….This is why you don’t play with spirit boards because you don’t know if what your summoning is a spirit a demon or what….Pazuzu is a real demon and you can Google it if you want…
Jayvee: Because of your youth, there were things in The Exorcist you didn't understand that you would have had you been there in 1973 when LSD and Vietnam anti-war protests were BIG things (the scene wherein the actress mother was in a scene about a protest at a college) and the doctor asking the mother if she had drugs in the house). My dad had clogged arteries and veins that later required bypass surgery. His doctor gave him Nitro - tiny white pills in a tiny metal container so he could easily keep it in a pocket at all times. And when Dad felt chest pains, he'd take one of the pills from the tiny metal container and put it under his tongue exactly as the priest/archaeologist did in the first scene. It was telling us the priest/archaeologist had a serious HEART problem that Reagan exploited to kill him in the last scene. Being the first of its kind, this movie was ten times scarier when seen in a dark movie theater on the big screen before people could rent movies and view them at home. And this movie was NEVER shown on TV - all of which made it further scarier because we weren't prepared for the shockingly graphic profanity and special effects never seen before in movies. Also, we were told the movie was based on a real-life alleged demonic possession and exorcism of a teenage boy. That further made the movie scarier. All of the above made the movie ten times scarier in 1973 than you can comprehend today being as how you weren't there then. Unlike the terrible copy-cat movies, the acting, writing, and storytelling were the best of any horror movie in history, which further made it the scariest movie ever for those of us who experienced it in 1973 with people running out of the theater because it was so scary.
I used to have this on VHS and would pull it out for movie days, especially when we had the guys over as a teen. Used to get a huge kick out of watching them freak out watching this!
I think all of us that have seen it enjoy watching others get shocked the first time they watch it. Everyone is doing a reaction video for this because they know people will watch them and here we are. Imagine if you could see a video of yourself the first time you watched it, I was 8 years old and I'm sure absolutely terrified looking, it might've even looked like straight up child abuse.
Quite a bit of this movie was shot in my NYC neighborhood, Hells Kitchen. The street scene the black haired priest is walking down with the kids playing on the abandoned car (those were real neighborhood kids actually playing like that) to his moms is 48th btw 8th & 9th Avenues in NYC and the studio where they built the set & filmed all of Reagan’s bedroom (on 54th Street btw 10th & 11th Avenues) was 1 block away from the building I grew up in, on 55th Street.
I really liked your honest reaction to this movie! If you appreciated Mrs McNeill's acting I recommend watching "Requiem for a Dream". She does an even greater performance in that. Linda Blair was 12-13 when they shot this and she has no bad memories from the shooting. Everything was done taking her age into account. The slow pace in the first half of the movie is great in the sense that we see what a nice girl she is. The profanities becomes so much more contrasting later on. Truly a masterpiece.
Mike Oldfield's album, Tubular Bells, from which a portion was used in the soundtrack, is a fantastic musical opus Give your ears a treat and listen to the whole album
One of the best and disturbing films of all time this is a very difficult film for a lot to watch due to the strong faith aspect. The mother and daughter were atheist and that is how she became susceptible to the demon. The ultimate sacrifice was when Damian told the spirit to enter him and leave the girl. And he had enough spiritual strength for a brief moment to throw himself out the window and at the end she kissed the priests because a part of her remembers and her spirituality and Faith had change even though she may not remember why. Very difficult to understand exorcist 2 but if you want a continuation I recommend exorcist 3 it's not nearly as frightening as this film but it's still a great movie
AWESOME movie Jay. My sister and I were third and fourth in line for tickets when this movie opened at the theater near us. Around the same time was The Omen and The Sentinel, two more great movies if you love horror( my siblings and I were raised on it😂). And maybe you also might want to check out Jaws...
I have read that this was based on a true story, but the child was a little boy, not a girl. There was a movie made about him and I believe the child was taken to a convent or holy sanctuary to be exorcised. The priest at the end of this movie gave the mother a religious blessed medal/necklace, not a coin.
Saw this movie at 13 and it scared the crap out of me. Seeing it in the theatre for the 50th Anniversary made me appreciate the cinematic wonder of this classic. Great commentary.
No she wasn't possessed anymore. They showed the demon going into Father Karras. The St Christopher didn't cause it, it was protecting him.That's why the demon pulled it off in order to possess Father Karras. Everything you saw is exactly what happened. Thanx for the reaction, take care..xx
This movie really freaked me out as a kid. My brother is 8 yrs older than me. I was watching stuff I probably shouldnt have been watching WAY before I should have seen it. lol. If you 'like' this, you should check out the TV show Supernatural.
I recommend that you check out: The Exorcism of Emily Rose which is a wee bit more up-to-date than 1970, stars Tom Wilkinson, Laura Linney and Colm Ferore but is actually based on a true story. Although I gather it had to be toned down quite a bit for film classification. Also you might want to look at The Woman in Black, Woman in Black 2 and The Nun.
What’s really scary about this movie is that there are people who when watching the movie saw what they described as a ‘devil face’ briefly flash during the movie. There’s nothing like that in the actual movie, but the same people who claimed to have seen it would end up dying within weeks of watching the movie.
