I was 5 when my uncle took me to see this in the theater in Mexico...the place was packed and we sat on the dirt floor. I couldn't sleep for weeks. It was the day I fell in love with horror.
I no longer find it scary, but for much of my life it terrified me. Didn't stop me from watching it repeatedly or seeing it as what it is: Truly great cinematic art.
One of the things that's great about seeing a classic film like this is it enables you to recognize when later films are making reference to it, like in "Ghostbusters." If you haven't seen it yet, a very old classic worth seeing is "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). It might not be that referenced anymore, but for decades it was highly referenced.
TRIVIA: "Father Dyer" and the President of the University are Actual Jesuit Priests! They were hired as local Consultants but were added in as Actors. Father O'Malley ("Father Dyer") still works in the area and loves to talk about his time in the movie. Both Linda Blair and Ellen Burstyn suffered major Back Injuries that required years to heal while filming, in separate incidents (They had happened during Filming and the footage was actually kept in the film). Two Technicians were also hurt, one losing a finger and another a toe in other mishaps. Filming was also delayed because of a fire that Destroyed some sets... the only room untouched was Reagan's bedroom. This movie was so realistic back then that People threw up in the theaters and some people believed they had become possessed by the movie.
@@quixote6942 ...it wasn't as tragic as the Twilight Zone movie. That is when people started being prosecuted. Making movies can be dangerous, just ask Alec Baldwin.
WE HAD A HEART ATTACK IN OURS DURING LINDA BLAIR HEAD TURN!... CENTURY CITY IN L.A. CALIFORNIA... I SAW LINDA BLAIR IN A COMEDY PLAY CALLED "WOMEN BEHIND BARS" AT THE ROXY THEATER ON THE SUNSET BLVE. CALIFORNIA!!!! GREAT SHOW!!! YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I watched this alone as a tuff h.s football player at the theater when it came out and locked the car doors on the way home scared shitless! At 68 it still is disturbing to me. Loved your reaction! Peace from Northern Michigan!
Anytime I see a review of The exorcist I click on it. And I'm so glad I came across yours because you have such a different approach. You have an intellect that you utilize very wisely. That mixed with your amazing accent and your expressions, all makes a perfect package! Bravo😊
Such a great movie, tension builds and builds with every scene, there's a quieter scene with the mother and doctors or the Father Karras then back to Regan who's possession is progressing with each scene. The subtle hints along the way, I love the scene where they discover she is talking backwards...and mentions Marin!
I would recommend doing a reaction to a slightly older horror movie, Rosemary's Baby (1968). This was really the start of the new realistic horror movies of the 1970s, and a great companion in both effect and theme, to the Exorcist
My grandmother was born in Lviv (Lemberg, as it was then called) and married my Sicilian grandfather when she got to New York. Ukraine/Italy works as a combination
Hello Inna!😊 I saved this one for later, as it is disturbing.😉 Yes, that was an "Ouija Board" used to contact the dead!😱 The priest from the beginning of the film, Father Merrin (Max von Sydow) was actually much younger than he appeared. He was 44 years old at the time, and was in age makeup. Great emotional reactions to this very unsettling film, Inna!!!🎬👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
During the bed scene where she's being whipped back and forth they actually used the young actress for that stunt. It was like a harness attached to her that pulls her up and down, it jolted her so hard that she injured her back during the filming of the scene. She said to this day she has back issues because of it. This is one of the scariest movies ever made, they made a terrifying movie that still holds up without using few special effects, no CGI and no use of booming loud noises full of bass randomly playing like modern movies need to get a scare out of people. It's all psychological and good film making techniques.
