I've never been scared by The Exorcist.
I've never been to The Exorcist.
dagmaraka wrote:OK.
....but why pea soup? i like pea soup, just thought it's an odd choice.
If you have to ask, you can't have seen the film.
That face appears during Father Damien Karras' dream about his mother. He's wracked with guilt after having his mother committed to an asylum. In his dream his mother is in the distance walking up the stairs out of a subway entrance, and Damien starts to walk towards her. She continues to rise out of the entrance, and he hurries his pace. She's completely out of the subway entrance, and then that face is flashed for about half a second. His mother turns around and walks back down the subway entrance, and Karras awakes with a start.
Later, during the exorcism, the devil mind f*cks Damien. The room becomes almost blindingly overlit, and the devil, appearing as his mother on Regan's bed, all strapped down in the restraints that were placed on Regan says, "Dimi, why you do this? Why you do this to me, Dimi? Please Dimi, I'm afraid."
"You are not my mother!!!"
That is one of the most powerful aspects of the movie, a character who knew the deepest mental and emotional weakness of his adversary, and devastatingly exploited it against him.
oh thats the story.. thx infra...
InfraBlue wrote:That face appears during Father Damien Karras' dream about his mother. He's wracked with guilt after having his mother committed to an asylum. In his dream his mother is in the distance walking up the stairs out of a subway entrance, and Damien starts to walk towards her. She continues to rise out of the entrance, and he hurries his pace. She's completely out of the subway entrance, and then that face is flashed for about half a second. His mother turns around and walks back down the subway entrance, and Karras awakes with a start.
Later, during the exorcism, the devil mind f*cks Damien. The room becomes almost blindingly overlit, and the devil, appearing as his mother on Regan's bed, all strapped down in the restraints that were placed on Regan says, "Dimi, why you do this? Why you do this to me, Dimi? Please Dimi, I'm afraid."
"You are not my mother!!!"
That is one of the most powerful aspects of the movie, a character who knew the deepest mental and emotional weakness of his adversary, and devastatingly exploited it against him.
Yes it's horrible and my stomach churned just thinking about it.
Gonna join in here,better late than never
.Saw the original on it's release and,yes,it un-nerved me,but the extended version adds just that little bit extra for me and takes it into the "scarey" realm.The first time I saw the face behind the kitchen door had me out of my seat !!!!!!
It's topped a recent poll of scarey films,
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Yeah the Shining comes a close 2nd for me too. Maybe even joint 1st.
With zombie sheep, you know it's gotta be baaaaaaaa-d.
Terrible plot but remotely plausible. Since sheep are fed sheep bones, the possibility of them catching a prion disease and becoming blood thirsty beasts is a real possibility. Not good for a movie though.
Sheep just aren't very scary though are they?
Dorothy Parker wrote:Sheep just aren't very scary though are they?
When they start chewing on your guts, they will be!
The film was tongue-in-cheek and combined classic gory horror (good effects) with humourous banter. The violence of the lambs, a real treat.