Hey Jay 🤗, long time since I been on your channel, ""I know, I know, don't take it so hard my friend, LMBOOTYOFF 🤣!! Only kidding with ya ☺️. Anyhow, I've been watching your reactions to these movies, and as always your reaction to some of them have really cracked me up lol... especially when you did your reaction to this movie, THE EXORCIST... Imagine I was only like 13 or 14 when I first seen it. Back then if anyone was under the age of 18 we'd have to have an adult with us to get in the show, even then most of the kids guardians yanked up the kid they brought and out the door they went!! Man in 1974, this movie scared the living crap out of most adults! We'd never seen anything like this, I mean think about it, it's the early 1970's, and the scariest movie that came out before this one was also a black & white film. ((Abbott and Costello meets Frankenstein, or Count Dracula.)) Come to think of it, I think that the scariest movie that had come out was about ZOMBIES! We all thought, man I bet this movie is going to be boring as hell. We didn't even know what the heck a zombie was!! I couldn't believe what I was actually watching, never in my wildest dreams or life had I ever seen nothing like it!! I was so terrified after watching that movie, yep I still to this day remember the name of that movie, (NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD!!) I also remember asking my mom to keep my bedroom door open just a crack and to leave the bathroom light on...that movie scared a lot of people; but when The Exorcist came out, it was a whole different kind of scary! This movie when it was released, effected our entire country! Zombies were one thing, but The Exorcist, was on a whole different level of Evil!! I'm sorry, I got a little carried away 😆. I'd love to see you react to one more movie that ("TOM HANKS") stars in: It's as good as his others! You simply can't miss watching TOM HANKS IN ((CASTAWAY)) it took 4 yrs to make and finish this movie!! That's it, that's all I'm gonna say about this lol...☺️ The other movie is called ""THE TERMINAL"", and it's a lot of fun to watch because it's a comedy. So thank you, as always for your great, great REACTIONS!! 🙂😎💙
The story the movie relates to, happens actually in a neigbourtown where I grew up in Germany. A young lady/teenager was killed during a exorcism her parents and a priest did to her over weeks without food, just some water. She was bipolar, but her parents didn't believe it. I was 11 at that time. It was topic everywhere.
I watched this at the movies with my girlfriend and I think it was in Dec of 73' we graduated high school 6 months prior. The first part I jumped was when she went to the attic, the lady in front of me must have jumped 3 feet high. If you want to watch the uncut version, it's much better. I wanted to watch it tonight on Halloween Eve but they only had the other parts. There was a couple of things I didn't like with this movie was The Cross and the Virgin Mary
My cousin and I went to see this when it first came out. He was an atheist, and was until he passed, but on the way home he was ready to go to a church for awhile. I miss him.
![[DRIP] ‘BILLIONAIRE’ PREVIEW](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/m0eXQD0gIeE/mqdefault.jpg)
She kissed the priest on the cheek at the end bc she didn’t remember “anything”…but she still had flashes of the priest collar as someone who…helped her in some way, felt the need to thank him. She didn’t know it wasn’t the same man & she didn’t know why she felt grateful. Her subconscious knew a priest saved her, I guess?😉
You got it right
That's a little too deep. She remembered some bits on a conscious level. Wouldn't you?
in the exorcist, heretic she remembers what happened to her even though she wasn't supposed to remember anything. That's why in one part of the film she was asked what happened to her, and she explains that she got possessed by a demon.
@@haegeum3040 Try and forget the Heretic. Not part of Blattys vision.
@@Sjonat716 also it's arguably regarded as one of the worst sequels of all time. It's a dumpster fire from start to finish.
48 years later ...it is still the "GOAT"..of horror movies. And considering when it was made, remarkable acting, writing ,directing AND special effects...without CGI!
Absolutely! As far as I'm aware, it's the only film that had people fainting, vomiting and crying to that degree in the theaters. I know Frankenstein did as well but I believe The Exorcist was worse.
There’s one scene written out of the movie from the book. The famous stairs scene, Regan was supposed to chase Sharon (the woman you see the mom with most scenes), and Willie the house maid. Would have made that scene more terrifying.
@@richcuma don't forget mark of the devil. They gave out free barf bags when youvwent in to see this film
@@robertarodecker2558 ehhh barf bags vs people actually fainting lol
100%. No film, horror or not, has ever had the cultural impact of The Exorcist.
Father Merrin and the demon (Pazuzu) had a history. They've battled before in his younger years as a priest. It's why Merrin recognized the artifact he dug out of the hole and was a little shocked. He knew Pazuzu was back and they would battle again. The scene with him faced off with the statue, with the sound of dogs fighting, signified this. As well, you hear Pazuzu mention his name a couple of times on the backwards recording and scream his name when he enters the home.
I saw this in the theater a few nights after my first major breakup with a guy, and my college roommate pulled me to the theater to get my mind off things. And boy, DID IT WORK! Imagine seeing that movie on a large screen with all the sound pounding in your ears and the dialogue (especially Reagan’s exorcism) so loud you couldn’t shut it out even if you didn’t want to hear it. Absolutely terrifying! I’ve seen it several times since then, but I wouldn’t want to go back to see it in a theater again; way too intense.
BTW: The Theme From the Exorcist is a haunting piece of music, adapted from a hauntingly beautiful composition called Tubular Bells by composer Mike Oldfield/Oldfeld. There are three or four adaptations of the piece, but I think it was in its second adaptation when used as the theme for The Exorcist. It would be a good piece of music to react to. Full orchestra with a progressive rock sound.
I know what you mean, I saw this for the first 50 times only on tv, then it was played at a movie theater in mission valley san diego about 20 years ago and we (about 8 of us) went to see it all for the first time at a theater, and yeah its a bigger louder impacting deal on the big screen, for sure! even if you've seen it already.
And Tubular Bells is the song that launched Virgin Records.
The “Coin” was not a coin. It was St. Christopher. A saint that protects from evil. The little statue was the demon Pazuzu. There are so many things that have certain meanings in this movie. Especially if you are catholic, you catch them and that’s what made it so damned scary! The little girl was actress Linda Blair.
@Leo Orlando St Joseph - quite right
Stop saying the p word.
The first time you see "The Exorcist" it will haunt you. It is one of only a couple of movies that actually ever really scared me. I've seen it many times & still wouldn't watch alone in the dark.
scariest movie ever and this came out in the 70s there was nothing like this blew everyone away
tbh Because ive seen movies that are graphic, the exorcist had no effect on me. But i can definetly see How it causes anguish for many people, because they have never seen anything like this in the 70's
@@fadalerabrasool3563 I don't really get scared from the graphic gore etc. It's the demon aspect that gives me the jitters.
What's the other scary one ? ...
@@damienthorn1849 First time I saw Evil Dead was pretty scary. Beyond the Door is also, but it's kind of an Exorcist ripoff. It came out one year after The Exorcist
The exorcist is the only movie that still has a uneasy feeling for me even almost 20 years later. Not scared like scream inducing but just uneasy. Most horror movies are forgotten the day after.
For people who never read the book, the piano scene where she says "you're gonna die up there" is directed to the guest they close up on briefly.
He's an astronaut.