"The Exorcist" was a book everbody was reading and talking about, and that book's popularity demanded a movie...you won't see that happen anymore. We're no longer a bookreading society.
the thing about this movie is not the visual horror itself; it’s the fact that the movie toys with the characters while the audience knows exactly what’s happening we know the girl’s possessed, but no one else does, so every time something happens, there’s a logical explanation behind it: she could be lying about the bed shaking, her levitating could be a convulsion, her mood change could be puberty…. all the while, we know what’s the real reason, but the audience doesn’t, and while it sucks out all the life and energy from the characters, but it keeps us at constant suspense
The 1970's was not exactly the Dark Ages in terms of medicine. Yet, the procedure she undergoes is a CT scan of that time; and yes, they were that noisy and physically intrusive in 1973. Technology has very much improved. Medical doctrine hasn't actually changed that much. A team of doctors today would also do everything to check out physical symptoms and causes first, use drug therapy to try to contain it (Ritalin and Thorazine are still used). Hypnotism, Psychiatry and other non-"mechanical" therapies might be more readily used today. Certainly those drugs might well be prescribed through a Psychiatrist.
I remember seeing it at a drive in theater-and making people around us decidedly uneasy, you see earlier that day I had read Mad Magazine's parody of it,and heartily laughing as I saw where the parody got its take on it-from that point of view I found it quite funny,but people around us, not having that perspective, being creeped out by the movie, and hearing me cracking up like it was comedy found it a bit unsettling kind of like "who could find this that funny"-aaahhh for the good old days...
A very good reaction, and you're right. The purpose in this film is more to disturb than to outright terrify. Like he says about the goals of the demon itself. To make them despair. To break their will. Everything about what it does is just wrong.
😎👍 If it's of interest, all three of the female leads in this movie are still alive and well. Ellen Burstyn is 91, Kitty Winn is 81 and Linda Blair is 65. 👽 For a horror movie with some humor in it, I highly recommend "Poltergeist" (1982). 👻
a bit of background..... This movie was based on a novel by William Peter Blatty which was itself based on an actual exorcism of a 14 year old boy from Maryland which happened in St. Louis, Missouri in 1948. It took several weeks, the last few of which took place in the old Alexian Brothers hospital in south St. Louis, which as since been torn down. According to the priests journals, the events were similar to those in the movie but a bit toned down, no spinning heads or floating beds. Also, the part of Father Dyer, the younger priest who gave last rites at the end, was played by Fr. William J. O'Malley, an actual Jesuit priest who was brought onto the film originally as a consultant, but then given a small part. Father O'Malley, until his recent passing, taught at Fordham Prep School in the Bronx, NY.
I recommend a very old movie called 'Angel On My Shoulder' It is a comedy drama about a man who makes a deal with the Devil. It is truely a masterpiece! Enjoy! Claude Rains, Paul Muni and Ann Baxter
Great reaction!! A true horror masterpiece. The actors, the weather, the sound and the special effects make this film the best of its kind. Greetings from Tandil, Argentina! 🇦🇷🇦🇷🤗
The story is about Damian, and Father Marrin was the subplot. Damian losing and regaining his faith is his story arc. God used the girl as a vessel for Lucifer. Damian had to accept that the devil is real, help exorcise the devil, invite the devil into himself, then ultimately sacrifice himself to prove his faith. Father Marrin's faith never wavered, and God wanted him to go out fighting the devil himself, a true warrior for God. Damian, Father Marrin & Reagan were all rewarded with special places in Heaven by God. That's why the story is titled The Exorcist. The movie is about the girl, but the story is about Father Damian, The Exorcist.
@@juliocabral2084That's movies for you. You may be one of the VERY few who think it's cheesy. As for it being "unnecessary" then many scenes, not only in this film but in the majority of movies would be "unnecessary." They add to the atmosphere of the stories. I watched it as a kid in the movie theaters when that scene had been edited out and I wish I had had the chance to see it on the big screen.
Times were different; audiences were different (some now will say it's slow at the beginning but that's how they were) , technology was scary that those procedures were common in use. MRI not invented yet. No pausing in the theater, people really got sick. (There's another scene they put back in, I'll just say stair walk, but you can look it up when not creeped out.) You are feeling the way it supposed to make you feel, disturbed.
The Exorcist is the creepiest movie of all time, and maybe The Omen (the original) is the second creepiest. The young woman in the house, Sharon, is not an older sister, but a secretary for Chris McNeil. The Ouija board is what summoned the demon to Regan. That house was rented by Chris McNeil while they were making that film, and I guess the Ouija board just happened to be in a closet. The medical procedures were the latest for 1973, but the doctors were looking at the issue from a purely medical point of view. The pendant is a St Joseph pendant.
