@kat lover the movie itself was a ahead of it's time..i dont want any remake if they were to touch this film. only thing thts allowed is touching up effects maybe in the near future for our future family to enjoy. cause old school effects in some movies look funny as time goes by
@kat lover There is a reboot of The Exorcist. In August 2020, it was revealed that Morgan Creek Entertainment is developing a theatrical reboot of The Exorcist. It is scheduled to be released in 2021.
As terrifying as The Exorcist was when I was a kid, I'm finding it more and more frightening as I get older. It's one of those perfect movies that can disturb you in a multitude of different ways.
I finally swallowed my fear and watched it last year for the first time at the age of 49! Scary, but also a murder mystery. I didn't know about that element of it, with Kinderman, who gave zero f**** about exorcisms. I can see why my parents didn't want to see it, as my sister died in 1973 of a rare heart condition, after many of most likely the same or similar tests Regan went through.
One of the scariest… If not the scariest movie ever made. Also, one of the scariest novels ever written. A true classic and masterpiece in every way, shape and form!
Linda Blair in all her Interviews couldn't be more Happy and is a Wonderful human being.. it's crazy that she really transformed into the scariest Demon in film history!
The effects were as raw as you could get.. that's what made Salem's lot and this movie that much more terrifying when you see this was not computer animation, these were actual people doing this shit.
One of the best movies of all time. It's practically perfect. And what is so ominous about it is the fact that it is a SERIOUS movie and takes itself seriously. You don't watch it as a movie but more as a news report. Just magic.
Beverly Waits I know right I was doing pretty well when I snuck off to the family room to watch this on TV and put a towel up against the door so the TV light wouldn’t show through it and it was pretty crazy but the second Reagan came down the stairs upside down I absolutely lost my shit !!!!!! Unfortunately I could not get out from under the rug and I had to lay there for the next 30 minutes listening to the film until I had enough courage to turn the TV off then I had to travel the whole length of the entire house in the dark to get back to my bed 😐. I would’ve been like 9 years old! I can tell you that movie stuck with me for the rest of my life and I’m now 41 and I still can remember how scared I was the night I first saw that film👌🏻
@@bigstackD LMAO COMPLETELY 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂You just made my day. I had to read your statement twice because i couldn't stop laughing 😂😂Your statement should be based on a book about your ordeal. However I'm diffiently Feeling YOU! Include me in that book with you.😂😂😂👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
The Exorcist is one of my all time favourite films, I saw it when it was originally released and it still stands up today due to the quality of the cast and script. I took my kids to see a special showing of the directors cut at a local art house cinema a few years back. I expected them to find it a bit clunky as they have grown up with CGI but they enjoyed it as much as I did. The funny thing was that the bit they found most horrifying was that the doctor who did the EEG test on Regan was smoking in his office.
@@SharkieOttark They are 27 and 22 but we still like to go to the cinema together. When they were little it was a movie and McDonalds but now I pay for the movie and they pay for the post movie beers while we discuss what we have just seen.
I watched the exorcist for the first time as an adult in 2002. 50 inch screen, Dolby surround sound. WTF was I thinking? Can't imagine how it would have been to see it in theaters back in the 70s! Thanks for this Minty! You're a national treasure. This was a great way to start my morning... I think. 🤔
The Exorcist remains to this day the most intense film I have ever seen. I made the mistake of watching it late one night on the old Movie Channel cable channel after I returned from work way back in 1987.
People were fainting and vomiting and some even left the theater because they were so scared. The effects used for the movie was truly ahead before its time.
Actually, the vomiting and fainting was not from fright, it was always the result of the extreme, graphic and incredibly realistic looking scene where Regan is getting the needles and tubes inserted into her jugular vein...blood spurting out while in the hospital. This was clearly stated by both William Friedkin and William Perter Blatty in the hourlong Exorcist documentary.
11:54 Actually ‘The Exorcist’ was nominated for 10 Oscars®, winning two. And regarding Academy Award nominations, several horror movies preceded it. For example, the 1931 version of 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ was nominated for three Oscars, including a win for best actor, Fredrick March. However, 'The Exorcist’ was the first horror movie nominated for best picture.
back then it would be a drama about the possesion. thats what made movies in the seventies so great. drama first with good characterization which makes the film so believable and realistic
Could you imagine having to be the grown man to explain that scene to a 12 or 13 year old child let alone telling her parents hey by the way we’re gonna make your daughter fuck her self with a crucifix
The first time I saw this movie was back in the 80's during a free weekend promo for the pay cable channel, Showtime. I was a budding young adult at the time and I was he alone when I watched it. I was so freaked out by it that I got on my bike and rode across town to visit my aunt and uncle so I could be around older adults and feel safe. To be honest, I'd probably still do that if I saw for the first time today! 😄
Interesting and compelling commentary as always. Another interesting fact is that William Peter Blatty was close friends with Shirley MacLaine at the time he was writing The Exorcist, and it was his association with her that inspired him to switch the story from a possession of a boy, to a teenage daughter of a famous actress, which paralleled Shirley's life, since she too was a single woman who was an actress with a teenage daughter. In fact, the blurry photo on the original book cover of The Exorcist is a photo that William Blatty took of Shirley's actual daughter,..very interesting!
eagle nest okay I will try to find it online and watch it. To be honest the first one scares me 😳 I’m 30 and still afraid to watch it. Scariest movie ever lol. I will let you know if I watched it
@@FatMa-bh2fs yes it not quite as scary as the first but is an excellent thriller. One of my favorite movies. " I AM THE GEMINI KILLER. a little trick my master pulled. As the priest was dying i was being executed. So the master simply slipped me in .. It took me 12 yrs to regenerate his puny brain cells. Soo much time. "
"confronting and challenging" is the perfect way to explain this movie! I watched it when I was 12. Let me tell you I never in my life wanted to leave, run, close my eyes ever. I toughed it out, never closed my eyes, ran, or left the movie. but such reactions were new to me. I couldn't believe such a movie could deliver such piercing imagery. I was honestly was confused, shocked and could nothing else but keep watching, I was stuck. till the end. I later found myself not being able to think clearly and sleep for weeks. One and only true movie that ever reached such a depth of horror in me. absolutely wild! I later found out that I was traumatized. but dealt with real world trauma this is why I didn't run, leave, close my eyes. despite how repulsive and in your face the horror was. It was truly an unforgettable experience. still tugs at me at times. This is hardcore potent horror if you ever seen it. Just wow. Its like this movie/novel captures the devil himself and touches on every vile thing moment to moment and just holds it there.
I can relate my friend, there is something incredibly unsettling even in the first hour. I too was traumatised, I was just too young to rationalise what. I was watching. Nightmare on elm St. Did the same... I was only 8 yrs old though .
Yep, I'm sure that was one of the main contributors to it's success. Typically a horror movie is either made or broken by it's music, as it massively sets the atmosphere. Not to mention that Tubular Bells is an absolute master peace in itself.
Well done Minty, well done! I was waiting for this episode you did a great job with it. To this day this is still one of the most feared movies here in the states and even though the remake of IT surpassed its box office grossing for a horror film, if you adjust it for inflation THE EXORCIST is still the highest grossing horror film of all time. I watch it every Halloween and never get sick of it, such a great story. Thanks again for this great episode!