I didn't know that
I dunno, I think she was talking to Burke about dieing upstairs no?
@@uNkLeRaRa4 No, Burke had already left the party drunk before the piano sing along. The grey haired guy is an astronaut, referred to at the start of the party with Father Dyer lighting his smoke.
The book expands on this in more detail.
@@paulfromt.o.7384 Oh right, I forgot that sent Burke home drunk.
@@robertarodecker2558 look up the movie The Ninth Configuration
It's really well made and it stands the test of time. Very original.
The Exorcist was way ahead of its time.
Linda Blair who played Regan was actually screaming in real pain when she was being flung back and forth on the bed so violently that she fractured 2 vertebrae. She was screaming for her real mother so convincingly that they initially thought what great acting, it was until they actually started to hear the real pain in her voice that they yelled cut!
When this came out it was only in theatre’s. There were a lot of people who were not prepared and were leaving the theatres. The scariest part was going home afterwards!
This movie still scares the hell out of me, 40 years after I first saw it. I watched it with my teenager last year, who claimed he wasn't scared at all...until the phone rang and he jumped out of his freaking skin!
Trust me when I tell you Jovaughn, this film scared the shit out of many many generations.
It still does. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This came out when I was 9 years old and even the trailers and newspaper ad scared me. Finally saw it when I was 15 and even though it was heavily edited for tv, I still had to sleep with the lights on that night. The house and those steps are still in DC to this day.
omg me too. i saw a commercial and it scared the crap out of 9 year old me. it messed me up for months; grew to love the movie as an adult. but man, as a kid----it was scary
me 3! 9 years old, watched again at around 12, way scarier that time!
I saw at 8 in the theater and yea, it scared the F out of me for a while.
Interesting fact about those steps: during the making of 'The Exorcist', the film's crew stuck rubber pads on each of those steps, and they had a stuntman genuinely jump out of the window and tumble down every single one of them to the bottom. Even with the rubber sheets, it was still an incredibly risky stunt. The stuntman said that the key to him falling down them without seriously harming himself was to allow his muscles to go completely limp. So, that fall you see in the movie was an AUTHENTIC FALL (albeit with rubber sheets on top of each step). 🤐
One of the things about this film that nobody hardly knows is that the hospital testing scenes were filmed by an actual medical staff in Bellevue hospital in NYC, performing actual procedures of the time. Anyhow, the radiologist in the movie, actually went on to become a serial killer in NYC a little while after appearing in the movie.
The St. Joseph's pedant necklace is what protected Fr. Karras from evil. The demon had to take it off of him in order to possess him. Then the demon tried to harm Regan and Fr. Karras sensed that and was conscious enough to stop himself and sacrificed himself by jumping out of the window. It's tragic and sad that he had to die.
It's actually a St. Joseph pendant, but yes, it's why the demon ripped it off Karras before possessing him.
Which, if you hear real exorcists speak on the subject, is very unlikely to happen as demons have an aversion to sacred objects, avoid even looking at them while coming into contact with them causes great suffering to evil spirits. The demon played on Fr. Karras' guilt over his mother (which is why he probably ended up sacrificing himself as a type of penance I suppose). In reality priests receive absolution before performing an exorcism. This is done so as not to give the demon any ammunition since absolution wipes the slate, containing all wrongdoings, clean and demons know this. Fr Karras wouldn't have died if the correct protocols had been observed. That, however, would have made for a far more mundane and less frightening movie.
@@anta3612 Never mind the fact that demons aren't real. 🙂
@@DazzleMonroe Not according to some and like they say: everyone makes fun of the Catholic Church until they need an exorcism.
@@anta3612 I don't make fun of it. However, a den of liars and paedophiles is hardly an institution to go to if you need help. Demons are no more real than hobbits and orcs
Oh honey, we were all scared! This movie scared the hell out of me as a kid in the theatre (why my parents let me see this, I will never know). Especially being raised Catholic - I was legit traumatized. I didn't watch it again until I was in my late 20's lol. This is one of those movies that stands the test of time - it doesn't matter how many years go by, when you see it again, it is just as disturbing! So many movies have tried to tackle this same subject, but this is the undisputed king of exorcism/possession movies! ~ Kristine
Yeah, I was raised Catholic too and I was 12 the first time I saw it (way too young -- my parents didn't pay much attention to what I was watching). That movie shook the shit out of me at the time, to say the least! 😱😯🙈🙊
This movie did not have jump scares, it was building you up for the final scene. That's what makes this move iconic.
I was 8 when this came out when I snuck into the theater with a friend and his older brother. I didn't sleep very well for quite a while. I met Linda Blair in 2018 and got an autographed photo of her as the demon. She's really sweet. It took her a long time to accept the fact that she will always be known as Regan the possessed girl. The impression and impact of this film was so strong, it cost her future jobs in Hollywood.
I find that often times when people initially see this film, it's the shocking things that are initially remembered. But, when you see it again you realize, how masterfully made this film is. It's a classic for a reason.
"You all see that?" Nope, it was just you. The St Christopher medal was what was protecting Karras. It was fore-shadowed in his dream that he would lose the medal. And his possession was fore-shadowed by the demon saying that the exorcism would bring it and Karras closer together. The book explains a whole lot more than the movie could but basically the demon's whole plan was to get Karras. At the end, even though Karras invited the demon to take him, the demon had to rip off the medal to achieve this. In the "real" case, according to the priest's diary of the events, there were no deaths involved. Just a very confused 13 year old boy and a bunch of adults that appear to have been fooled into thinking it was a case of possession. Either way, the non-fiction book of the actual case is kind of disturbing on a few levels. Also, the white pills Merrin is seen taking throughout the film are for heart disease. Nitro-glycerin. The demon realised that Merrin was dying and that was why it started laughing during the exorcism.
It's actually a St Joseph medal he was wearing. St Joseph is the patron of a few things, but also of "people in doubt" and as Karras was doubting his faith that may be why he was wearing it.
@@kennethmacgregor-Gregorach Wonder why I had St Christopher in my head? Thanks for the correction.
@@kilgh Oh not at all, I think it's because it looks so much like a St Christopher, plus it's far more common 🙂 Weirdly at the start of the film, it's a St joseph medal that Merrin picks up out the box at the Dig site.