Inna, I'm glad you got a chance to see this film, even if it was so unsettling for you. You have to think back to 1973 and realize that nothing like this had ever been shown to the people in theaters across the US. It was the very first of its kind. No one had any idea of what they were subjecting themselves to because prior "horror films" were showing Frankenstein's Monster, The Wolf Man, The Mummy, and Dracula. Watch one of those old films and you'll see that they were COMEDIES in comparison to The Exorcist. This film changed that forever. You're one of the most innocent reactors out there. I wish you well on your scary movie journey. Another First Of Its Kind film that is unsettling is "The Blair Witch Project". No "reality film" movie had ever been widely seen by the masses prior to its release, and it scared a LOT of people.
"The Exorcist" is the first installment of William Peter Blatty's, author of the novel and the screenplay, Faith Trilogy. He wrote it as an evangelization tool to show that if the spiritual personification of evil exists in the world in the form of fallen angels / demons, then supernatural goodness as God must exist even more so. "The Ninth Configuration" from 1980, the second installment which he wrote and directed, while outwardly clothed as a farce, addresses these concepts explicitly. It also contains a story arc of the astronaut character from the party that Regan had told, "You're going to die up there", but does not otherwise reference the first film. ua-cam.com/video/97uD7Ax_Ukw/v-deo.html The third installment which Blatty wrote and directed is "Legion" which became "The Exorcist III" in 1990 after a major studio ordered reshoot. This film is a direct sequel to the original "The Exorcist". ua-cam.com/video/SdNhoXA66AY/v-deo.html
I always love & wait for the telephone jump scare. You are correct, dear. The same way i love & wait for "TUESDAY"!!!🥴!!! in The Shining.😅 See ya. ✌️🌎❤️
If you read the Bible, Satan was an Angel until he was cast out of Heaven. That’s why the full statue shows him with wings… Great reaction! I wish the memes hadn’t spoiled the disturbing images for you though.. 😂
Yeah, except it wasn’t satan from the christian bible, it was Pazuzu. Different mythology. I mean, all these stories borrow from the same sort of characters. Roman gods were revamped versions of Greek gods, etc, etc. In essence it doesn’t matter in this movie who/what the evil force is that’s taken over Reagan, it’s depraved and powerful, assuming it’s not just a cover up for something else.
Got into movie reactions a few Halloweens back - curious how ppl would respond to this film. (Subscribed! - lol) looking forward to the happier movies and shows 🙀😹
Burke was VERY suspicious; very sharp of you to point out. (The Burke angle is the key to an interesting---and pretty well argued---interpretation that is underneath the surface level possession narrative.)
I don't know if you knew but this movie was loosely based on a real life exorcism in 1948, the last approved exorcism by the Catholic church in the US. Maybe this is why you found it so "disturbing" as did I. I had a real life experience with a priest who had performed an exorcism overseas and at the time I had no idea what it was (I was around 10 I think) but it was terrifying. But don't worry about getting possessed, you have to invite the demon in, like Father Karras did at the end. Regan probably did that with "Captain Howdy" also, although they didn't make that part clear. The beginning probably made no sense at all to you so if you need help figuring that out just let me know. Anyway good review, have a good day, stay happy and healthy!
@innasolotv. The Ouija Board would have been the portal for her possession in this movie. Also, “Captain Howdy” was actually Pazuzu, which is an Assyrian demon of the wind according to demonology and is depicted in the film by the statue.
Before this movie the Ouija Board was just a common board game for children. It is only after this movie that people started associating it with conjuring spirits.
ringu has no sex, nudity, swearing, violence or gore but is a 15 certificate. its not for everyone but if you like japanese films it's worth a watch, in japanese with subtitles, not dubbed.
the demon Merrin says is Satan was Pazuzu and the point was it wanted a rematch with Merrin and this time it won, Reagan was never the target, Merrin was
Sharon is not the sister-she is the mom's personal assistant. Great Reacton. Im glad you paused the film to talk rather than just talk through the film and miss key points.