The deleted spiderwalk scene originally had shots of Blair with forked tongue. When they reincorporated the sequence into "The Version You've Never Seen" a new shot was made with the bleeding mouth. Blair's original stunt/body double actually reprised her role to shoot some newly added material as her build and appearence had not changed over the years. Hence why her face looked so different. She was stand in for certain scenes in the original. Such as the Regan vs the Crucifix close ups
In "The Exorcist: the version you've never seen", which was released the late 90's, included the spider walk down the staircase. It added an element to the movie, and the story, making it that much more frightening. Still the scariest movie ever made.
I think that the addition decades after the fact is ok, as everyone knows the movie's plot, outcome etc. But I agree that a contemporary addition so early in the film would have been a mistake.
Yep saw the directors cut at the cinema in 2001, and it also featured extended desert and hospital scenes. I have every DVD and blu-ray release; tragic much? lol
My kids when they where younger would get empty plastic bottles fill them literally with toilet water and would throw water on their dad and uncle saying that too them both, I about died over that cause they found the movie mainly funny and said cause how their Uncle and Dad act maybe they need a exorcism ... Ha
Bad and even possibly a good trip depending on the person. 😁.. I took a hit of acid the other day which I never do, and watched a cpl horror movies with my gf. We had a blast lol. Take LSD and watch Poltergeist and As Above So Below🤯🤡👻😳
I believe they did: Dick Smith and Rick Baker had many proteges in the years following, but everything must be cost-effective and under budget these days...
The movie did the same to me when I was a kid! It scared the hell out of me but like you, I loved it and have been in love with the spiritual every since.
I was in college when this movie was in theaters. A couple of girls asked me to take them to see it. One on either side of me, holding my hands. By movie's end, my arms were covered with bruises. Both were Roman Catholic and took it as documentary, scared to death. I was Muslim and took it as science fiction. I lived in Washington DC at the time. I was fascinated by seeing some many of my hang-outs as well as friends from Georgetown University who were extras in the film.
*sigh* you had a babe on each arm through the screening, and THIS is what you report back to us?! "F" for FAIL sir! Please re-submit this paper by next week, with more detail, and we shall reconsider your grading...
Everything about The Exorcist was so well done. I’ve never loved being scared by a movie more than by The Exorcist. The creeping, growing horror that each character faced-what an amazing build up of tension. And the terrifying special effects! For a month after my first viewing, I’d go to bed, close my eyes and suddenly visualize Regan’s head spinning 360 degrees. Or I might involuntarily imagine those green gushes of projectile vomit spewing from her mouth. I flinched every time I opened my closet door, as if the demon might be inside, waiting for me in the dark. I loved every minute of that delicious terror! But what I liked most was the character development, the spiritual challenges and the heroic sacrifices made during the movie in order to save Regan. Dr. Karras’ fate was particularly moving. What a hero-and he thought he had lost his faith. Obviously not!
It was actually nominated for nine oscars and won two of them (best sound and best adapted screenplay). It won several golden globes, including best picture of 1974 and best supporting actress (Linda Blair). It was initially available on video in the UK for several years until the later "video nasties" legislation suddenly made it illegal to sell or rent the film. It returned to the shelves in the late 'nineties, though, and was then finally allowed to be screened uncensored on UK TV after 9pm.
Mark, there are some awesome err... "photos" shall we say, of Linda in her glorious prime on the internet. And she was indeed stunning when she grew up. And an even better person now with her animal work.
Imagine seeing this in a theatre, having a 12 year old girl stabbing herself between the legs while shouting Let Jesus fuck you and then force her moms head down while sayonh lick me! Its controversial even by today standards. And then have her twist her head and saying "You know what she did? Your cunting daughter?" Its fucking genius.
@@TheZodiacRipper I saw it when it was re released in theaters back in September of 2000(Sept.23rd to be exact) and let me tell you,it still scares the daylights out of you(or me at least).
@@mattinthehat3 I have seen a lot of horror and I dont scare easily. But The Excorsist and the ending of Sleepaway camp still creeps me out and Ive seen them many times. It never grows old.
one of my aunts told me that she and my great grandmother were about to watch this movie. Just as soon as they bought the tickets and stepped inside the theater, EMT's carried out some passed out movie goer in a gurney. The quickly changed their minds and asked to see another movies. My great grandmother died in 2002 and Aunt passed in 2013 and from what they had told me, they had never seen the movie nor had any interest in it after that.
The haunting theme music is the Grammy Award winning composition by Mike Oldfield. A best seller at the time is ideal background music for Halloween. It's a lengthy composition taking up one side of a vinyl LP. Best listened to in a darkened room with candles to get the full eerie effect. Saw the movie and had to walk home in the dark, too. This movie remains a top horror classic of all time. But parodies and comedic sketches of the time were hilarious. This movie was all the rage in its time.
One time I had a froggy throat and I did a perfect Reagan voice "it's an excellent day for an exorcism " it freaked out my wife and I was asked not to do that ever again. She's a long time fan of the movie having seen it at age 4 at the drive in movies.
I still recall the story my mom told of going to see this with my aunts, when she was a teen, & them all being scared shitless, & being much much too afraid to sleep afterwards. Including my aunt Helen, who was already grown & living on her own, at that point. She chose to spend the night at my late grandma's house, lol. Speaking of Ouija Boards, I also recall the story my mom told of having one when she was little, & my grandma taking & burning it, when she found it.
When I saw the re-release in the theater, there was a scream during the "spider walk" scene. I couldn't tell if it came from one of the guests in the movie, or from a fellow audience member. Also, I went to a Halloween event one time that featured a split pea soup eating contest.
One of my fave horrors of all time. I actually like the spider walk scene, it just gives a little extra without derailing the pace of the movie. But out of all my favorite scenes none of them feature linda blair lol. The Nuns walking in the wind with their flowing robes to the sound of tubular bells, and father merrin facing the statue in the desert with the dogs fighting in the background. Just wonderful haunting imagery. But that's not to take away from the brilliant linda blair and her performance and the others. Not just one of the best horror films ever made, perhaps even one of best films ever made.
@@cha5 I'm sure it doesn't. However I know at the age of 15 at that time after watching. The first NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET!(with Johnny Depp)I couldn't sleep in my own bed for a week!Now at 49 years of age. I still can recall that night!LOL 👍🏾😂
They left out a bit where William Friedkin got the reaction of Father Karras reacting to the phone ringing by firing off both barrels of a double-barreled shotgun(loaded with blanks) right behind his head without telling him first...
That's a wise call actually. These threads are full of people that are disturbed to this day, or had too many nightmares, couldn't sleep w/out lights and were terrified of their own bed after watching this movie.
I didn't see this until I was a teen, in the early/mid 2000s. Being older and already skeptical of the scare level in horror movies, this definitely surprised me! It was actually scary. Especially with those random flashes of faces. Definitely top of the scary list of horror movies. In a league of it's own
Lol your joking right this isn't scary at all because the girl looks like a zombie which in real doesn't happen people that are possessed dont look like that they look normal and act crazy and sometimes even funny but nothing else
Andy Thomas Type this in in the you tube search box "the devil's bible predicted September 11th over 700 years ago" the video last 9:13 the channel is titled leak project.
