An ingenious opening scene. You expect to see christian themes but instead it starts with a muslim call for prayer. Its a statement that evil has no religion
pppaaaooo13 that’s what creeped me out cos watching this as a Muslim I assumed only Hollywood films targeted Christians and atheists but hearing the azaan sent shivers down my spine.
This opening really sets the tone and the mood of the film. It is an ancient evil that has been with man since the dawn of time, and who knows how many people it has tried to destroy.
I was still a kid when first watched this film.. this call for prayer stuck on my head for almost a week and even dreamed of it and woke up in the middle of the night.. Who had thought that now I’m here in Saudi Arabia and heard this calls for prayers 5 times a day. 😊
This film gets it right seconds in. It's absolutely incredible. "A William Friedkin Film" and "William Peter Blatty's" both fade in slowly with that creeping string track and then suddenly BAM. Hard cut to the title with an Islamic call to prayer and setting the scene in Northern Iraq. You went into this film hearing about a story of a little girl in America possessed by the devil which you're most associating with Christianity. It subverts your expectations and turns your head upside down in the first half minute and throws your feelings of safe expectation right out of the window and into an atmosphere of unease. This film is a masterpiece and a treasure.
fingers crossed the Islamic call to prayer eventually remains in that part of the world as opposed to its more recent spread across parts of the West, without the remote consultation of the people living here. Long live the Exorcist!!
@@MrSpookyLover did not say that once. It's progressive to let people worship however the fuck they want and wether it's Islam or Buddhism I don't care. What I do care about is chodes like you telling people where they can and cannot be.
+Charlie Dimas I agree. without this opening the movie would be far weaker. in fact, the opening is now my favorite part of the movie with the possible exception of the tense and deftly played scene between burnstyn and cobb.
@@Aman-nk5uq Rosemary's baby is great .I especially enjoyed it being on one of the main channels here in Ireland last Halloween. It's totally an alternative Halloween film. Mia farrow did great .
ZootWorld1 Blatty didn’t like this being called a horror film. He preferred to call it a theological thriller and saw it as a platonic love story between karras and the girl. It’s also filmed much differently than most horror films. Much more like a documentary, more dry.
I love this opening. Seeing Iraq something that is so different to our eyes. Seeing the difference people the different goings on in that country. Something we will most likely never see with our own eyes in person. I wish movies were still like this.
probably the most suspenseful opening of any movie. the title card and the blazing sun, and dead silence but a call to prayer. this movie is freakin sick
For some reason i always loved this calling to pray.. I never knew what it means until now .. but is a calming sound to my mind❤️❤️❤️I know is a Muslim calling and I am Catholic ❤️❤️❤️
This will absolutely make you fall in love with it, this is what you hear in muslim countries 5 times a day to go pray: th-cam.com/video/oM5hNuAmWs0/w-d-xo.html & this one th-cam.com/video/1rcWmniS2kI/w-d-xo.html
Here’s The English translation of the azan : God is Great! God is Great! God is Great! God is Great! I bear witness that there is no god except the One God. I bear witness that there is no god except the One God. I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of God. I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of God. Hurry to the prayer. Hurry to the prayer. Hurry to salvation. Hurry to salvation. God is Great! God is Great! There is no god except the One God.
How fitting! Adzan (Islamic calling for the daily 5 time prayer) started the exact moment the title card, The Exorcist, appears. Demons and devils fears the sound of Adzan, after all.
Beautiful, no-nonsense direction by William Friedkin from the first frame to the last. His early career in documentary film and television is a template he always worked from, and it helps 'The Exorcist' be all more effective.
Just watched this movie for the first time after hearing about it in pop culture my whole life, and this opening completely subverted my expectations. The artistry is simply on another level!
I've seen it multiple times, am watching it in my early 40s.. still gets me. "Shouldn't be watching this right now" right now = ever.. absolutely! Home run, Grand slam, and drop the mic and call it a day haha
eljugadorloco One of the great things about this opening is how there is hardly any dialogue.. but they show you enough to know that something big is about to happen.
he probably had a hand in it. The opening scene with the dogs and the statue has always been one of my favorite scenes of all time. I have no idea why. The pacing
Morpheus Sandman The director of this movie essentially is one. You should watch some of the behind the scenes regarding the director and writer. It’s fascinating
The haunting opening music followed by the screeching violins is just pure brilliance...I have been watching horror movies for my whole life and have never come across anything like this...mastery at its finest..
This is not “haunting opening music” bro. It’s the islamic call to prayer that is heard 5 times a day in muslim countries to go pray. This is it in Mecca-> th-cam.com/video/oM5hNuAmWs0/w-d-xo.html
Those violins were actually an enhanced sound of a bee stuck in a jar, heightened in pitch. Meshed with sounds of pigs in a slaughterhouse... It's hard to tell but that's how he was trying to get an unsettling emotion from the start
@John-ho4tv. It's not haunting music but a call to prayer that you hear five times a day throughout the Islamic world. Google the translation or from TH-cam.
A Muslim convert once summed up classical conditioning between two worlds: "The first time a Muslim hears the adhan is when they are born. The first time a non-Muslim hears the adhan is the opening scene of The Exorcist."
A smply amazing opening to a piece of Art, truth,honesty,love, dignity, solace, serenity, spirituality, fear, contentment, hope, ethics, belief, joy, pain, and reflection of "life". The first few minutes of this film are the most important and the scene with the fighting dogs and the Priest standing on the tight hand of the Almighty still gives me goosebumps. There is no other film which can be considered to be the same. ... the message of the film for me is to know there is good and evil in every person and that your doubts about a spirtual higher power" can be set aside... and that the power of evil can be just as strong as the power of "good". This is something you can doubt or shout. ... but no one knows you better than You.