@@kennethmacgregor-Gregorach Interesting. All omens predicting his future I guess. Working with a priest who had lost his faith. Clever directing.
@@kilgh That's what I thought too :) this film has so many layers in it.
Can you imagine watching that movie at a movie theater? Scared the heck out of me back then at the movies and still does just watching it on tv
I've seen documentaries on how this film was made in the early 70's pre-digital era...
The extremes taken to get every detail of this film just right were genious.
It is a master-piece!
😳
The sounds in the scenes were very well picked up because they had very little to almost no music in the film which made it that much more creepy. This is one of my all time 5 best films.
The priest at the end was her mother's friend. He's literally playing the piano in the scene where Reagan wets the carpet.
I think he was a real priest
@@mercurysbest He was:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_O%27Malley_(Jesuit)
I was 12 years old in '73, this was the first horror movie I witnessed.. it still scares be and I'm 60 now!!
Your reactions were EPIC and authentic. The spider walk down the stairs, the crucifix and head turning, the throat bulging.. hehe.. I loved watching you react the way we all did. That movie stuck with me a long time. It STILL freaks me out.
Her performance at that young age was immaculate and terrifying 😳
common misconception about the vomit, people always think it's silly looking since it's a very Ghostbusters-Green color but from what I remember from the book, the green-colored bile is a mixture of all the medication and liquid foods being fed to her just to keep her from dying
The priest at 6:55 is my great uncle Jack Malarkey💕. He said that the director pulled out a gun so that he would have a genuine fearful reaction.
How cool is that?!?! 🎃🖤
r
Real life exorcists say that. while they find some cases disturbing, they don't experience fear during exorcisms. Firstly, because demons tend to hide (pretend they're not there) in an attempt to avoid getting expelled and only expose themselves when forced to (by the rite of exorcism). Secondly, the more the demon rages the more it means it's losing control and about to weaken its grip (like a wounded animal that's cornered and fighting for its life). Thirdly, priests know that God is greater than demons and is the ultimate authority and those who have been correctly trained to carry out the rite of exorcism know its power and thus also know they have nothing to fear provided that they follow the correct protocols. The priests in the movie, however, followed none of the correct protocols which is why they got into trouble. In reality priests need to have a mandate from a bishop as well as spiritual back up and support (no mavericks).
“I like those antique clocks” There are no words Jay 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This film wasn’t just a horror movie. It was a prestige picture - nominated for TEN Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Actress, and Supporting Actress and Actor. It won Best Screenplay and Sound. It also swept the top Golden Globes honors: winning Best Picture (Drama), Best Actress (Linda Blair), Director, and Screenplay.
I watched this when I was 16 and it scared the you know what out of me. Years later, when I was in my 30's, we had a mild earthquake in the UK. It was strong enough to shake my bed very gently...and the first thing that came to my mind was this film, lol!
LOl, the same thing happened to me too, I was 16 the first time I went to the theater to see The Exorcist with a friend. There were only 10 people in the theater, including the two of us, and we were sitting just in the middle of the third row, nobody around us. when I got home completly traumatized, I didn't sleep a bit because I was too scared. At 04H30, in the morning, a truck just went rapidly in our street and my bed start shaking just like in the movie and I though : " this is it, I'm posseded ". Luckly, I wasn't but It took a lot of time before I succed to get asleep after.
The puke was pea soup. For the horrific parts the child actress was replaced by an adult stand-in. Some of the adult actors were already super famous including the mom legendary actress Ellen Burstyn. The child that was Linda Blair who became famous from this movie, true teen star, one of my favorites. My mom took me to see this movie as a kid. Imagine the fear in the movie theater on the big screen. Lol I still remember the shivers of fear I got when her head turned or when she crawled down those stairs backwards. True horror classic.🔥🔥🔥
4:24 is Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells. My father listened to that when I was growing up, he was a big prog rock fan. He used to listen to it to fall asleep during the day before working his night shift. Fast forward, I'm living with my now husband and I put Tubular Bells on. My husband FREAKED OUT because he's a catholic and knows that's from the Exorcist! hahaha! I don't listen to it anymore unless I'm wearing headphones.
The greatest super-hero arrival in any film is when Father Merrin shows up under the lamppost and looks up to where his last challenge will occur.
When I was like 8 I used to love watching this movie for some reason, I am 27 now and it’s been a while since I watched it and watching your video I legit don’t know how I wasn’t scared!!! This freaked me so much 😳
Jay, I thoroughly enjoyed your reaction and especially love your wrap up analysis. I definitely subscribed. This movie does not hold back and the director had balls. This was made in 1972 released in 1973 and still shocks and its a totally immersive experience watching it.
This masterpiece was nominated for 10 Oscars including best picture. Linda Blair (Regan), Ellen Burstyn (the mother) and Jason Miller (Father Karris) all 3 were nominated for their brilliant performances. Not only is this movie horrific, it’s also layered with hidden messages and is very intense and emotional. It’s often referred to as “the thinking man’s horror movie”. The Exorcist is iconic for many reasons.
I was 14 or 15 when my boss took me and other employees to see the movie when it first came out!! It freaked me out...and it immediately became one of my all-time favorite movies!!!
30:15 That’s the religious necklace Father Karras was wearing (probably some saint). Reagan tore it off him allowing the demon to switch bodies.
It’s a saint Christopher medal
The end can be confusing if you see it for the first time. After the elder priest dies (Max von Sydow), The younger priest (Jason Miller) got the demon latched onto him. Before the demon could get a real grip of him, he decided to jump out of the window.
However, demons are not subject to time or space. They are spirits and as such can be omnipresent and/or change location in a blink of an eye. At any rate the young priest has a very strong urge to kill Regan (which he fights by flinging himself out of the window). This suggests that the demon did manage to get a hold of him.
When Regan turned her head around and Burk's voice spoke, that was the slam dunk proof that it was indeed the devil inside of her. The part where the unblessed water was used was the devils clever way of trying to avoid an exorcism.