I haven't been this scared of a movie,since watching Freddy Kruger pulling Johnny Depp through the bed and all that blood went up to Ceiling!😂😂😂👏🏾 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
The Exorcist was available in the UK on VHS for rental in the early 80's, but after all the crazy 'video nasties' controversy, it did not get released again until around 1999, it was never listed as a video nasty, so was never really banned, just not released again until the late 90's. It did often play at the Cinemas in-between 1984 and 1999 in the UK.
@@frankbartolone6013 Evil Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Zombie Flesheaters (actually, just about anything to do with zombies - particularly the Italian ones), Cannibal Holocaust (still not been fully restored in the UK), Faces of Death, Rabid, I Spit on Your Grave, The Burning, Shivers, The Thing, Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I'm sure there were others, but those are the main ones that spring to mind right now. Also, Bruce Lee movies were cut; any scene involving rice flails was removed. They've been fully restored now though.
When I was little in the 80s, my sister and I had a babysitter that was this old lady in a wheelchair. Whenever we went to her house she made us hard boiled eggs and let us watch whatever we wanted, so we always watched The Exorcist. 🤣🤣 I don't even know if that woman knew what we were watching! But we watched it multiple times a week!
In 2008, I was working in the DC area. One day, I had to go to Georgetown for a meeting and I decided to take a side trip to see the infamous stairway. I was hesitant to go up them as there was a person sitting in the middle of the stairs. It was kinda creepy.
I remember seeing this classic when it came out, Brilliant film and a true classic. I can also remember the Samaritans handing out leaflets at the door when we a left the cinema..Oh the good old day's.. :-)
Heard blatty himself say in an interview once that he went to answer a phone ringing on the set of the exorcist and it actually jumped off the cradle and into his hand before he could even reach it. Yeah I can imagine alot of bad mojo went along with making that movie.
I was stuck in Marine Corps boot camp, when the film was released. I never knew of its existence, and so missed out on all of the hype surrounding it. During the summer of '74, a friend convinced me to see it, but I don't remember him telling me anything about it.....except maybe that it was a scary movie or something. I went into that little theater completely clueless.....LOL. I certainly got my money's worth.
The true story is, that there is no superstitious nonsense like demons, angels, god or satan. At best (or ratherworst) there are some highly disturbed humans out there.
At the time The Exorcist was filmed Max Von Sydow was only 44. Jason Miller was only ten years younger than him. They used a lot of makeup to make Max Von Sydow look older than he really was.
A good friend of our family was a Jesuit Priest. One night while he was visiting our house he said he assisted in an exorcism taking place partly in an area (St. Louis, Mo, USA) hospital, Alexian Brothers. The good Father shared a few storys of what the little boy suffered, but didn't go too deeply into detail. However, what he shared with us was quite frightening. Although our priest fried has passed away, God bless is soul, long ago, I still don't feel comfortable sharing his name.
@Imperium Europa It's really corny. It's got the original actress Linda Blair and Leslie Neilson. It's a National Lampoon spoof. Kinda like the Naked Gun or Scary Movie films.
My mom is 67 now & to this day, she says that this movie was the scariest for her & she saw it when it first came out & has seen many horror films in her lifetime.
Mum was pregnant with me when she saw the movie, she went around a friends house a few weeks later and they where playing with a Ouija board. She refused to go anywhere near the board, because she thought something might happen to her and me.
I may occasionally get a laugh, out of your pronunciation of some words, like pronouncing the T in the word "debut", like in one of your other videos. But, yours is one of my favorite TH-cam channels and I always watch what you upload. As for The Exorcist, when I was a kid, a friend of my parents saw it in the theater, and the movie actually made him vomit. Right around that same time, that friend's wife bought a ouija board (probably to freak out her husband, who vomited watching the film Lol) and she, my mom, & another friend used the board in the middle of the night, while I watched them. My mom asked the board a question, that neither of her friends knew the answer to, and the board answered the question correctly. My mom freaked out and insisted they put the board away and never use it again. My mom then went upstairs to use the bathroom. A thunder & lightning storm suddenly erupted, while she was in there. The bathroom had a skylight that lit up from the lightning and after the ouija board experience, my mom was so scared, that she came running down the stairs, with her panties, girdle, & pantyhose around her ankles! I literally couldn't stop laughing! Needless to say, when I asked for a ouija board of my own, the answer was a huge NO! Lol
i think i was in my early teens when i saw it for the first time on tv. never got scared but i sure love it. to this day, i still love watching it and my wife does too.
Ray Bradbury called it one of the greatest love stories he ever saw. Damion sacrifices himself for a girl he never met. It's doubtful a movie like this or Alien would get made now. Taking an hour to build up mood without much happening probably wouldn't fly now. One of the greatest films ever made because Batty and Fredkin never filmed it as a horror film.
@@kellinwinslow1988 Nekromantik by Jörg Buttgereit, is about necrophilia, so a very special kind of "love story", which is quite different kind from the romantic time travel love story that Christopher Reeve experiences in "Somewhere in Time". And if we are still at greatest love stories: Casablanca.
Good job, Minty, as usual. Let me just say...I've been up and down those iconic stairs in Georgetown. They are steep as hell and very scary in their own right. No one--other than a possessed priest who wants to die before being taken over by a demon--would ever want to tumble down them.
if you know jesus you will not scare them as jesus have exposed them who they are, they are fallen angels, as god created them beautiful, god do not created scary things
@@vincentyap3188 no , Faith in god . The writer of the movie is a believer in god , if you look the messages Of the movie , you would know the main character is father Damien karras, his faith is restored when he commands the demon to come in him , he sacrificed his life just like Jesus did for us
Minty NOOOOOOOO!!! There goes sleeping for the next several weeks! Lol I've seen the "Exorcist Steps" in person as I grew up not far from them BUT if I had been sitting in traffic, looked over & saw possessed Regan w/ her head screwed on backwards staring at me, I would have peed my pants while simultaneously having a stroke!
Maybe it's mentioned somewhere below, but anyways: Mike Oldfield's first album, "Tubular Bells", had recently come out and a small exerpt of the main theme was used in the scene where the two nuns' gowns move by themselves in dead calm weather. Due to "The Exorcist's" enourmous success, Tubular Bells became an instant hit, and since Tubular Bells was on of Virgin Records' very first releases, it more or less singlehandedly founded the base of today's Virgin Records empire, including the Virgin Atlantic airline company and the Virgin Galactic spaceflight company. Many years after both Tubular Bells' and The exorcist's releases, Oldfield went and watched the movie. He liked it, but he didn't understand what all the fuzz was about when it came out and why so few seconds of his music was enough for everybody to want to buy his record. It's mostly due to The Exorcist's soundtrack, and not least the main theme from Tubular Bells that a repeating piano theme is now used in many (if not most) horror movies.