Allah IS SATAN, dummy. What other "god" would command his followers to behead and maim.... what other "god" would promise SEX in exchange for harming other human beings. Perfect opening to a satanic movie, I must say.
@@jmo13322 YHVH does not mean I Am. That word in Hebrew is Anochi. Allah means The God(one God) in Arabic YHVH is The God personal name in hebrew. He brings into existence whatever exists i.e He is The God
I watched this movie when I was 8 years old, and I am now 30 years old. I used to love horror movies very much, but despite that, no horror movie ever scared me except this masterpiece. For me as an Arab and Muslim, when I heard the call to prayer at the opening of the film, I got goosebumps because according to Muslims, the call to prayer expels all demons and evils from a person. The culture of exorcism is an inter-religious and real culture. My uncle was an exorcist, and what was happening to Regan in the movie is completely identical to what was happening with the people from whom he was exorcising demons, but not as in the picture in the movie. I mean the frightening appearance and sound and some physical movements such as the movement of turning the head 360. ° But in terms of behavior, the attempt to desecrate the sanctities, and speaking in languages that the person did not previously know, it is completely identical to what happens in the movie. The difference between Muslims and Christians in the process of exorcism is that Muslims exorcise spirits using the Holy Qur’an, and the Qur’an is the word of one God. We believe in Jesus, but we believe that he is the Messenger of God, not God. Holy water for Muslims is water over which the Qur’an has been read. As for Christianity, they expel spirits through the Bible, and the Bible is the word of God. They consider God to be Jesus the Son and at the same time God. Holy water is water taken from the Jordan River. I felt that the director and writer knew that exorcism in Christianity would not work because the Christian concept of God is fundamentally wrong. I apologize for saying that, but this is the reality. That is why the director and writer made the exorcism at the end of the film useless and ended the film by making Demian Karras sacrifice his life. By asking the devil to possess him and then throwing himself out of the window... proof that what I said is correct, which is that Demian Karras was having a problem with faith before he saw the devil possessing Regan, but in the end he lost his faith again and chose to sacrifice himself because the process of exorcism would not It works. Additional proof is that the film also ends with the sound of the call to prayer, which is not a coincidence. It felt like a message from the director saying that exorcism in the Islamic way is the correct one. I bet that the director and writer were well informed about Islamic culture and it influenced them greatly.
Always loved this intro, there's something about that high screeching strings building to something you think is gonna be very loud, and it just cuts to the title with that eerie sounding chant behind it, it is so well done, it just gives me goosebumps every time, bravo friedkin... bravo
One of the greatest films ever made! A near perfect masterpiece of filmmaking. It should have won almost every category at the 1974 Academy Awards, especially for Best Picture.
Although William Friedkin almost certainly was involved in the conception of the opening scenes of the film it is not primarily his work that appears on screen. The opening sequence was filmed entirely in Iraq by Owen Roizman under the supervision of second unit director Terence Donnelly. For his work Roizman received an academy award nomination for best cinematography, one of ten garnered by the film.
It shocks you from the first scene, the cold terror that assails you, the violin that cuts and splatters blood, a distant song, an unknown language that calls to prayer... it takes away all your security. I never get tired of it. Masterpiece
@@ashkooool_ It's the Muezzin, the call to prayer right? I know it's Arabic, I wrote "unknown language" I meant a language with an ancient and sacred sound, different from the usual... beautiful
It's called Azaan buddy the director wanted to bring Faith in every non religious people through this movie 50 years later this movie still gives you the chills
I remember seeing a picture of U.S. troops at that very temple featured in this scene. This movie, in a way, foreshadowed America's now 25+ year war with Iraq.
If you have not heard the audiobook that’s read by William Peter Blatty himself, do yourself a favor and download it. His reading of his own novel is incredible.
Most beautiful call to prayer!I kept rewinding just hear it over and over it filled me with such emotion were I want to prostrate and pray to Almighty God!Allahu Akbar!Translation(God is Great!)I bear witness there is no God except the one God!I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of God.Hurry to the prayer.Hurfy to Salvation...God is Great!!!There is no God except the one God!....)As a child when I saw that movie I had no idea what the call to prayer was saying all I Know is I felt something. Amazing...I was on Google searching for who was the man who did this call to prayer(He has a gift from God) I found I'm not the only one looking for this information...God (Allah) Bless you all🌹,,,
Great horror movies like Exorcist & Halloween that were made before the 80s were always better because they let your imagination fill in the gaps. These things can happen in reality
Allahu AkbarGod is Great(said four times)Ashhadu an la ilaha illa AllahI bear witness that there is no god except the One God.(said two times)Ashadu anna Muhammadan Rasool AllahI bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of God.(said two times)Hayya 'ala-s-SalahHurry to the prayer (Rise up for prayer)(said two times)Hayya 'ala-l-FalahHurry to success (Rise up for Salvation)(said two times)Allahu AkbarGod is Great[said two times]La ilaha illa AllahThere is no god except the One God
Thank-you! I have always wondered what the man was singing about! I have always loved that type of singing,lovely voice/language/Arabic! It is very relaxing and great for meditating!
Louise Mitchell - It’s actually not singing. It’s a traditional way of calling muslims to prayer to the mosque or the time for prayer starts. If you hear on youtube the recitation of the Quran is also not singing. It is just the way the Quran is recited in its true form. In the Islamic narrative, the Quran is literally the words of God in Arabic and the way it was recited is the way God recited to the Angel Jibreel (peace be upon Jibreel) and pass it down to the Messenger Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and he just repeated what he heard. It’s not even poetry either, it’s a completely different arabic literature of its own which is unique and inimitable.