I remember stopping in to see my mom immediately after seeing this on opening night solely on the strength of a t friends telling me how compelling the book was. She took one look at me & said, " What the hell happened to you?" Apparently, I was in a state of cardiogenic shock, & too shook to know it. It took a lot of toasted "attitude adjustment" to restore some color to my face. GOOD TIMES !
The Iraq scene implies that the demon/ evil has existed even from the primordial past. Fr Merrin has done exorcism before and possibly met this demon. The battle between and the demon will conclude in this movie.
Aside from demon possession it's a story of the priest seeking redemption and made the ultimate sacrifice. Fr khais faith was terribly weakened due to the guilt from his mother's death. His redemption came when Regan's mother desperately asked if her daughter will die. Realizing that he could not allow another tragedy to happen Fr Kharis returned to the room determined to save the child from the demon. This regained his strength and faith. NOTE : Back then Catholics believed suicide is a sin. So the scene where Fr Kharis confesses his sin before he dies was necessary in order for him to received salvation. Yes the Demon did not die that's why you need to watch part 3.
The medallion for Catholics are like icons and signs that remind or visually give us direction to God. In the final scene the possessed girl /demon actually REMOVED it from Fr. Damian so it could transfer it's spirit to the priest and possessed him
Please watch EXORCIST III . Considered a direct sequel and a conclusion. It will suppose to answer some questions. Skip part 2-- Not that good
Apparently, all demons go far back in the annals of time. They are as ancient as the human soul (millions of years old) and are actually believed to have had a soul originally and to have come from the creation of God, along with every other living, sentient being (humans, animals, plants, etc.). Somewhere along the way, they became completely disconnected from God/The Creator, hence their "demonic"/anti-God nature.
Some demons are gods from another pantheons. For the polytheistic Jews, these pagan gods are demons. When Christianity appropriated Judaism the practice continued. Demonization is a very common practice among Abrahamic faiths and was even used during the age of European colonization.
Fun fact: Mercedes McCambridge, who provided the voice of the demon, insisted on swallowing raw eggs and chain smoking to alter her vocalizations. The actress, who had had problems with alcohol abuse in the past, furthermore wanted to drink whiskey as she knew alcohol would distort her voice even more, and create the crazed state of mind of the character. As she was giving up sobriety, she insisted that her priest be present to counsel her during the recording process. At William Friedkin's direction, McCambridge was also bound to a chair with pieces of a torn sheet at her neck, arms, wrists, legs and feet to get a more realistic sound of the demon struggling against its restraints. McCambridge later recalled the experience as one of horrific rage, while Friedkin admitted that her performance--as well as the extremes which the actress put herself through to gain authenticity--terrifies the director to this day. This was probably the reason why Friedkin declined to call back McCambridge to provide the demon's voice for the film's TV version, instead deciding to do the voice himself.
Oh my .....
well .. she was motivated to do a good job for this movie
@@justlive2809 and had to sue to get credit for it.
This movie was nominated for 10 Oscars and won 2. Definitely a classic! Next watch The Exorcist part 3. (Trust me. Just skip part 2. Part 3 is made off the book the author wrote as the direct sequel) Then watch the TV series of The Exorcist. Loved your reaction!
The Oscar nominations proved The Exorcist was not a typical horror flick. It wasn't really horrific, in my opinion. I would describe it more as a thriller/disturbing movie. Horror movies, especially Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween & those after, rarely get nominated for Oscars, particularly for acting. The Exorcist featured very seasoned actors & it was a high quality made movie, unlike today's "horror" movies. The Exorcist is better described as a very disturbing movie.
I saw this in the cinema (UK) when it first came out , there were grown men walking out half way through. It was by far the worst we had seen at that time. There were even St John’s ambulance people in the cinema foyer.
The coin is actually a well known medal. They used the St Joseph medal in the movie whereas the St Benedict medal is traditionally used in exorcisms. If the girl was still possessed she would not have been able to bear touching a sacred object (such as the medal or the rosary). This is seen as proof that she had been completely delivered of the evil presence. Real exorcisms are performed in a sacred place (such as a church) this is done to weaken the demon/s as they have an aversion to sacred objects and places and will try to get away from them (thus facilitating the exorcism). Priests are assisted by a group of people who pray outside the room where the exorcism is taking place. This is to support the priests spiritually and to prevent any harm coming to them.
Classic horror movie 48 years old and still good.Another supernatural movie called The Entity.
The Entity is a brilliant film.
The Entity was scary as hell.
The Exorcist and the Entity are the only 2 movies that really scare me
@@gerardhiggins4827 me to
My 2 favourites of all time terrifying
She saw the collar and kissed him because deep down she felt the connection with the other Priests who saved her and knew what it represented. The demon left with the Priest who sacrificed himself when he had an ounce of control left and before the demon could kill the little girl.
Which, in reality, is nonsense as demons prefer to kill those who they know are outside of the grace of God because their ultimate purpose is to drag people to hell. If they kill someone (such as a child who has just been delivered from an evil spirit) that child most likely would go straight to heaven. When a demon possesses a person it's main purpose is to work through that person to get as many other people as possible on the road to perdition before destroying its host. I'm not sure about the possessed priest because, since he sacrificed himself, I think that would merit a 1st class ticket to heaven which the demon would not have wanted so am not sure how that would work . While this movie portrays some elements of truth others have been greatly sensationalized.
@@anta3612 yeah, thank you for all the facts about demonic possession. Because, you know, they are so real
@@krwawyrzeznik Hi, it sounds like this comment was meant in jest. Lots of people share the opinion that it's all nonsense. This is probably because, according to the Catholic Church, true demon possession has become rare in the west (though I hear it's on the increase) and in most cases someone who is possessed doesn't display obvious signs that something is amiss. Someone else in these comments mentioned that in this movie the demon's goal all along was to possess the priest since he would have been considered a better prize and, since his faith was wavering, the demon knew it wouldn't be too difficult to weaken his resolve. I've heard testimonies of priests who have said the opposite. They say they didn't believe in demon possession but after assisting with an exorcism, not only do they now believe, it also helped strengthen their faith. Btw only priests who are strong in their faith are given a mandate to perform exorcisms by the Church while ordinary priests (those who do not have a mandate or one who is training to be an exorcist) may be asked to assist. The two priests in this movie did not follow Church protocol and as a result ended up putting themselves in peril. In reality the Church has strict rules about this sort of thing (no mavericks) for a reason and priests in real life would have known better.