A movie that should and always be respected.
kat lover in this day and age they probably will which will be a shame
Oh someone will remake it and remake it poorly. There's no originality in today's world.
Michelle Lammi I'd love to see how'd they fuck up a remake of it lol
@kat lover the movie itself was a ahead of it's time..i dont want any remake if they were to touch this film. only thing thts allowed is touching up effects maybe in the near future for our future family to enjoy. cause old school effects in some movies look funny as time goes by
@kat lover There is a reboot of The Exorcist. In August 2020, it was revealed that Morgan Creek Entertainment is developing a theatrical reboot of The Exorcist. It is scheduled to be released in 2021.
As terrifying as The Exorcist was when I was a kid, I'm finding it more and more frightening as I get older. It's one of those perfect movies that can disturb you in a multitude of different ways.
Me too. I can watch almost anything. This disturbs me.
I hear you. It’s a testament to the legend of this well made film.
I finally swallowed my fear and watched it last year for the first time at the age of 49! Scary, but also a murder mystery. I didn't know about that element of it, with Kinderman, who gave zero f**** about exorcisms. I can see why my parents didn't want to see it, as my sister died in 1973 of a rare heart condition, after many of most likely the same or similar tests Regan went through.
@@lululuvsmith5656 it didn't disturb me, it made laugh.
I still can't watch this movie alone smh lol
One of the scariest… If not the scariest movie ever made. Also, one of the scariest novels ever written. A true classic and masterpiece in every way, shape and form!
Kyle Curry Agree. The novel is just as scary, if not more so.
And... was meant to be a psychological thriller upon release, and NOT a bonfide horror movie
Ramsey's baby and the exorcist
i have never read the book, want to, but i am just scared. should i read it? need your opinions. thanks.
@@gavroche24 Been sitting on my book shelf since 1983; still unread... one day, lol...
Linda Blair in all her Interviews couldn't be more Happy and is a Wonderful human being.. it's crazy that she really transformed into the scariest Demon in film history!
No other horror movie will ever be like the exorcist.
Exorcist of Emily Rose?
Nikki Jenkins you’re right. I don’t think that any other movie will have the same impact as The Exorcist had.
The effects were as raw as you could get.. that's what made Salem's lot and this movie that much more terrifying when you see this was not computer animation, these were actual people doing this shit.
I read the book when I was 14 every light on, took me day. Twas awesome. William Peter Blatty look it up. Great movie
@Joseph Wilson no
One of the best movies of all time. It's practically perfect. And what is so ominous about it is the fact that it is a SERIOUS movie and takes itself seriously. You don't watch it as a movie but more as a news report. Just magic.
This movie scared the absolute crap out of me when I was a kid and I loved it 😳😳😳
bigstack D casting omg you and I both 😳🤪 lol 😂👍🏾
bigstackD Casting me too
Beverly Waits I know right I was doing pretty well when I snuck off to the family room to watch this on TV and put a towel up against the door so the TV light wouldn’t show through it and it was pretty crazy but the second Reagan came down the stairs upside down I absolutely lost my shit !!!!!!
Unfortunately I could not get out from under the rug and I had to lay there for the next 30 minutes listening to the film until I had enough courage to turn the TV off then I had to travel the whole length of the entire house in the dark to get back to my bed 😐.
I would’ve been like 9 years old! I can tell you that movie stuck with me for the rest of my life and I’m now 41 and I still can remember how scared I was the night I first saw that film👌🏻
@@bigstackD LMAO COMPLETELY 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂You just made my day. I had to read your statement twice because i couldn't stop laughing 😂😂Your statement should be based on a book about your ordeal. However I'm diffiently Feeling YOU! Include me in that book with you.😂😂😂👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
@@bigstackD the version of Reagan coming down the stairs wasn't released on DVD until early 2000 I believe
This movie is quite possibly the most terrifying film ever made.
You forgot about Showgirls.
keymanjim lol are you saying that because it was on last night? Because it was!
Yeah it is!
I always thought "Exorcist" was more funny than scary....
When you get older and empitise with the mother more it really fucks with your head
The Exorcist is one of my all time favourite films, I saw it when it was originally released and it still stands up today due to the quality of the cast and script. I took my kids to see a special showing of the directors cut at a local art house cinema a few years back. I expected them to find it a bit clunky as they have grown up with CGI but they enjoyed it as much as I did. The funny thing was that the bit they found most horrifying was that the doctor who did the EEG test on Regan was smoking in his office.
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Wtf why take your kids? Trauma is a real thing dude
@@SharkieOttark They are 27 and 22 but we still like to go to the cinema together. When they were little it was a movie and McDonalds but now I pay for the movie and they pay for the post movie beers while we discuss what we have just seen.
@@robertdraper5782 McDonald’s? Wtf?
@@jacksondollar5510 he meant they would go to McDonald's when they finished watching the films in cinemas.
I watched the exorcist for the first time as an adult in 2002. 50 inch screen, Dolby surround sound. WTF was I thinking? Can't imagine how it would have been to see it in theaters back in the 70s! Thanks for this Minty! You're a national treasure. This was a great way to start my morning... I think. 🤔
Same... except seeing it as an adult college student in 1999!
I can tell you what it was like, it blew our highs when me, my sister and God sister went to see it!
The Exorcist remains to this day the most intense film I have ever seen. I made the mistake of watching it late one night on the old Movie Channel cable channel after I returned from work way back in 1987.
Robert Adamcik now Rob you should have know better... you have to watch it late at night in the dark with at least one window open!
Oh it is hardcore, absolutely
Robert Adamcik I slept with all the lights on in my house for months after it
People were fainting and vomiting and some even left the theater because they were so scared.
The effects used for the movie was truly ahead before its time.
@Billy Times grow up lol
That wasn't real....they were just hyping shit up....They were paid to do that....
Actually, the vomiting and fainting was not from fright, it was always the result of the extreme, graphic and incredibly realistic looking scene where Regan is getting the needles and tubes inserted into her jugular vein...blood spurting out while in the hospital. This was clearly stated by both William Friedkin and William Perter Blatty in the hourlong Exorcist documentary.
I was a kid when it came out and remember hearing about how it messed up people who saw it. The stories would give me nightmares.
@Billy Times stop
11:54 Actually ‘The Exorcist’ was nominated for 10 Oscars®, winning two. And regarding Academy Award nominations, several horror movies preceded it. For example, the 1931 version of
'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ was nominated for three Oscars, including a win for best actor, Fredrick March.
However, 'The Exorcist’ was the first horror movie nominated for best picture.
Although according to Raising Hell - Filming the Exorcist, it wasn't even a horror film!
@@NickJay True, it was a movie about faith.
back then it would be a drama about the possesion. thats what made movies in the seventies so great. drama first with good characterization which makes the film so believable and realistic
Define “horror movie”…
To this day the crucifix scene remains the most vile, grotesque & disturbing scene in all of cinema.
Yep
Yep Yep
Could you imagine having to be the grown man to explain that scene to a 12 or 13 year old child let alone telling her parents hey by the way we’re gonna make your daughter fuck her self with a crucifix
It's even worse in the novel.