@@ComedyBros5 It follows is amazing and the Conjuring is pretty ok. Hereditary and The Invisible Man(2020) are overrated tripe imo. The Lighthouse and The VVitch are better imo.
I'm Armenian and i happen too LOVE the Arabic chanting in the beginning. VERY similar too what our Armenian priests do. Except we are christian big difference.
The Devil or demon in the Exorcist is either Satan or one of his fallen angels i.e Pazuzu. It's implied however that the demon is in-fact Satan/Lucifer and is using one of it's many names. Such a creepy, nightmare inducing film,
Lyrics: Each phrase is traditionally drawn out longer than the last. Allahu Akbar (four times) Ash-hadu alla ilaha illallah (twice) Ash-hadu anna Muhammadar Rasulullah (twice) Hayya alassalah (twice) Hayya alal-Falah (twice) Allahu Akbar (twice) La ilaha illallah Note: after consideration, I think, for this video, each phrase is said once or twice. I believe the phrasing is stopped at the 4th phrase.
ReviewCam "Allaahu Akbar" = God is Greater (than whatever you are busy with right now) "Ash'hadu A(nn) Laa Ilaaha Illa'llaah" = I bear witness that there is no god except God [first part of the Islamic creed] "Ash'hadu Anna Muhammadan Rasoolu'llaah" = I bear witness that Mohammed is the Messenger of God [second part of the Islamic creed] "Hayya 'Ala's-Salaah" = (hence) Come towards Prayer [i.e. the canonical daily prayer] "Hayya 'Ala'l-falaah" = (and thus) Come towards Success [i.e. God will give you success] "Allaahu Akbar" = God is the Greatest [repeated as a reminder] "Laa Ilaaha Illa'llaah" = There is no god except God [again as a reminder]
Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Eshedu en la ilahe ilelah Eshedu en la ilahe ilelah Eshedu ene Muhamedun resululah Eshedu ene Muhamedun resululah Haja alel salah Haja alel salah Haja alel felah Haja alel felah Allahu ekber Allahu ekber La ilahe ilelah ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️ Adhan, muslim call to prayer
Its basically must to reference islam in a movie about exorcism, because Islam has an old and still on going tradition of Exorcism (Ruqyah), the Kalimat and Takbir are fundamental in it, also the recitation of quran (Ayat ul kursi, al kahf, Nas, Ikhlas etc.) Are widely popular in these cases.
Yes it is.I believe this is only partial but along with being a call to prayer, it is also the verse that makes up one of the 5 pillars of Islam. The man says "God is great" 4 times then he says that he bears witness that there is no god but God two times and then says he bears witness that Mohammed is the messenger of God two times. I hope what i wrote wasn't too confusing it's just that I didn't want to write the verse in its entirety because the verse is very sacred and to casually quote the verse can be considered blasphemous to some.
"Allaahu Akbar" = God is Greater (than whatever you are busy with right now) "Ash'hadu A(nn) Laa Ilaaha Illa'llaah" = I bear witness that there is no god except God [first part of the Islamic creed] "Ash'hadu Anna Muhammadan Rasoolu'llaah" = I bear witness that Mohammed is the Messenger of God [second part of the Islamic creed] "Hayya 'Ala's-Salaah" = (hence) Come towards Prayer [i.e. the canonical daily prayer] "Hayya 'Ala'l-falaah" = (and thus) Come towards Success [i.e. God will give you success] "Allaahu Akbar" = God is the Greatest [repeated as a reminder] "Laa Ilaaha Illa'llaah" = There is no god except God [again as a reminder]
@@nicholaspiela4864so it’s a set up and introduction to father Merrin, and to show the origin of the demon. The scene right before the cut to Georgetown foreshadows the showdown at the end.
Interesting fact: The prologue was shot by a British crew and cinematographer (Billy Williams) not Owen Roizman, as US/Iraqi relations were not good and producers were worried a US crew would not return home.
I advise anyone, for educational purposes to do research on these topics: -Jinns -Rukya (Healing through Quran) -Meanings of the Islamic Call to prayer. It would help you understand the movie on a different level. Much respect and Salam.
I remember seeing an exorcism of a woman wearing a white hood possessed by a jinn here on youtube and it was one of the freakiest things I ever saw. Her skin was almost as white as her robe and her eyes were solid black and her voice was all distorted and deep. It could have easily been faked with today's technology and editing but I swear that was the real deal.
If u encounter evil beings/spirits.. if u ever use every methods such as throwing salt / throwing onion / throwing holy water or whatsoever but still have no effect.. i recommend ya to use/recite this 'azan' / "adhan' .. evil being are weak to this. The "words' are too strong for them. True story.
Great opening scene and movie. This opening scene seems cozy and creepy at the same time. Somehow it contrasts the rest of the movie. There is a lot of open space, movement, thoughness and evil is tolerable here. In the rest of the movie everything happens in that house, evil is concentrated, undilluted and intolorable for everyone.
RIP William Friedkin, the legendary director of The Exorcist, single-handedly the most iconic and terrifying film ever made.
50 years of Extreme Horror, The Struggle between Good and Evil.
An ingenious opening scene. You expect to see christian themes but instead it starts with a muslim call for prayer. Its a statement that evil has no religion
pppaaaooo13 that’s what creeped me out cos watching this as a Muslim I assumed only Hollywood films targeted Christians and atheists but hearing the azaan sent shivers down my spine.
pppaaaooo13
Yeah but they are linked religions, Abrahamic religions, as well as the judaism
Perfect comment!!
hahaha yeah a movie about a demon opens with a demonic call to prayer
@@CheekyKleurling piss be upon him
The most evil movie starts with the call to prayer, that says it all.
