[kj] OT - The Exorcist

[The Exorcist]

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Yos

At 08:57 PM 9/7/2008, cliffmonka at alaska.net wrote:

>original texas chainsaw massacre was damn scary,dunno guess i'm not 

>afraid of a

>little girl with spinning head,but a cannibal redneck chasing with a 

>chainsaw get's

>the blood moving.haha,Cliff

>

> >

> > "but it's not a 'truly scary movie', and there's more than a few"

> >

> > Well, it truly scares me, even this many years later. "The Omen" is

> > practically a comedy compared to "The Exorcist".

> >

> > Alex in NYC

> >

> >

> > On Sep 7, 2008, at 6:52 PM, Jim Harper wrote:

> >

> >> "One of the only really, truly scary movies."

> >>

> >> I'm afraid I can't agree there. The Exorcist is a good film, but

> >> it's not a 'truly scary movie', and there's more than a few.

> >>

> >> There are plenty of acknowledged 'classic' horror films that aren't

> >> worth more than a cursory watch, just so you can say you've seen it

> >> (The Shining and The Wicker Man fit the bill very nicely). To

> >> Friedkin's credit, he does at least ensure that The Exorcist doesn't

> >> turn into the kind of colossal monument to tedium that those two

> >> films are, but he does fall short of the 'classic' he usually gets

> >> landed with. I've always preferred The Omen. I realise comparing

> >> those two films- The Exorcist and The Omen- is likely to get me

> >> lynched, but The Omen is a more entertaining film. Mainly because it

> >> doesn't try to hide what it is. Both films are trashy exploitation,

> >> but whereas The Omen accepts that and gets on with business of being

> >> a really fun piece of trashy exploitation, The Exorcist (mainly

> >> through William Friedkin and William Peter Blatty, who spun the same

> >> crap about his novel when it came out) tries to pass itself off as a

> >> serious meditation on the mystery of Faith. Bollocks. Aside from one

> >> line, faith is never even mentioned. It's just a scary, gross horror

> >> movie, but one with ideas above its station.

> >>

> >> My apologies for the rambling there!

> >>

> >> Jim.

> >>

> >> NOW AVAILABLE: Flowers From Hell: The Modern Japanese Horror Film,

> >> by Jim Harper (Noir Publishing).

> >>

> >> "Fascinating overview of the Japanese horror boom... Comprehensive,

> >> in-depth and slickly presented."- DVD Monthly.

> >>

> >> Available from Noir Publishing, Amazon.co.uk, Waterstones and all

> >> good bookstores.

> >>

> >> --- On Sun, 7/9/08, Leigh Newton <angrytomhanks at yahoo.com> wrote:

> >> From: Leigh Newton <angrytomhanks at yahoo.com>

> >> Subject: Re: [kj] OT - The Exorcist

> >> To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 

> <gathering at misera.net

> >> >

> >> Date: Sunday, 7 September, 2008, 9:42 PM

> >>

> >> Also the classic "Stick your cock up her ass, you motherfucking

> >> worthless

> >> COCKSUCKER!"

> >>

> >> One of the only really, truly scary movies. The original Black

> >> Christmas and

> >> The Changeling are two more that come to mind. Anyone got anymore? I'm

> >> talking SCARY, not just kind of creepy or gross.

> >>

> >> Leigh

> >>

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