“Let jesus fcku”
The first time I saw this movie was back in the 80's during a free weekend promo for the pay cable channel, Showtime. I was a budding young adult at the time and I was he alone when I watched it. I was so freaked out by it that I got on my bike and rode across town to visit my aunt and uncle so I could be around older adults and feel safe. To be honest, I'd probably still do that if I saw for the first time today! 😄
The Spiderwalk scene was an outstanding scene.
D Fall INDEED lol 😂👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
That was the exercise part of the exorcism
Seems like it would have been far more disturbing back then. Now we've all seen far more unusual contortion. The net makes the rare common.
@@patrickmccurry1563 GREAT POINT 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🤔
I prefer the original version of the scene (with the tongue flicking)
safe to say linda blair was one of the best child actor ever
I completely agree. I feel she should have won the Supporting Actress Oscar instead of Tatum O'Neal.
If she could have only stayed away from Rick James....cocaine is a hell of a drug.
lol
Safe to say that Linda Blair was also the most tempting jailbait in the '70',huh??
@@marlonsanchez3141 it was probably a tie between her and Jodie foster
Interesting and compelling commentary as always. Another interesting fact is that William Peter Blatty was close friends with Shirley MacLaine at the time he was writing The Exorcist, and it was his association with her that inspired him to switch the story from a possession of a boy, to a teenage daughter of a famous actress, which paralleled Shirley's life, since she too was a single woman who was an actress with a teenage daughter. In fact, the blurry photo on the original book cover of The Exorcist is a photo that William Blatty took of Shirley's actual daughter,..very interesting!
wow!
The Exorcist III is a great and underrated movie also
Jeff Kerr you are right! Awesome movie
Didn’t know it exist
eagle nest okay I will try to find it online and watch it. To be honest the first one scares me 😳 I’m 30 and still afraid to watch it. Scariest movie ever lol. I will let you know if I watched it
eagle nest it’s more of a thriller than a “Demonic” flick
@@FatMa-bh2fs yes it not quite as scary as the first but is an excellent thriller. One of my favorite movies. " I AM THE GEMINI KILLER. a little trick my master pulled. As the priest was dying i was being executed. So the master simply slipped me in .. It took me 12 yrs to regenerate his puny brain cells. Soo much time. "
"confronting and challenging" is the perfect way to explain this movie! I watched it when I was 12. Let me tell you I never in my life wanted to leave, run, close my eyes ever. I toughed it out, never closed my eyes, ran, or left the movie. but such reactions were new to me. I couldn't believe such a movie could deliver such piercing imagery. I was honestly was confused, shocked and could nothing else but keep watching, I was stuck. till the end. I later found myself not being able to think clearly and sleep for weeks. One and only true movie that ever reached such a depth of horror in me. absolutely wild! I later found out that I was traumatized. but dealt with real world trauma this is why I didn't run, leave, close my eyes. despite how repulsive and in your face the horror was. It was truly an unforgettable experience. still tugs at me at times. This is hardcore potent horror if you ever seen it. Just wow. Its like this movie/novel captures the devil himself and touches on every vile thing moment to moment and just holds it there.
I can relate my friend, there is something incredibly unsettling even in the first hour. I too was traumatised, I was just too young to rationalise what. I was watching. Nightmare on elm St. Did the same... I was only 8 yrs old though .
Not to mention of the great Tubular bells by Mike Oldfield!!!!
Yep, I'm sure that was one of the main contributors to it's success. Typically a horror movie is either made or broken by it's music, as it massively sets the atmosphere. Not to mention that Tubular Bells is an absolute master peace in itself.
Woonk a great piece of music
Mike Oldfield is an great musician.
The "EXORCIST" the best horror movie of all times.
Well done Minty, well done! I was waiting for this episode you did a great job with it. To this day this is still one of the most feared movies here in the states and even though the remake of IT surpassed its box office grossing for a horror film, if you adjust it for inflation THE EXORCIST is still the highest grossing horror film of all time. I watch it every Halloween and never get sick of it, such a great story. Thanks again for this great episode!
I am going to see The Exorcist and Joker tonight at McHenry Drive In Theater in McHenry, Illinois.
Ha, I saw Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th there.
Jenny N why did you give us the address? Lol
@@diabloakland ....what? I didn't.
The deleted spiderwalk scene originally had shots of Blair with forked tongue. When they reincorporated the sequence into "The Version You've Never Seen" a new shot was made with the bleeding mouth. Blair's original stunt/body double actually reprised her role to shoot some newly added material as her build and appearence had not changed over the years. Hence why her face looked so different. She was stand in for certain scenes in the original. Such as the Regan vs the Crucifix close ups
In "The Exorcist: the version you've never seen", which was released the late 90's, included the spider walk down the staircase. It added an element to the movie, and the story, making it that much more frightening. Still the scariest movie ever made.
Spiderwalk was the scariest thing , I've ever seen. I can't seem to forget it. 🥺
I think that the addition decades after the fact is ok, as everyone knows the movie's plot, outcome etc. But I agree that a contemporary addition so early in the film would have been a mistake.
Yep saw the directors cut at the cinema in 2001, and it also featured extended desert and hospital scenes. I have every DVD and blu-ray release; tragic much? lol
Yeah that was the director cut that came out in 2001 or 2002
The power of Christ compels the 25 people who disliked this video.
Amen to that.
All hail Pazuzu
Haa haa!! 😂😂
Grumpy old biker lol 😂😂 😂😂 😂👍🏾 okay then
My kids when they where younger would get empty plastic bottles fill them literally with toilet water and would throw water on their dad and uncle saying that too them both, I about died over that cause they found the movie mainly funny and said cause how their Uncle and Dad act maybe they need a exorcism ... Ha
6:43 That face has haunted me for my entire life. A job well done.
You too! I saw it when I was around eight years old and just moved to new a new school from a Catholic School...that didn't help matters
@Brandin Zinck you obviously haven't seen my sister in law!!
12:27 That's one of the most beautiful smiles I've ever seen
Who is that person in the film post to be I remember when I was 6 and watched it
Could you imagine all those hippies that took a hit of LSD before going to see the movie? That's a bad trip right there.
Bad and even possibly a good trip depending on the person. 😁.. I took a hit of acid the other day which I never do, and watched a cpl horror movies with my gf. We had a blast lol. Take LSD and watch Poltergeist and As Above So Below🤯🤡👻😳
@@stacypare7955 people still take acid? I'm just surprised
Signed, old hippie lady
How was it?
Too funny thanks for that laugh
@@Dan-nt2yb was very fun.
I wish the people who did the practical effect on this had passed down secrets to this generation...CGI does not compare in the slightest.
I believe they did: Dick Smith and Rick Baker had many proteges in the years following, but everything must be cost-effective and under budget these days...
@@thedys70 They should be able to do a lot of these practical effects even cheaper than they could back in the day.
@@MastaSmack Perhaps
All depends on uses of it. Cg can be amazing and so can practicals. Hell both can go together very well. Its about how its used not the use of it.
The movie did the same to me when I was a kid! It scared the hell out of me but like you, I loved it and have been in love with the spiritual every since.