This opening really sets the tone and the mood of the film. It is an ancient evil that has been with man since the dawn of time, and who knows how many people it has tried to destroy.
Greed for the material world. And the Rothschilds are the current snake.
The islamic call to prayer at the start is to protect everyone from the Devil. it is calling out to God..to prayer, to faith, hope. It's protection
So powerful the azan.. feel it in the pit of my soul .. Mashallah
I was still a kid when first watched this film.. this call for prayer stuck on my head for almost a week and even dreamed of it and woke up in the middle of the night.. Who had thought that now I’m here in Saudi Arabia and heard this calls for prayers 5 times a day. 😊
@@Mrjoemarpsain’t no way are u a Muslim now?
Babylon fell lol Christianity will always win
ما شاء الله الله اكبر
@@rigajykra3159 ❤
One of the most POWERFUL movie intros to ever exist.
That's true 🔥❤️❤️❤️👍.
This film gets it right seconds in. It's absolutely incredible. "A William Friedkin Film" and "William Peter Blatty's" both fade in slowly with that creeping string track and then suddenly BAM. Hard cut to the title with an Islamic call to prayer and setting the scene in Northern Iraq. You went into this film hearing about a story of a little girl in America possessed by the devil which you're most associating with Christianity. It subverts your expectations and turns your head upside down in the first half minute and throws your feelings of safe expectation right out of the window and into an atmosphere of unease.
This film is a masterpiece and a treasure.
Amen
fingers crossed the Islamic call to prayer eventually remains in that part of the world as opposed to its more recent spread across parts of the West, without the remote consultation of the people living here. Long live the Exorcist!!
@@MrSpookyLover god damn you're out of touch
@@mostlyirishcarguy8955 you're so woke that you think bringing in more Islam is so progressive .. but it's not .
@@MrSpookyLover did not say that once. It's progressive to let people worship however the fuck they want and wether it's Islam or Buddhism I don't care. What I do care about is chodes like you telling people where they can and cannot be.
One of the best openings I've ever seen.
+Charlie Dimas I agree. without this opening the movie would be far weaker. in fact, the opening is now my favorite part of the movie with the possible exception of the tense and deftly played scene between burnstyn and cobb.
+Charlie Dimas what about dark knight ???
+teflonmagnet yeah it feels like a VERY different film at the beginning...I prefer this atmosphere to the possession stuff later..
TheGava4 i do too. it doesn't look dated and it adds so much texture. very sparse dialogue but shimmering with nefarious an exotic intrigue.
along with Bram Stoker's Dracula's!!
47 years later still the best Horror Movie ever
The Shining is the best horror movie ever
@@MrSpookyLover The Shining, Rosemary's Baby and The Omen to me are the greatest horrors. Rosemary Baby might trump them all. Yes it does
@@Aman-nk5uq Rosemary's baby is great .I especially enjoyed it being on one of the main channels here in Ireland last Halloween. It's totally an alternative Halloween film. Mia farrow did great .
@@MrSpookyLover one of the best but not the best, The Exorcist is better
No arguments here , this film gave birth to any religious themed horror film onward 😍
The prayer sounds so beautiful, really touches my soul ❤️
Breathtaking.
This was like "The Godfather" equivalent of horror films.
ZootWorld1 Blatty didn’t like this being called a horror film. He preferred to call it a theological thriller and saw it as a platonic love story between karras and the girl. It’s also filmed much differently than most horror films. Much more like a documentary, more dry.
K P its a horror
The Godfather was released one year before The Exorcist.
@@manifestanything6508 I agree with anyone who says that this movie is not supposed to be horror.
Best Horror's Film of all time : Exorcist
Best Ganster's Film of all time : Godfather
R.I.P William Peter Blatty. Thank you for terrifying the world.
Farewell William Peter Blatty Now You Can Rest in Piece old Men
LOL
He opened the world’s eyes to Satan and therefore to GOD.
I love this opening. Seeing Iraq something that is so different to our eyes. Seeing the difference people the different goings on in that country. Something we will most likely never see with our own eyes in person. I wish movies were still like this.
The opening that says 'This isn't just another horror film'
RIP William Friedken, thank you for your talent.
probably the most suspenseful opening of any movie. the title card and the blazing sun, and dead silence but a call to prayer.
this movie is freakin sick
Probably one of the best directed scenes in horror film history. The final piece is nothing short of genius
And you know right from this opening scene, that the tone has been set for this film
Made you feel like you shouldn't be seeing this right now
For some reason i always loved this calling to pray.. I never knew what it means until now .. but is a calming sound to my mind❤️❤️❤️I know is a Muslim calling and I am Catholic ❤️❤️❤️
This will absolutely make you fall in love with it, this is what you hear in muslim countries 5 times a day to go pray:
th-cam.com/video/oM5hNuAmWs0/w-d-xo.html
& this one
th-cam.com/video/1rcWmniS2kI/w-d-xo.html
Here’s The English translation of the azan :
God is Great! God is Great! God is Great! God is Great!
I bear witness that there is no god except the One God.
I bear witness that there is no god except the One God.
I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of God.
I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of God.
Hurry to the prayer. Hurry to the prayer.
Hurry to salvation. Hurry to salvation.
God is Great! God is Great!
There is no god except the One God.
fake catholic
Can you help an old alter boy? I'm a catholic
I wish more people like you would understand Muslims.