"And after this I'm supposed to go to sleep..." LOL
Saw this in the theater when I was 14. Never went to another scary movie after this. lol
This film still holds up today! I saw it in the famed Zigfield theatre when I was 12. Try to read the book. And watch the “director’s cut. My dad required that I read the book first.
You ought to react to the movie" The Omen"! Now that one really scared me as a teenager!
Excellent movie. Just as scary as the Exorcist but in a different way.
@@bpo1975 nah, omens not even close. amityville horror was another one that tried to put itself up next to the exorcist.
Omen makes it impossible for me to follow behind flatbed trucks with construction stuff like windows or rebar or anything pointy. Gah.
@@macker33 Agreed. I enjoyed The Omen but it's a distant second to The Exorcist.
@@macker33 Totally different type of movie, and IMHO, a better movie overall. Not technically, but as a pure watchable aspect. Once you watch The Exorcist like Taxi Driver, the shock factor is gone, I watched it by myself at 10 at the Theatre, and had to walk home through the woods, LOL. I was high stepping....
Saw this when I was much younger…30 years later this movie still scares the shit out of me.
"I've seen the EXORCIST ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN TIMES, AND IT KEEPS GETTING FUNNIER EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE IT!" - Beetlejuice
In the end of the movie when the father was given karras his last rites before dying , the priest hand was shaking because the director felt it was not realistic enough so they kept doing that scene over and over until the director slapped his face in anger , the next shoot was were his hand was shaking , the director then was pleased
🎬Your lack of knowledge of Christian symbols and symbolism is getting in the way of your understanding. For one thing the "coin " as you've been calling it is not a coin. It was/is the equivalent of what I know to be a St.Christopher medal. An angel/talisman worn as a necklace to protect one from evil. St.Christopher, himself, I don't know much about what he did that makes Catholics hold him in such high esteem. Personally, Iv'e always view it's power as a symbol, as being no less than that of a cross.✝
🎬View Father Merrin & the demon no differently than Vader & Obi Wan, they are old foes. At the archeological site, St.Christopher medal, the demon symbol found in the dirt. They imply that mankind has been dealing with this nasty little fucker for centuries ...that place was old, so maybe millennia. Him standing across from the demon's statue, the dogs fighting, was an omen to Merrin of things to come. He already knew he would be summoned for the exorcism and the demon knew he would be coming.
🎬On the tape Karras made you can hear him calling Merrin's name and when Merrin came to shake Karras' hands at the house, you heard the demon yell. Listen carefully, What he yelled was MEERRRINNN!!! Merrin's name. That's why when Karras started talking about Regan having split personalities, Merrin cut him off with, "There is only one." You repeated it yourself @ 24:03.
🎬I'm an old movie-head, if you had any idea of the nasty, suing for rights, studio fighting with WPBlatty over wanting to make a sequel (just for the money, it killed at the box office). The novel was a complete piece of work written in '71. As far as I was ever concerned, the movie, like the novel was a complete piece of work. What you see after that was merely a bunch of greedy people denigrating a masterpiece for💰
The girl in this movie she ended up dating Rick James. After this movie was released she had a very hard time in life. People went up to her in the street calling her a freak and a devil and trying to do mock exorcisms on her. She also started getting into drugs and hanging out with the wrong crowd. She tried to get into doing movies again but it didn’t work out. She was always remembered for this movie and I think this movie scarred her too like the rest of us maybe even more so since she had to live with the impact of being in it, her being a child didn’t help either.
I don't know how much the movie scarred her. She continued to take challenging scary roles afterwards like a drug addict/prostitute, or female prison inmate in "Born Innocent". Today Linda's doing well and is drug free.
Linda did several movies after "The Exorcist", she worked plenty well into the 90s. It didn't start tapering off until the 2000s.
@Ronald williams He didn't say she was dating him when this movie was made. He said she "ended up" dating him, obviously several years later
I was 11 when this came out so I wasn't allowed in the theather, but my older sister was.
I remember she spent like a month sleeping with the lights on.
Me and my brother who is a year older than me had a great, funny time making spooky noises out of her room at night. 😂😂😂 Those were the days...!!
I've never been able to watch this film because I always remember my dad telling me about how he went to see it in the cinema when it first came out and he had nightmares afterwards, and my dad wasn't easily scared so the film had to be pretty horrific to scare him like that, lol! Just watching the clips you show here is more than enough for me! A couple of scenes made me laugh though because they are so famous and have been parodied so much over the years (the spinning head, projectile vomiting and some of the dialogue, etc). I'm not really a fan of horror movies much in general anyway. I like suspenseful thrillers, edge of your seat kind of films but I don't like a lot of blood and gore. One classic I do love though is The Omen, from 1976. Yes, there are a few gory scenes but nothing like what I've seen in these Exorcist clips. The Omen is a lot more subtle I think, but still psychologically disturbing and creepy. It's slow paced but has a slow build up of tension that's really creepy and suspenseful. You really should watch it. I also like the film Poltergeist from 1982 (I think). It's all a bit silly and far fetched but entertaining with some amazing sequences, including many that will make you jump. I don't care for all the Omen and Poltergeist sequels but the originals are definitely great. :)
The part when Regan's mom got slapped and pushed down hard by the demon and it showed her screaming in pain wasn't acting. The actress who played the mom really got hurt, she landed wrong and really hurt her back. She had problems from that fall the rest of her life.
She has had, Ellen Burstyn is very much alive.
@@sexysadie2901 , yes I know, not sure why I referred to her in past tense.
That "GREEN STUFF" was actually Pea Soup they used in the film, but yes it was supposed to be vomit. Did you not hear the priest say " TAKE ME" and see the eyes and face change when the demon took over the priest? and then he jumped out the window and killed himself.
The girl is LINDA BLAIR and I think she was 14 at the time it was filmed.
Linda Denise Blair is an American actress and activist. She is best known for playing Regan MacNeil in the horror film The Exorcist (1973), for which she won a Golden Globe Award and received a nomination for an Academy Award. The film established her as a horror icon; she reprised the role in Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award.
