[graciegirl]

It scared me. AND although I don't think I believe in things like ghosts and spiritualists, I do firmly remember being impressed by the words from the Roman Catholic Baptism Ceremony...Where the sponsor is asked to renounce the devil for the soul too young to speak for itself. "Do you renounce Satan? I DO renounce him.'

The thread on the spiritualist was just closed and I am thinking that it is because it was about a NAMED person rather than that someone brought up a bible verse that said it was wrong to consult mediums. We are allowed to talk about things like that, aren't we? Although some people hold no belief in religion at all, and some find it a comfort????

The Exorcist scared the living daily lights out of me and I think it is because we were taught as children that Satan was a real entity.

Did it scare you?

[dewilson58]

Nope.

Amityville Horror did it to me.

[Carla B]

Yes, it was gross.
Years ago, when I saw "The Shining," it scared me too. But it left me wanting to visit "Timberline Lodge" at Mt. Hood, which I got to do a week ago.

[redwitch]

Have seen dribs and drabs of it while flicking through channels, but have never seen the whole movie. Something about heads going in circles and spewing green vomit just doesn't work for me. Soylent Green scared me because it was possible.

I do believe that spiritual and paranormal events can and do occur but talking to spirits, demon possession, etc. just are not in my belief circle.

[SFSkol]

I saw The Exorcist over a hundred times in 1973.

One of my first jobs after school was asst manager at our local movie theater. Back then things were very different as to how movies were shown. Movie companies would rent out specific theaters for extended periods, in the case of The Exorcist it was for a month to month contract period and we were the only theater in the county to show it. The studio even paid to have an ambulance waiting outside for the opening weekend to handle all the potential fainters. (There were two, I never found out if they were plants.) We had sold out shows for over a month. To this day I still know most of the dialogue. It was interesting to see how different audience reacted to certain parts. The biggest disgust reaction was to the spinal tap sequence. The spinning head and pea green soup scene either received screams or laughter.

[manaboutown]

I enjoyed the movie; it was scary! When she was a student at GU my daughter showed me the steps in Georgetown where the character Father Damien Karras died. Exorcist steps - Wikipedia

Linda Blair did a great job in that movie.

[Chi-Town]

The book was unbelievably scary. I remember reading it 45 years ago and having to put it down more than once. The first release of the movie was hard to watch. Reading the book first didn't help.

Much gore and shock has filled the screens since then, but The Exorcist still stands slone.

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[OpusX1]

Yes it did, along witha few others.
1. The exorcist.
2. Alien
3 The Omen

[Nucky]

I had to try to sleep with the closet door open and the night lite on. It cured me of watching these kinds of movies for the rest of my life. I did see the Tom Hanks movie Angels & Demon's. Same category different level of anxiety. I once heard from one of the Sunday morning television ministers, garbage in garbage out. I agree.

As our boys got older they would buy a DVD for us to watch each weekend most were easy going but the Series called SAW was the hardest thing to watch in my entire life. I'm sorry I ever watched them because I can't unsee them.

[golfing eagles]

Nope

I laughed through parts of it

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Nope

I laughed through parts of it

Wow. You're tough. BET you didn't know Father Lowery or Sister Basil.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Wow. You're tough. BET you didn't know Father Lowery or Sister Basil.

Tread very carefully!

Hypothetically, would you be willing to bet a lobster??

[Nucky]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Tread very carefully!

Hypothetically, would you be willing to bet a lobster??

Was anyone in the movie a patient? Boooo! Here's a good set up. If that movie didn't scare you what does. This should be great!

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Nucky

Was anyone in the movie a patient? Boooo! Here's a good set up. If that movie didn't scare you what does. This should be great!

Medicare Reimbursements.

[rexxfan]

Originally Posted by redwitch

Have seen dribs and drabs of it while flicking through channels, but have never seen the whole movie. Something about heads going in circles and spewing green vomit just doesn't work for me. Soylent Green scared me because it was possible.

I do believe that spiritual and paranormal events can and do occur but talking to spirits, demon possession, etc. just are not in my belief circle.

I was disturbed by the movie. Not scared, per se, just upset. For what its worth we had a priest at our local church in NY who had a lot of experience with exorcism. I recall him saying on more than one occasion that some of the sort of things you see in that movie actually did happen. Read more about him here:

James J. LeBar - Wikipedia