Listen to the audiobook on youtube it's narrated by the author and it's fantastic! All ten hours of it!
Okay.
I just bought the book off Ebay for 8 bucks!
Can't wait to read it!
I was in college when this movie was in theaters. A couple of girls asked me to take them to see it. One on either side of me, holding my hands. By movie's end, my arms were covered with bruises. Both were Roman Catholic and took it as documentary, scared to death. I was Muslim and took it as science fiction. I lived in Washington DC at the time. I was fascinated by seeing some many of my hang-outs as well as friends from Georgetown University who were extras in the film.
*sigh* you had a babe on each arm through the screening, and THIS is what you report back to us?! "F" for FAIL sir!
Please re-submit this paper by next week, with more detail, and we shall reconsider your grading...
@@thedys70 No kidding eh, lol.
My dad took my older sister to see this when it came out. She was thirteen. She had nightmares for a week. And now remembers it fondly.
Pip Smith we have a internal soul which is infinite, remember that
Everything about The Exorcist was so well done. I’ve never loved being scared by a movie more than by The Exorcist. The creeping, growing horror that each character faced-what an amazing build up of tension. And the terrifying special effects! For a month after my first viewing, I’d go to bed, close my eyes and suddenly visualize Regan’s head spinning 360 degrees. Or I might involuntarily imagine those green gushes of projectile vomit spewing from her mouth. I flinched every time I opened my closet door, as if the demon might be inside, waiting for me in the dark. I loved every minute of that delicious terror! But what I liked most was the character development, the spiritual challenges and the heroic sacrifices made during the movie in order to save Regan. Dr. Karras’ fate was particularly moving. What a hero-and he thought he had lost his faith. Obviously not!
It was actually nominated for nine oscars and won two of them (best sound and best adapted screenplay). It won several golden globes, including best picture of 1974 and best supporting actress (Linda Blair). It was initially available on video in the UK for several years until the later "video nasties" legislation suddenly made it illegal to sell or rent the film. It returned to the shelves in the late 'nineties, though, and was then finally allowed to be screened uncensored on UK TV after 9pm.
Yes! Starring my high school crush - Linda Blair. Love what she's doing to help animals in areas of disaster. Thanks, Minty! Another job well done!
She is a pretty cool person for her work with animals and damn how old is she?!! She looks damn near the same as she did 40 some years ago
I remember watching Exorcist II and seeing how smoking hot she was in that movie.
TBH If you developed a crush on her, after having seen her in make up in the excorcist, you are a seriously cool dude.
Mark, there are some awesome err... "photos" shall we say, of Linda in her glorious prime on the internet.
And she was indeed stunning when she grew up. And an even better person now with her animal work.
neoasura holy crap man! Calm down bud. 😂
The Italian poster for the Exorcist, when it came out, was an open window and Regan's eyes.
RTHA300 What discussion? I just see one interesting fact from Gregory and one a-hole comment from you.
@@kazbutler agree
My mom , told me when she went to see this movie in the theater, see started praying 🙏🏾. And praying hard
hail jebus!
Imagine seeing this in a theatre, having a 12 year old girl stabbing herself between the legs while shouting Let Jesus fuck you and then force her moms head down while sayonh lick me! Its controversial even by today standards. And then have her twist her head and saying "You know what she did? Your cunting daughter?" Its fucking genius.
@@TheZodiacRipper I saw it when it was re released in theaters back in September of 2000(Sept.23rd to be exact) and let me tell you,it still scares the daylights out of you(or me at least).
@@mattinthehat3 I have seen a lot of horror and I dont scare easily. But The Excorsist and the ending of Sleepaway camp still creeps me out and Ive seen them many times. It never grows old.
Thats the greatest story ive ever read. Can you type it again?
one of my aunts told me that she and my great grandmother were about to watch this movie. Just as soon as they bought the tickets and stepped inside the theater, EMT's carried out some passed out movie goer in a gurney. The quickly changed their minds and asked to see another movies. My great grandmother died in 2002 and Aunt passed in 2013 and from what they had told me, they had never seen the movie nor had any interest in it after that.
The haunting theme music is the Grammy Award winning composition by Mike Oldfield. A best seller at the time is ideal background music for Halloween. It's a lengthy composition taking up one side of a vinyl LP. Best listened to in a darkened room with candles to get the full eerie effect. Saw the movie and had to walk home in the dark, too. This movie remains a top horror classic of all time. But parodies and comedic sketches of the time were hilarious. This movie was all the rage in its time.
I remember the 'MAD' magazine spoofs! LOL!
One time I had a froggy throat and I did a perfect Reagan voice "it's an excellent day for an exorcism " it freaked out my wife and I was asked not to do that ever again. She's a long time fan of the movie having seen it at age 4 at the drive in movies.
Lol
I was 5 at home. Frozen scared but couldn't look away
Thanks Minty.This movie scared me as a kid and still does.
Paul M Krukovsky omg me too
As many of you know, Exorcist was SO scary that many people started going back to church!
This is just a masterpiece, horror or not.
Beep! Beep! Lie to a Cop! Beep! Beep!
I still recall the story my mom told of going to see this with my aunts, when she was a teen, & them all being scared shitless, & being much much too afraid to sleep afterwards. Including my aunt Helen, who was already grown & living on her own, at that point. She chose to spend the night at my late grandma's house, lol. Speaking of Ouija Boards, I also recall the story my mom told of having one when she was little, & my grandma taking & burning it, when she found it.
When I saw the re-release in the theater, there was a scream during the "spider walk" scene. I couldn't tell if it came from one of the guests in the movie, or from a fellow audience member. Also, I went to a Halloween event one time that featured a split pea soup eating contest.
The power of Minty compels you!
Hahahahaha love it
😂😂😂😂
Minty please, why you do dis to me Minty?
😂😂
Haaa! Nice one!
One of my fave horrors of all time. I actually like the spider walk scene, it just gives a little extra without derailing the pace of the movie. But out of all my favorite scenes none of them feature linda blair lol. The Nuns walking in the wind with their flowing robes to the sound of tubular bells, and father merrin facing the statue in the desert with the dogs fighting in the background. Just wonderful haunting imagery. But that's not to take away from the brilliant linda blair and her performance and the others. Not just one of the best horror films ever made, perhaps even one of best films ever made.
Nothing compares with the Exorcist greatest Horror film in History a true cinematic Masterpiece with immense Balls
It's well made but there's others I like more!
Constantine Xl Yes INDEED 👏🏾👏🏾 and I also Love the movie called CONSTANTINE,I believe it was Keanu Reeves who was Cast in it!😀👍🏾
The Omen scared me more than the exorcist
Beverly Waits Meh, 😒👎
It doesn’t come close to The Exorcist, and I’ll take Matt Ryan over Reeves any day regardless.
@@cha5 I'm sure it doesn't. However I know at the age of 15 at that time after watching. The first NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET!(with Johnny Depp)I couldn't sleep in my own bed for a week!Now at 49 years of age. I still can recall that night!LOL 👍🏾😂
They left out a bit where William Friedkin got the reaction of Father Karras reacting to the phone ringing by firing off both barrels of a double-barreled shotgun(loaded with blanks) right behind his head without telling him first...