She was 12.
@@gorankopcic7827 She was born in 59 and played the role in 73 so I am pretty sure the math works out to be 14 years young.
@@Thepitz2000 Film was RELEASED in 73, and filmed in 71-72... And you said: 'I think she was 14 at the time it was filmed.' FILMED.
Great reaction video! :) This is one of my favorite movies and I love how it evokes so much emotion and hits you psychologically. With no CGI, the effects still hold up. I highly suggest reading the novel, though, because it does answer some of your questions. Plus you get more dialogue between the demon and Karras and a side story about Karl. I like how you question many of the things going on. It really makes you think: did the demon win or not. In a way it did, because it's ultimate goal was to possess Karras. However, it wasn't betting on him sacrificing himself to save Regan. I don't suggest watching the second Exorcist because it really doesn't fit into the story well. The 3rd movie was great, however. Thank you for such a great video and I look forward to watching more.
18:33 when the furniture moved by itself and the girls head turned around...you know this is something way beyond anything you can affect. I'd have to go get a hotel room in the next county. Have the priest call me when it's all over.
No one other than William Friedkin could have done this film. It's got a documentary like feel to it. It's the primary reason why none of the sequels/prequels worked.
Cool that you went with the director's cut. I was too young to see this when it was released, but I remember the impact it had on people. It was a MASSIVE success, and I saw frequent references to it for years after its initial release. Since you liked it, I'm guessing you would also probably enjoy The Omen... another huge movie. The Omen has a very similar feel to it- that special atmospheric tone found in some 70's horror films that really brings the creepy factor. Ever seen any Hammer Horror movies? Those are phenomenal. Classic British horror with Dracula, Frankenstein, etc.
Years ago when on vacation in the New England states. I walked down those steps the priest rolled down. I have to say just stepping on them was creepy to me. Only 10 yrs after The Exorcist came out!! I was a young girl. 💀😁
The Exorcist never gives you time to breath. Which is why it is the DEFINITIVE horror film.
I saw this when I was a 8 and my Mum had to sleep with my that night XD I have temporal lobe epilepsy, so the part when they saw she's having a seizure always makes me pee myself laughing XD The priest jumped from the window once he was possessed, so he could kill it. I've never seen the remake because this is so scary still and Linda Blair was so good in this movie. Thank you Mate and take care of yourself please.
When this was first released in the UK. The St John's ambulance was in the cinema, to treat people. There was a running total ,in my own town, as to how many had to be stretchered out of the cinema. I saw it, the ist week ,it was out. Sleeped with the lights on :-(
It was the Pazuzu statue head that Fr. Merrin excavated & Regan playing w/ the Ouiji board that got her possessed the Pazuzu demon which is the demon of south & southwest winds & sickness & pestilence. The St. Christopher pendant necklace is what protected Fr. Karras from evil but the demon had to snatch it off in order to possess him. After the demon moved onto Fr. Karras from Regan it tried to harm Regan w/ Fr. Karras' hands but he had enough consciousness to stop the demon from doing that. He instead sacrificed himself by jumping out of the window .RIP Fr. Karras & Fr. Merrin. Regan kissed the priest at the end because she subconsciously knew that it was another priest that saved her life by giving up his own.
She turned her head backwards because she was imitating how Burke died. That was his voice she was speaking in. Also, that was the first time I heard the word "kunt" used as a verb💯😆😆
You've survived the exorcist, brave man. It has always creeped me out
I’ve seen this movie so many times but it still scares the hell out of me
I saw this movie scary in the theater back in the day,Great movie still remembered it.
One of the greatest horror movies, an all time classic. Like you said, acting, cinematography and sound design were all top notch. So good to hear you enjoyed it. They don't make many movies this well any longer. Thank you my brother...good luck sleeping.
"....she's still possessed. He's in it for the long game!!!" LMAO!!! That line was worth the price of admission, JV!!!!
The statue in the desert and the demon face that kept popping up is Pazuzu. This is the demon that possesses her while she’s playing with the spirit board… He tells her his name is captain Howdy and is nice to her and lures her in then he takes her completely over….This is why you don’t play with spirit boards because you don’t know if what your summoning is a spirit a demon or what….Pazuzu is a real demon and you can Google it if you want…
"I just gotta get up for a second there." I hear ya!!
Jayvee: Because of your youth, there were things in The Exorcist you didn't understand that you would have had you been there in 1973 when LSD and Vietnam anti-war protests were BIG things (the scene wherein the actress mother was in a scene about a protest at a college) and the doctor asking the mother if she had drugs in the house). My dad had clogged arteries and veins that later required bypass surgery. His doctor gave him Nitro - tiny white pills in a tiny metal container so he could easily keep it in a pocket at all times. And when Dad felt chest pains, he'd take one of the pills from the tiny metal container and put it under his tongue exactly as the priest/archaeologist did in the first scene. It was telling us the priest/archaeologist had a serious HEART problem that Reagan exploited to kill him in the last scene. Being the first of its kind, this movie was ten times scarier when seen in a dark movie theater on the big screen before people could rent movies and view them at home. And this movie was NEVER shown on TV - all of which made it further scarier because we weren't prepared for the shockingly graphic profanity and special effects never seen before in movies. Also, we were told the movie was based on a real-life alleged demonic possession and exorcism of a teenage boy. That further made the movie scarier. All of the above made the movie ten times scarier in 1973 than you can comprehend today being as how you weren't there then. Unlike the terrible copy-cat movies, the acting, writing, and storytelling were the best of any horror movie in history, which further made it the scariest movie ever for those of us who experienced it in 1973 with people running out of the theater because it was so scary.
I used to have this on VHS and would pull it out for movie days, especially when we had the guys over as a teen. Used to get a huge kick out of watching them freak out watching this!
I think all of us that have seen it enjoy watching others get shocked the first time they watch it. Everyone is doing a reaction video for this because they know people will watch them and here we are. Imagine if you could see a video of yourself the first time you watched it, I was 8 years old and I'm sure absolutely terrified looking, it might've even looked like straight up child abuse.