How fitting! Adzan (Islamic calling for the daily 5 time prayer) started the exact moment the title card, The Exorcist, appears. Demons and devils fears the sound of Adzan, after all.
Sorry, but I'm pretty sure director was ironic.
No actually. Muhammad’s repulsion of the Cross and all things Christ should give you a clue.
@@GaraGambini " All things Christ " yet he was revealed a chapter to recite after Jesus whose real name is Esau ( Yeshua ).
You missionaries are wild.
@@MacMac1313
Yes that’s right, Christ - who was the son of God.
@@MacMac1313 ignore that person. they call themselves christian yet are so easy to pass judgement and show bias towards others. how ironic.
Beautiful, no-nonsense direction by William Friedkin from the first frame to the last. His early career in documentary film and television is a template he always worked from, and it helps 'The Exorcist' be all more effective.
Just watched this movie for the first time after hearing about it in pop culture my whole life, and this opening completely subverted my expectations. The artistry is simply on another level!
I saw this in 1973. I was in high school and it scared me for months.
I saw this in HS also, my junior year. It took me days to get over it.
I've seen it multiple times, am watching it in my early 40s.. still gets me. "Shouldn't be watching this right now" right now = ever.. absolutely! Home run, Grand slam, and drop the mic and call it a day haha
chills throughout my entire body for the entire duration of the screeching violins....
Till this day the scariest movie ever. This movie haunted me my whole childhood
This intro made you feel like this is something you shouldn't be seeing
@@RDR-qg9pwAzaan was beautiful though
When you see the movie intro you imediatly know that the movie its going to be so awesome
oh hell yes.
eljugadorloco One of the great things about this opening is how there is hardly any dialogue.. but they show you enough to know that something big is about to happen.
Absolutely.
I don't know why, but every second of The Exorcist is unsettling. No other movie has reached to that level.
It's never scared me once
Not even a little bit
It's one of my favourite films but I could honestly sleep to it
Mashallah..adhan sounds so amazingly beautiful. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
It sure does sister
nah its quite revolting tbh
@@bobduncan6164 To Islamophobic turds, yes 😊
@@WillScarlet1991 thank you for the compliment shitting on their filthy religion is a humane thing to do
@renalmaa its a humane thing to be
I read somewhere Stanley Kubrick was attached to do The Exorcist. Imagine what that would have looked like.
With some hidden messages for sure, that only the awake can decipher
he probably had a hand in it. The opening scene with the dogs and the statue has always been one of my favorite scenes of all time. I have no idea why. The pacing
Friedkin, no more.
A religion-based movie made by an atheist? no thanks
Morpheus Sandman The director of this movie essentially is one. You should watch some of the behind the scenes regarding the director and writer. It’s fascinating
RIP William Friedkin thanks for all your movies...one of them this masterpiece.
My Country Iraq, i was in this Sumaric temple to nothern Iraq
isis destroyed this fine architecture now :(
@@himurogemma6032 such a waste
hey the army who fired the first missile is the culprit,regardless where the money came to buy the missile.@degree7
Timur Habibi - I always wanted to know what the old man was singing at the beginning during the title sequence. Do you know? Is it Arabic?
@@getshorty7549 yeah i wanna know too.
The haunting opening music followed by the screeching violins is just pure brilliance...I have been watching horror movies for my whole life and have never come across anything like this...mastery at its finest..
This is not “haunting opening music” bro. It’s the islamic call to prayer that is heard 5 times a day in muslim countries to go pray.
This is it in Mecca->
th-cam.com/video/oM5hNuAmWs0/w-d-xo.html
Those violins were actually an enhanced sound of a bee stuck in a jar, heightened in pitch. Meshed with sounds of pigs in a slaughterhouse... It's hard to tell but that's how he was trying to get an unsettling emotion from the start
@@kinghailz786 I think that's Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The violins here are an exact excerpt from Penderecki's First String Quartet
@@looney1023 Maybe. But what I said is definitely the case for this film. Friedkin himself said it
@John-ho4tv. It's not haunting music but a call to prayer that you hear five times a day throughout the Islamic world. Google the translation or from TH-cam.
As an adult rewatching it on huge 4K tv screen with volume loud , I was blown away by the whole Iraq scene .
It’s incredible
I came here for one of the best call to prayers I've ever heard
I personally think this is the best opening sequence to any film I've ever seen.
Even though I am not Muslim, I love the adhan (Muslim call to prayer). So beautiful and mystical.
Absolutely. It enchanting.
A Muslim convert once summed up classical conditioning between two worlds: "The first time a Muslim hears the adhan is when they are born. The first time a non-Muslim hears the adhan is the opening scene of The Exorcist."
I am atheist while in Thailand the call to prayer added to my experience and my isolation.
awreckingball convert to islam allah will reward you
gregcpgs Piss off!
Bridging the gap between 2 different faiths to show that evil doesn’t discriminate. What an opening.
RIP Mr Friedkin
Do Muslims battle the forces of Evil?
@@bettyottman1718probably
The concept of demons is pretty prevalent within both religions
@@bettyottman1718the antichrist, satan and jesus are important in islam
A smply amazing opening to a piece of Art, truth,honesty,love, dignity, solace, serenity, spirituality, fear, contentment, hope, ethics, belief, joy, pain, and reflection of "life".
The first few minutes of this film are the most important and the scene with the fighting dogs and the Priest standing on the tight hand of the Almighty still gives me goosebumps.
There is no other film which can be considered to be the same. ... the message of the film for me is to know there is good and evil in every person and that your doubts about a spirtual higher power" can be set aside... and that the power of evil can be just as strong as the power of "good". This is something you can doubt or shout. ... but no one knows you better than You.