The only horror movie to date still gives me the chills. Classic 👍
I’m 38 years old and I still haven’t what watched more than 5 minutes, I enjoy my sleep too much 🙃 however, respect it’s importance in movie history
its subtle in its spooky factor especially the start sequence in Iraq - very very well made movie
I feel the same way as Rosemary's Baby.
That's a wise call actually. These threads are full of people that are disturbed to this day, or had too many nightmares, couldn't sleep w/out lights and were terrified of their own bed after watching this movie.
I didn't see this until I was a teen, in the early/mid 2000s. Being older and already skeptical of the scare level in horror movies, this definitely surprised me! It was actually scary. Especially with those random flashes of faces. Definitely top of the scary list of horror movies. In a league of it's own
This movie scares me more now as an adult than when i was a child
Why?
Lol your joking right this isn't scary at all because the girl looks like a zombie which in real doesn't happen people that are possessed dont look like that they look normal and act crazy and sometimes even funny but nothing else
Demonic possession is not real, insanity is.
Andy Thomas Type this in in the you tube search box "the devil's bible predicted September 11th over 700 years ago" the video last 9:13 the channel is titled leak project.
haha I can't watch it alone with the lights out even now and I am 60 lol!
Still scary to me , i even had the worst nightmare because of this movie..
Oh, we all did; I assure you!
I still remember watching it at night by myself when I was 10. I remember the floorboards creaking and everything.
Brilliant Minty, you never run outta ideas do you!? You rock, dude!
Yay! Been waiting for this movie to get “The Minty Treatment”! 👀
I haven't been this scared of a movie,since watching Freddy Kruger pulling Johnny Depp through the bed and all that blood went up to Ceiling!😂😂😂👏🏾 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
That was really Johnny Depp's wine collection used for blood in that scene.
@@kungfew1396 lol 😂are you serious 😂😂😂👍🏾
The Exorcist was available in the UK on VHS for rental in the early 80's, but after all the crazy 'video nasties' controversy, it did not get released again until around 1999, it was never listed as a video nasty, so was never really banned, just not released again until the late 90's. It did often play at the Cinemas in-between 1984 and 1999 in the UK.
Mary Mungle and midge could you please explain, what were the video nasties in the UK? being American i have never heard of that.
@@frankbartolone6013 Evil Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Zombie Flesheaters (actually, just about anything to do with zombies - particularly the Italian ones), Cannibal Holocaust (still not been fully restored in the UK), Faces of Death, Rabid, I Spit on Your Grave, The Burning, Shivers, The Thing, Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I'm sure there were others, but those are the main ones that spring to mind right now. Also, Bruce Lee movies were cut; any scene involving rice flails was removed. They've been fully restored now though.
@@FerDeLance06 Rice flails?
the single most scariest movie EVER!
Joe Blow most scary or simply scariest. Not most scariest ffs!
This was my first horror movie ever since iwas a little kid age 9 scare the living 💩 out of me 😨
Movies back in the days was the best
@Greta Turdberger Yep, 1982 was the year, but I was 12. Vale the home video market; good times.
Nightmare on elm street scared me half to death.
When I was little in the 80s, my sister and I had a babysitter that was this old lady in a wheelchair. Whenever we went to her house she made us hard boiled eggs and let us watch whatever we wanted, so we always watched The Exorcist. 🤣🤣 I don't even know if that woman knew what we were watching! But we watched it multiple times a week!
My kinda gals!
This movie will always be one of my favourite movies... and the Exorcist III no one can do justice than William himself
As always I enjoy the observations made on this and other minty top 10. Good job
In 2008, I was working in the DC area. One day, I had to go to Georgetown for a meeting and I decided to take a side trip to see the infamous stairway. I was hesitant to go up them as there was a person sitting in the middle of the stairs. It was kinda creepy.
I remember seeing this classic when it came out, Brilliant film and a true classic. I can also remember the Samaritans handing out leaflets at the door when we a left the cinema..Oh the good old day's.. :-)
They deserved to be vomited on....
This was known as one of the most cursed movie ever made. Apart from Poltergeist and The Omen.
Never knew that about The Omen.
Yep was filmed in Georgetown the same time my brother was going to college there and diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Heard blatty himself say in an interview once that he went to answer a phone ringing on the set of the exorcist and it actually jumped off the cradle and into his hand before he could even reach it. Yeah I can imagine alot of bad mojo went along with making that movie.
You can add two more films to your list of 'cursed movies'.... "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Devil's Rain."
Love when Minty references Willy Wonka.. His accent makes him say Wonker.. Always makes me laugh
Ahhh Drums i read that as willy wanker, lol. I suppose there is a character with that name in a, ahem, higher rated production.
Blaze Piffington ok I need to know because I’ve heard this word many times watching English movies, wanker equivalent here in North America is ?
Not a word generally used in America but i think its just another way of saying A-hole
Ahhh Drums Thanks, I suspected it wasn’t going to be complimentary, but it’s meaningless here. Do you know the origins of it? Just curious...
Nope
I was stuck in Marine Corps boot camp, when the film was released. I never knew of its existence, and so missed out on all of the hype surrounding it. During the summer of '74, a friend convinced me to see it, but I don't remember him telling me anything about it.....except maybe that it was a scary movie or something. I went into that little theater completely clueless.....LOL. I certainly got my money's worth.
Sempa phi
195511SM semper fi
This movie scared the crap outta me when I first seen it at the age of 14, Liked
The true story is captured in the book ‘possessed’ by Thomas B. Allen for anyone interested.
"true"
Patrick McCurry well, whatever you make of it.
Ooooh. Thank you.
The true story is, that there is no superstitious nonsense like demons, angels, god or satan. At best (or ratherworst) there are some highly disturbed humans out there.
Frank Schneider Frank Schneider again, not debating this but the events that inspired the film are documented in that book.
What's really weird is that the old priest is alive and the young priest is dead!
Max Van Sydow died today. 10 March 2020
Oh shit
At the time The Exorcist was filmed Max Von Sydow was only 44. Jason Miller was only ten years younger than him. They used a lot of makeup to make Max Von Sydow look older than he really was.
@@kelst75 one of the greatest actors ever from through a glass darkly to the minority report. Rip old friend. You deserve it!
@@CaptainColdyron222 the makeup was amazing! Max was just in the emigrants before this and looked so young even mid thirties!
Thanks for doing one of my all time favorites. Now of to eat some pea soup and watch the movie again.
A good friend of our family was a Jesuit Priest. One night while he was visiting our house he said he assisted in an exorcism taking place partly in an area (St. Louis, Mo, USA) hospital, Alexian Brothers. The good Father shared a few storys of what the little boy suffered, but didn't go too deeply into detail. However, what he shared with us was quite frightening. Although our priest fried has passed away, God bless is soul, long ago, I still don't feel comfortable sharing his name.
Still scares me to this day 😱
a true horror classic..it still retains it's creepy factor even after repeated viewings...
Unlike its sequel, "The Heretic". Lol
"I've seen The Exorcist 67 times and it keeps gettin' funnier every time I see it!" - - Beetlejuice
You're qualified
Just don't say Beetlejuice three times. If you say Beetlejuice three times then the actual Beetlejuice will appear.