Fun fact: the actor playing the assistant in the hospital was an actual serial murderer, the man in glasses at time 10:30.
Quite a bit of this movie was shot in my NYC neighborhood, Hells Kitchen. The street scene the black haired priest is walking down with the kids playing on the abandoned car (those were real neighborhood kids actually playing like that) to his moms is 48th btw 8th & 9th Avenues in NYC and the studio where they built the set & filmed all of Reagan’s bedroom (on 54th Street btw 10th & 11th Avenues) was 1 block away from the building I grew up in, on 55th Street.
I really liked your honest reaction to this movie! If you appreciated Mrs McNeill's acting I recommend watching "Requiem for a Dream". She does an even greater performance in that. Linda Blair was 12-13 when they shot this and she has no bad memories from the shooting. Everything was done taking her age into account. The slow pace in the first half of the movie is great in the sense that we see what a nice girl she is. The profanities becomes so much more contrasting later on. Truly a masterpiece.
Mike Oldfield's album, Tubular Bells, from which a portion was used in the soundtrack, is a fantastic musical opus
Give your ears a treat and listen to the whole album
One of the best and disturbing films of all time this is a very difficult film for a lot to watch due to the strong faith aspect. The mother and daughter were atheist and that is how she became susceptible to the demon. The ultimate sacrifice was when Damian told the spirit to enter him and leave the girl. And he had enough spiritual strength for a brief moment to throw himself out the window and at the end she kissed the priests because a part of her remembers and her spirituality and Faith had change even though she may not remember why. Very difficult to understand exorcist 2 but if you want a continuation I recommend exorcist 3 it's not nearly as frightening as this film but it's still a great movie
AWESOME movie Jay. My sister and I were third and fourth in line for tickets when this movie opened at the theater near us.
Around the same time was The Omen and The Sentinel, two more great movies if you love horror( my siblings and I were raised on it😂).
And maybe you also might want to check out Jaws...
I have read that this was based on a true story, but the child was a little boy, not a girl. There was a movie made about him and I believe the child was taken to a convent or holy sanctuary to be exorcised. The priest at the end of this movie gave the mother a religious blessed medal/necklace, not a coin.
Saw this movie at 13 and it scared the crap out of me. Seeing it in the theatre for the 50th Anniversary made me appreciate the cinematic wonder of this classic. Great commentary.
No she wasn't possessed anymore. They showed the demon going into Father Karras. The St Christopher didn't cause it, it was protecting him.That's why the demon pulled it off in order to possess Father Karras. Everything you saw is exactly what happened. Thanx for the reaction, take care..xx
This movie really freaked me out as a kid. My brother is 8 yrs older than me. I was watching stuff I probably shouldnt have been watching WAY before I should have seen it. lol. If you 'like' this, you should check out the TV show Supernatural.
I recommend that you check out:
The Exorcism of Emily Rose which is a wee bit more up-to-date than 1970, stars Tom Wilkinson, Laura Linney and Colm Ferore but is actually based on a true story. Although I gather it had to be toned down quite a bit for film classification.
Also you might want to look at The Woman in Black, Woman in Black 2 and The Nun.
What’s really scary about this movie is that there are people who when watching the movie saw what they described as a ‘devil face’ briefly flash during the movie. There’s nothing like that in the actual movie, but the same people who claimed to have seen it would end up dying within weeks of watching the movie.
Her name is Lynda Blair. She was only 12 when this was filmed. It almost drove her crazy after she watched it.
Hey Jay 🤗, long time since I been on your channel, ""I know, I know, don't take it so hard my friend, LMBOOTYOFF 🤣!! Only kidding with ya ☺️. Anyhow, I've been watching your reactions to these movies, and as always your reaction to some of them have really cracked me up lol... especially when you did your reaction to this movie, THE EXORCIST... Imagine I was only like 13 or 14 when I first seen it. Back then if anyone was under the age of 18 we'd have to have an adult with us to get in the show, even then most of the kids guardians yanked up the kid they brought and out the door they went!! Man in 1974, this movie scared the living crap out of most adults! We'd never seen anything like this, I mean think about it, it's the early 1970's, and the scariest movie that came out before this one was also a black & white film. ((Abbott and Costello meets Frankenstein, or Count Dracula.)) Come to think of it, I think that the scariest movie that had come out was about ZOMBIES! We all thought, man I bet this movie is going to be boring as hell. We didn't even know what the heck a zombie was!! I couldn't believe what I was actually watching, never in my wildest dreams or life had I ever seen nothing like it!! I was so terrified after watching that movie, yep I still to this day remember the name of that movie, (NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD!!) I also remember asking my mom to keep my bedroom door open just a crack and to leave the bathroom light on...that movie scared a lot of people; but when The Exorcist came out, it was a whole different kind of scary! This movie when it was released, effected our entire country! Zombies were one thing, but The Exorcist, was on a whole different level of Evil!! I'm sorry, I got a little carried away 😆. I'd love to see you react to one more movie that ("TOM HANKS") stars in: It's as good as his others! You simply can't miss watching TOM HANKS IN ((CASTAWAY)) it took 4 yrs to make and finish this movie!! That's it, that's all I'm gonna say about this lol...☺️ The other movie is called ""THE TERMINAL"", and it's a lot of fun to watch because it's a comedy. So thank you, as always for your great, great REACTIONS!! 🙂😎💙
The story the movie relates to, happens actually in a neigbourtown where I grew up in Germany. A young lady/teenager was killed during a exorcism her parents and a priest did to her over weeks without food, just some water. She was bipolar, but her parents didn't believe it. I was 11 at that time. It was topic everywhere.
This was the scariest film when it came out and still is 👀😱
I watched this at the movies with my girlfriend and I think it was in Dec of 73' we graduated high school 6 months prior. The first part I jumped was when she went to the attic, the lady in front of me must have jumped 3 feet high. If you want to watch the uncut version, it's much better. I wanted to watch it tonight on Halloween Eve but they only had the other parts. There was a couple of things I didn't like with this movie was The Cross and the Virgin Mary
My cousin and I went to see this when it first came out. He was an atheist, and was until he passed, but on the way home he was ready to go to a church for awhile. I miss him.