I think it contains more than that
“And if an evil whisper comes to you from Shaitan (Satan), then seek refuge with Allah. Verily, He is All-Hearer, All-Knower” (Quran, Al-Aaraf: 200)
There is ONLY ONE GOD....JEHOVAH, THE I AM!
Allah IS SATAN, dummy.
What other "god" would command his followers to behead and maim.... what other "god" would promise SEX in exchange for harming other human beings.
Perfect opening to a satanic movie, I must say.
@@conspiracytheorista8988you, ignorant fool
@@jmo13322 YHVH does not mean I Am. That word in Hebrew is Anochi. Allah means The God(one God) in Arabic YHVH is The God personal name in hebrew. He brings into existence whatever exists i.e He is The God
@@conspiracytheorista8988 Ignorance is the key to failure, you fool!
Azaan is comforting to me. They did a great job making it eerie in this instance.
I watched this movie when I was 8 years old, and I am now 30 years old. I used to love horror movies very much, but despite that, no horror movie ever scared me except this masterpiece. For me as an Arab and Muslim, when I heard the call to prayer at the opening of the film, I got goosebumps because according to Muslims, the call to prayer expels all demons and evils from a person. The culture of exorcism is an inter-religious and real culture. My uncle was an exorcist, and what was happening to Regan in the movie is completely identical to what was happening with the people from whom he was exorcising demons, but not as in the picture in the movie. I mean the frightening appearance and sound and some physical movements such as the movement of turning the head 360. ° But in terms of behavior, the attempt to desecrate the sanctities, and speaking in languages that the person did not previously know, it is completely identical to what happens in the movie. The difference between Muslims and Christians in the process of exorcism is that Muslims exorcise spirits using the Holy Qur’an, and the Qur’an is the word of one God. We believe in Jesus, but we believe that he is the Messenger of God, not God. Holy water for Muslims is water over which the Qur’an has been read. As for Christianity, they expel spirits through the Bible, and the Bible is the word of God. They consider God to be Jesus the Son and at the same time God. Holy water is water taken from the Jordan River. I felt that the director and writer knew that exorcism in Christianity would not work because the Christian concept of God is fundamentally wrong. I apologize for saying that, but this is the reality. That is why the director and writer made the exorcism at the end of the film useless and ended the film by making Demian Karras sacrifice his life. By asking the devil to possess him and then throwing himself out of the window... proof that what I said is correct, which is that Demian Karras was having a problem with faith before he saw the devil possessing Regan, but in the end he lost his faith again and chose to sacrifice himself because the process of exorcism would not It works. Additional proof is that the film also ends with the sound of the call to prayer, which is not a coincidence. It felt like a message from the director saying that exorcism in the Islamic way is the correct one. I bet that the director and writer were well informed about Islamic culture and it influenced them greatly.
"The Exorcist"(1973) is a horror movie masterpiece!This is the best horror movie of all time with subject the possession and the exorcism!
50 years of Extreme Horror.
0:28 the most beautiful call to prayer I’ve heard
It is satanic
@@DonzaiNoHana nah it’s beautiful . And you stay commenting the same video u mad baby?
@@killerfreakhd6114 You got two A holes ? No? Then get another one cuz I am gonna blow one😜
@@DonzaiNoHana why you so upset baby?
@@killerfreakhd6114 Because baby that call to prayer is satanic verses from the Quran the message of misery and misfortune☪️🕋💣
Goosebumps on the opening scene
This opening is fucking amazing. Sets up the film perfectly. The Call to Prayer, the rising sun, just perfect.
yup a movie that about demons starts with call to prayer to a demon
@@bobduncan6164 😂
What a beautiful voice reciting azan
Always loved this intro, there's something about that high screeching strings building to something you think is gonna be very loud, and it just cuts to the title with that eerie sounding chant behind it, it is so well done, it just gives me goosebumps every time, bravo friedkin... bravo
eerie sounding chant sounds just about right....Thats the "Adhan" - aka the muslim call to prayer.
I don't understand how you find it eerie, have you heard Eastern Orthodox chants? That's eerie.
@@AshrafAnam no offence but it sounds like summoning of a demon
@@peaceforall3367 It's the sweetest song when you grow up hearing it everyday...it glorifies God in the most devoted way
The violin did the trick.The chanting is azaan,Muslim call prayer.
Arguably one of the best horror films of all time.
One of the best opening of all time...such a masterpiece (just the name Pazuzu send shivers down my spine)
The intro was basically my famille’s alarm clock when we use to live in Iraq lol. This will always be in my top ten movies of all time.
One of the greatest films ever made! A near perfect masterpiece of filmmaking. It should have won almost every category at the 1974 Academy Awards, especially for Best Picture.
opening is epic
Thats how to make an OPENING of a terror movie! 👏 Wow
One of the greatest and scariest motion pictures of all time, is a landmark in cinema.
The one, the only…
The Exorcist.
my favorite scene of the movie; so mysterious and foreshadowing.
The biggest intro to a horror great movie, the Arabic chants are excellent, a great hit from William Friedkin
Although William Friedkin almost certainly was involved in the conception of the opening scenes of the film it is not primarily his work that appears on screen. The opening sequence was filmed entirely in Iraq by Owen Roizman under the supervision of second unit director Terence Donnelly. For his work Roizman received an academy award nomination for best cinematography, one of ten garnered by the film.