The exorcist is the best horror movies in the movie
Beetlejuice saw The Exorcist about 167 times
@@morningstar577 Oh damn! You're right!
of course followed up by the equally classic sequel 1990's "Repossessed"!
Kenneth Pedersen and Scary Movie 2!
Imperium Europa, oh i know I was just being funny
@Imperium Europa Repossessed was comedy spoof from the mid nineties.
@Imperium Europa It's really corny. It's got the original actress Linda Blair and Leslie Neilson. It's a National Lampoon spoof. Kinda like the Naked Gun or Scary Movie films.
My mom is 67 now & to this day, she says that this movie was the scariest for her & she saw it when it first came out & has seen many horror films in her lifetime.
Thank you for enlightening me about the artist and his work, Rene Magritte’s “Empire Of Light”.
I am now enthralled.
Only movie I saw where they gave out barf bags! I remember Mad magazine had a hilarious spoof of the film. Never looked at pea soup the same way.
That’s pretty cool to read :) assuming it’s true.
Mum was pregnant with me when she saw the movie, she went around a friends house a few weeks later and they where playing with a Ouija board. She refused to go anywhere near the board, because she thought something might happen to her and me.
Smart Mom. Those things are bad news. I don't know how they work but they do! No shit!
Who says it didnt?
@@rezindogg Because its just a board game, it does not do anything!
@@MONGIE30 now we can never be sure 🤔
Richard Newcombe a good idea, to avoid always
Great Video. 👏👏👏👏
You Are A Genius Minty, I Don't Know From Where Do You Bring All These Genius Information.
I may occasionally get a laugh, out of your pronunciation of some words, like pronouncing the T in the word "debut", like in one of your other videos. But, yours is one of my favorite TH-cam channels and I always watch what you upload. As for The Exorcist, when I was a kid, a friend of my parents saw it in the theater, and the movie actually made him vomit. Right around that same time, that friend's wife bought a ouija board (probably to freak out her husband, who vomited watching the film Lol) and she, my mom, & another friend used the board in the middle of the night, while I watched them. My mom asked the board a question, that neither of her friends knew the answer to, and the board answered the question correctly. My mom freaked out and insisted they put the board away and never use it again. My mom then went upstairs to use the bathroom. A thunder & lightning storm suddenly erupted, while she was in there. The bathroom had a skylight that lit up from the lightning and after the ouija board experience, my mom was so scared, that she came running down the stairs, with her panties, girdle, & pantyhose around her ankles! I literally couldn't stop laughing! Needless to say, when I asked for a ouija board of my own, the answer was a huge NO! Lol
Lisa Heisey is your mom hot?
Reagan: Yo mama!
Richard Pryor: What did you say?!
Haaaaa! Fuckin' priceless!
The bed is on my foot
The bed is on my foot
Reagan: Your mother sews socks that smell!!
That line still cracks me up!!
Yo mama eats Kitty Litter.
@Dee Blake Haha.
Back when movies and tv shows had balls !
That movie scared the HELL out of me. LOL
This was beautifully edited and narrated. Enjoyed it! Well done 👍🏼
This is the perfect movie. The story telling, the visuals, the structure of how the plot unfolds is perfect. It also gets scarier as I get older.
i think i was in my early teens when i saw it for the first time on tv. never got scared but i sure love it. to this day, i still love watching it and my wife does too.
Ray Bradbury called it one of the greatest love stories he ever saw. Damion sacrifices himself for a girl he never met. It's doubtful a movie like this or Alien would get made now. Taking an hour to build up mood without much happening probably wouldn't fly now. One of the greatest films ever made because Batty and Fredkin never filmed it as a horror film.
No no no, Nekromatik is the greatest lovestory ever. No contest.
@@TheZodiacRipper Never heard of it. Besides that's just what Ray Bradbury said. Personally I think Somewhere In Time is the best.
@@kellinwinslow1988
Nekromantik by Jörg Buttgereit, is about necrophilia, so a very special kind of "love story", which is quite different kind from the romantic time travel love story that Christopher Reeve experiences in "Somewhere in Time".
And if we are still at greatest love stories: Casablanca.
@@frankschneider6156 Doesn't really sound like my kind of movie. I'll pass. Lol.
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Well, I guess that's a wise choice, as this movie requires a special ehm taste ;-)
Dimmy please, why you do this to me Dimmy
This is a my house and I not going a no place
Your NOT MY MOTHERrrrrrr
Your mother's in here, Karras. Would you like to leave a message? I'll see that she gets it.
That part was real creepy.
Dimmy please!! Im afraid!!.
lmao
Good job, Minty, as usual. Let me just say...I've been up and down those iconic stairs in Georgetown. They are steep as hell and very scary in their own right. No one--other than a possessed priest who wants to die before being taken over by a demon--would ever want to tumble down them.
i always love your looks at movies, minty :P more eighties stuff in the future hopefully!
As a 31 year old man... I’m still scared of this movie.
That's wise actually.
if you know jesus you will not scare them as jesus have exposed them who they are, they are fallen angels, as god created them beautiful, god do not created scary things
@@vincentyap3188 the exorcist was never meant to be a horror film, it’s a movie about faith .
@@ccl7983 faith to the demon????
@@vincentyap3188 no , Faith in god . The writer of the movie is a believer in god , if you look the messages Of the movie , you would know the main character is father Damien karras, his faith is restored when he commands the demon to come in him , he sacrificed his life just like Jesus did for us
Minty NOOOOOOOO!!! There goes sleeping for the next several weeks! Lol
I've seen the "Exorcist Steps" in person as I grew up not far from them BUT if I had been sitting in traffic, looked over & saw possessed Regan w/ her head screwed on backwards staring at me, I would have peed my pants while simultaneously having a stroke!
Jenn, you are a riot!
This movie still freaks me out a little bit.
Would love to see do a video on Exorcist III. Probably one of the most underrated psychological thrillers of the past 30 years
Which also underwent a directors cut a few years back, but much of the deleted scenes lost by the numpties supposedly archiving them.
Maybe it's mentioned somewhere below, but anyways:
Mike Oldfield's first album, "Tubular Bells", had recently come out and a small exerpt of the main theme was used in the scene where the two nuns' gowns move by themselves in dead calm weather.
Due to "The Exorcist's" enourmous success, Tubular Bells became an instant hit, and since Tubular Bells was on of Virgin Records' very first releases, it more or less singlehandedly founded the base of today's Virgin Records empire, including the Virgin Atlantic airline company and the Virgin Galactic spaceflight company.
Many years after both Tubular Bells' and The exorcist's releases, Oldfield went and watched the movie. He liked it, but he didn't understand what all the fuzz was about when it came out and why so few seconds of his music was enough for everybody to want to buy his record.
It's mostly due to The Exorcist's soundtrack, and not least the main theme from Tubular Bells that a repeating piano theme is now used in many (if not most) horror movies.
Great movie, still scary to this day! Linda Blair did such a good job and I'm glad they went with these actors it was a great cast!