Sharon isn't an older sister. She's Chris McNeil's assistant. Many movie actors have assistants to help them with public relations and help set up interviews with the media and also answer calls from the movie studios, their managers, and, as in this movie, invitations to parties like at the White House. It's true, Regan never explained where she heard that her mom likeed Burke, but notice in that scene, when Chris first comes to tuck Regan into bed, she finds and comments on copies of Photoplay magazine near her bed (which was a magazine about the movie industry and movie stars, which probably included at least one gossip column about movie stars' private lives). I think it's a safe bet Regan read about the false rumor about Burke there. I mean, he's a drunk who gets into fights; I have trouble believing Chris would ever have any romantic interests in him. Well, not unless the demons were influencing his behavior as well as Regan's.
Great reaction. Just subbed!!! But... as you have watched the Shining, please consider watching Doctor Sleep. It is, essentially, The Shining part 2, as it continues Danny's journey. A must see, in my opinion. Plus, if you watch that, and enjoy it (well, "enjoy" being a matter of perspective, haha) than maybe you will get into more Mike Flanagan stuff like Haunting of Hill House, Bly Manor, Gerald's Game, etc...
At the end, the next priest tells the cop, the same thing Damian told the cop and in the same manner....I've seen it. Did he get possessed giving last rites to Damian?😮😮😮Hopefully this version u watched had the upside down crab crawl on the stairs, she does!! There's movies out of about 50 good horror movies, I never thought u would have the guts to do. I would put hereditary in the top 5!! The descent, barbarian, hereditary, the exorcist, hellraiser, drag me to hell, the ring, the grudge, lights out(watch the 2 minute short first!😮)the woman in black, the Conjuring, insidious Annabelle La llarona, Nun movies... It's all part of the Conjuring universe. The first Halloween and Friday the 13th, The Omen, Hellraiser, first evil dead trilogy, and I'll throw in 1982 The Thing, for the gore factor. But the exorcist, is THE horror movie all others are judged by!! Ironically, max was only 42 when he filmed this, he had trouble getting jobs after this because directors thought he was older! Linda did a masterpiece acting job here and should have got a lifetime Oscar. The director William Freidken kept the room at 40 degrees, fired pistols by the actors heads to scare them, and the green slime went into the young priest's mouth wasn't supposed to happen, that's why he looks so surprised! He was a cutting edge director! Max ironically not long before this, did maybe the greatest Jesus movie ever made, the greatest story ever told! He also did Conan, 3 DAYS of the Condor, minority report, and others! The moms back was permanently hurt in the scene where she's thrown down. Linda had to have round the clock security for about 8 months, because people were convinced she was possessed! She couldn't get much work after this either. The detective is a masterclass actor. Arthur Miller first saw him on stage, and said he wrote the play, death of a salesman, for him. He was in the acting masterpiece, 12 angry men! The voice actor is a woman who smoked cigs and drank whiskey every day of her life! She purposely went uncredited for this film! Orson Welles called her the greatest voice actor of all time! This movie, The Thing, Alien and Bladerunner, prove beyond a doubt, that practical effects a are way better than special effects, robotics, and CGI! This also tells u, never get a Ouija board! Somehow without explanation, part of the evil figurine and the Catholic pendant made it to DC. Where they were originally buried in Iraq, I'm sure the pendant was used to keep the demon inside the figurine. But when the Ouija board came out, it released the demon!! Type in here, news footage and stories of people leaving the theater from, The Exorcist 😮😮😮
22:52 la mamá de la niña tose porque según el relato del libro de la película dice que el aliento de la chica empieza a oler mal cuando ésta ruge, me refiero a la niña. Tenés que leer la novela de El Exorcista, saludos desde Uruguay 🇺🇾
A aca en chile nunca he encontrado la versión de cine que reacciono está niña , solo la. Versión extendida, creo que es mejor la versión original, donde aparece regan en la fiesta ...antes de hacer pipí en la alfombra, y cortan el diálogo final entre kinderman y el padre dyer , y la bajada de la escalera de regan , que aunque es muy espectacular, me parece mejor si no está .