Love how the makers had the call to prayer right at the beginning in a way of blessing and protecting us from this film lol
the first 20 minutes have always been my favorite
It shocks you from the first scene, the cold terror that assails you, the violin that cuts and splatters blood, a distant song, an unknown language that calls to prayer... it takes away all your security. I never get tired of it. Masterpiece
the prayer is in arabic mate 😃
@@ashkooool_ It's the Muezzin, the call to prayer right? I know it's Arabic, I wrote "unknown language" I meant a language with an ancient and sacred sound, different from the usual... beautiful
It's called Azaan buddy the director wanted to bring Faith in every non religious people through this movie 50 years later this movie still gives you the chills
I remember seeing a picture of U.S. troops at that very temple featured in this scene. This movie, in a way, foreshadowed America's now 25+ year war with Iraq.
Love lovel this cinematography in the opening of The Exorcist.
If you have not heard the audiobook that’s read by William Peter Blatty himself, do yourself a favor and download it. His reading of his own novel is incredible.
When I first saw the film this part surprised me I didn't expect it to start in iraq with a prayer over the title
What an unexpected intro. I really appreciate it I'm Muslim
So the Lord shall return; and the sound of his voice will be heard throughout all of humanity.
This opening is absolutely genius. A prologue really that incites all that followed with zero explanation.
What does the first part of the movie have to do with the rest? Set in Iraq and random desert then to the rest of the movie
@@nicholaspiela4864 the priest uncovers the devil which eventually possesses Reagan
Most beautiful call to prayer!I kept rewinding just hear it over and over it filled me with such emotion were I want to prostrate and pray to Almighty God!Allahu Akbar!Translation(God is Great!)I bear witness there is no God except the one God!I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of God.Hurry to the prayer.Hurfy to Salvation...God is Great!!!There is no God except the one God!....)As a child when I saw that movie I had no idea what the call to prayer was saying all I Know is I felt something. Amazing...I was on Google searching for who was the man who did this call to prayer(He has a gift from God) I found I'm not the only one looking for this information...God (Allah) Bless you all🌹,,,
Great horror movies like Exorcist & Halloween that were made before the 80s were always better because they let your imagination fill in the gaps. These things can happen in reality
Allahu AkbarGod is Great(said four times)Ashhadu an la ilaha illa AllahI bear witness that there is no god except the One God.(said two times)Ashadu anna Muhammadan Rasool AllahI bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of God.(said two times)Hayya 'ala-s-SalahHurry to the prayer (Rise up for prayer)(said two times)Hayya 'ala-l-FalahHurry to success (Rise up for Salvation)(said two times)Allahu AkbarGod is Great[said two times]La ilaha illa AllahThere is no god except the One God
Thank-you! I have always wondered what the man was singing about! I have always loved that type of singing,lovely voice/language/Arabic! It is very relaxing and great for meditating!
Louise Mitchell - It’s actually not singing. It’s a traditional way of calling muslims to prayer to the mosque or the time for prayer starts.
If you hear on youtube the recitation of the Quran is also not singing. It is just the way the Quran is recited in its true form.
In the Islamic narrative, the Quran is literally the words of God in Arabic and the way it was recited is the way God recited to the Angel Jibreel (peace be upon Jibreel) and pass it down to the Messenger Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and he just repeated what he heard.
It’s not even poetry either, it’s a completely different arabic literature of its own which is unique and inimitable.
@@KryptonKr beautiful explanation
The opening of this movie is downright artistic. It's so simple and hypnotic. I've heard some critics say it's their favorite part of the movie.
My favorite horror films.....The Exorcist, Halloween, The Shining
Star Blazers best
Others , Texas chainsaw massacre , psycho , pet sematary , exorcist 2 , omen , devil's eye , oculus , paranormal activity , insidious , evil dead , saw , grudge , ring , strangers , american psycho , vacancy , interview with vampire , visit , devil , signs , amityville horror , dark sky , shutter island , 1408 room , chucky , poltergeist , prince of darkness , end of days , and .................
They just don't make 'em like they used to! *Hereditary,* *Conjuring,* *It Follows,* and *Invisible Man* are solid "modern" horror films, though.
@@ComedyBros5 It follows is amazing and the Conjuring is pretty ok. Hereditary and The Invisible Man(2020) are overrated tripe imo. The Lighthouse and The VVitch are better imo.
@@Noname-ut1ye Oh my goodness...I feel horrible for ignoring those masterpieces. The Lighthouse is the most haunting film I've ever seen!
I'm Armenian and i happen too LOVE the Arabic chanting in the beginning. VERY similar too what our Armenian priests do. Except we are christian big difference.
it is islamic prayers.
The Devil or demon in the Exorcist is either Satan or one of his fallen angels i.e Pazuzu. It's implied however that the demon is in-fact Satan/Lucifer and is using one of it's many names. Such a creepy, nightmare inducing film,
Lyrics:
Each phrase is traditionally drawn out longer than the last.
Allahu Akbar (four times)
Ash-hadu alla ilaha illallah (twice)
Ash-hadu anna Muhammadar Rasulullah (twice)
Hayya alassalah (twice)
Hayya alal-Falah (twice)
Allahu Akbar (twice)
La ilaha illallah
Note: after consideration, I think, for this video, each phrase is said once or twice. I believe the phrasing is stopped at the 4th phrase.
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"Allaahu Akbar" = God is Greater (than whatever you are busy with right now)
"Ash'hadu A(nn) Laa Ilaaha Illa'llaah" = I bear witness that there is no god except God [first part of the Islamic creed]
"Ash'hadu Anna Muhammadan Rasoolu'llaah" = I bear witness that Mohammed is the Messenger of God [second part of the Islamic creed]
"Hayya 'Ala's-Salaah" = (hence) Come towards Prayer [i.e. the canonical daily prayer]
"Hayya 'Ala'l-falaah" = (and thus) Come towards Success [i.e. God will give you success]
"Allaahu Akbar" = God is the Greatest [repeated as a reminder]
"Laa Ilaaha Illa'llaah" = There is no god except God [again as a reminder]
Sounds like the video game of hitman 2 murder at the bazaar
Allahu Akbar
Allahu Akbar
Allahu Akbar
Allahu Akbar
Eshedu en la ilahe ilelah
Eshedu en la ilahe ilelah
Eshedu ene Muhamedun resululah
Eshedu ene Muhamedun resululah
Haja alel salah
Haja alel salah
Haja alel felah
Haja alel felah
Allahu ekber
Allahu ekber
La ilahe ilelah
⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️
Adhan, muslim call to prayer
Allah is not God ! Allah is devil !
Its basically must to reference islam in a movie about exorcism, because Islam has an old and still on going tradition of Exorcism (Ruqyah), the Kalimat and Takbir are fundamental in it, also the recitation of quran (Ayat ul kursi, al kahf, Nas, Ikhlas etc.) Are widely popular in these cases.
I’m so glad I looked at this when there were 686 comments and not the other number.
I loved the beginning since it showed my contry of iraq 🇮🇶 were I’m from
I love the transition to the title here. It's like the first mini jump scare.
Best ever opening EVER! so many layers to the plot best horror movie ever father Merin prepping for his ultimate battle all of it awesome 👏🏻
Sound design is amazing.
random question, but is the chanting the Islamic Call to Prayer?
Yes it is.I believe this is only partial but along with being a call to prayer, it is also the verse that makes up one of the 5 pillars of Islam. The man says "God is great" 4 times then he says that he bears witness that there is no god but God two times and then says he bears witness that Mohammed is the messenger of God two times. I hope what i wrote wasn't too confusing it's just that I didn't want to write the verse in its entirety because the verse is very sacred and to casually quote the verse can be considered blasphemous to some.
Yes
"Allaahu Akbar" = God is Greater (than whatever you are busy with right now) "Ash'hadu A(nn) Laa Ilaaha Illa'llaah" = I bear witness that there is no god except God [first part of the Islamic creed]
"Ash'hadu Anna Muhammadan Rasoolu'llaah" = I bear witness that Mohammed is the Messenger of God [second part of the Islamic creed]
"Hayya 'Ala's-Salaah" = (hence) Come towards Prayer [i.e. the canonical daily prayer]
"Hayya 'Ala'l-falaah" = (and thus) Come towards Success [i.e. God will give you success]
"Allaahu Akbar" = God is the Greatest [repeated as a reminder]
"Laa Ilaaha Illa'llaah" = There is no god except God [again as a reminder]
xaioxaio11 where I can find this song? What is the original name? Pleasseee
Lee Guido. wild child Which song? Its the Adhan the muslim call to prayer
Old movies will always be the best
film aficionados consider the opening scene to be the most intriguing scene in this movie. it's a very mysterious scene
Ant the music is chilling! I love it!
Who sings the call to prayer it's amazing
This intro is masterful in building suspense.
What is the connection? Why does it show Iraq in the first part?
@@nicholaspiela4864so it’s a set up and introduction to father Merrin, and to show the origin of the demon. The scene right before the cut to Georgetown foreshadows the showdown at the end.
@@nicholaspiela4864if you can find the documentatary leap of faith by William freidkin. It’s fascinating
Despite being the opening of the film, the Iraq scenes were ironically the final scenes filmed and filmed in post production.
Interesting fact: The prologue was shot by a British crew and cinematographer (Billy Williams) not Owen Roizman, as US/Iraqi relations were not good and producers were worried a US crew would not return home.
I advise anyone, for educational purposes to do research on these topics:
-Jinns
-Rukya (Healing through Quran)
-Meanings of the Islamic Call to prayer.
It would help you understand the movie on a different level.
Much respect and Salam.
I remember seeing an exorcism of a woman wearing a white hood possessed by a jinn here on youtube and it was one of the freakiest things I ever saw. Her skin was almost as white as her robe and her eyes were solid black and her voice was all distorted and deep. It could have easily been faked with today's technology and editing but I swear that was the real deal.
Still my favourite film of all time.
If u encounter evil beings/spirits.. if u ever use every methods such as throwing salt / throwing onion / throwing holy water or whatsoever but still have no effect.. i recommend ya to use/recite this 'azan' / "adhan' .. evil being are weak to this. The "words' are too strong for them. True story.
That actually sounds interesting. Do you know of any recent books on that? I don't really want to rely on Google. Thanks for sharing by the way.
when I fist saw this film I was NOT expecting the Iraq scene , awesome precursor
One of the best sunrises I have ever seen!!!
in one of friedkin interviews he said, he believes in mohammad's teachings, as well as jesus' teachings. maybe a reason why he chose this intro ...
I speechless when adzan start
“God is great,
I bare witness that there is no God but God,
I testify that Muhammad is the messenger of God.”
For those who want a translation
Correction:
"Allah is great,
I bare witness that there is no Gods but Allah,
I testify that Muhammad is the messenger of god."
@@connorcornwall1404Allah means God i know what you mean but for the western people reading its alot easier to understand
en tant qu’Irakien , j’aime vraiment ce film et cette intro
Great opening scene and movie. This opening scene seems cozy and creepy at the same time. Somehow it contrasts the rest of the movie. There is a lot of open space, movement, thoughness and evil is tolerable here. In the rest of the movie everything happens in that house, evil is concentrated, undilluted and intolorable for everyone.