"It's not reality, it's just a movie." I hate to do this to you, but that's not true. I lived about ten minutes from where the real boy, Ronald Hunkeler, lived on 40th Avenue in Cottage City, Maryland before he moved to St. Louis. Then, he came back to Maryland and worked at NASA. Living that close, I had heard about him most of my life, and seeing the movie at the theater when I was young scared me so bad. He just died four years ago of a stroke. After seeing this at the age of 14, no other movie ever really scared me again.
I apologize ahead of time for this list From Beyond The Beyond The Void Hellraiser Altered States Event Horizon The Evil Dead Baskin Martyrs Lord of Illusions
The Ring is a good movie! As good as this one? That'd be comparing apples with pears. Still, I do like The Ring, and it's one of those rare ones where the 'murican reake is just as good as the japanese movie (which, if I rememebr correctly, was a remake of a korean movie...? I may be wrong). Loved this reaction! You really caught the essence of it, todays jumpscare "horrors" are pathetic compared to this! If you want something that's both unsettling to your nerves and yucky I'd recommend The Thing (1982) if you have't seen it already, it's awesome. Thanks for uploading! Greetings from Sweden
THE DEMON WON: It was never after Reagan, it wanted to Kill Father Merrin, for Exorcising it once before (the time it almost killed him), and it wanted the Soul of a Priest that was losing Faith (Father Karras). The Pendent was the Key. When Merrin removed one from the dig site, it Released the Demon, and the Demon couldn't possess Damian because he wore one as well. Once it came off during the struggle (and Damian gave it permission), it was free to go into him.
Ummm yeah, that was t the lower abdomen. There was nothing like this rawness in any movie before it, and people indeed fainted and puked and ran out of theaters. But the hype had lines circling blocks at every showing.. It is based on a true story of the months long exorcism of a young boy in the 1930's or thereabouts.
INNA: During The Exorcist you said, "This isn't real life. It's just a movie." WRONG. Unlike most horror movies, The Exorcist is based on a true story, which includes some terrifying things in the film.
It's based on a fictional book which is inspired by reports of events, but if you look at the original case.... well, nobody died, and it was a fourteen year old boy named Ronald Hunkeler. There was speaking in tongues and weird voices, but not vomiting, no levitating, no spinning heads and no telekinesis. Also no Pazuzu. So it's about as 'real life' as a tabloid is an account of the news... or a reality TV show....
@@dp3154 When there have been films of exorcisms, the verbal accounts tend to point to fantastic things that seem supernatural. When the video is viewed it's really mundane acts that anyone could do. There is a tendency in stressful events to remember things far more intensely than what actually happened. The Ouija Board was just a common children's game until after this movie came out. That is when people started talking about it a a way to call up evil spirits. I had a Social Psychology class where the teacher was an amateur magician and did some tricks and some cold readings. Several of the people in class stated that they felt what he was doing was demonic. It's just tricks that anyone can learn and he told us that, but some of the people in class (college students) got really uncomfortable so the teacher stopped the act.
It was 3 different actresses 2 much older than the one who played Ragan. Ps, is your first name Georgina ? Here in Scotland Ina is short for Georgina.,
I’ve seen and read the novel this movie based on its not really bout the girl it’s bout Faith the young priest struggle with his faith but regain at the end also bout Older Priest fought this evil spirit called Pazuzu before seen the Statue in the beginning and reference when they said damm near killed him in the movie same demon when he and Damien doing the Exorcist the only horror movie got nominated for 10 Oscars included best picture the book explains way more details glad you watch the movie
I've run into an interpretation of this movie that seems plausible. The assertion is that she was molested by the director, Burke. Why was he in her room? The absent father opened the door to that. The violent bouncing on the bed, what does that remind you of? Blatty was intel. That's documented. Someone has to do such things. He had a background in psych as well. When he met Shirley MacLaine and her daughter, he might have noticed things. The daughter, Sachi, wrote a tell all. It probably didn't tell all. You get the idea.
I like your reaction to the terrible events in the film. I don't know where you're from from your accent, but you're awfully pretty; you could only be prettier if you had a beard like mine. Oh, and you make some very intelligent observations, sometimes too risky, but very intelligent, so if you're also paranoid I'll ask you to marry me when you grow a beard.
As watching this movie might have been disturbing, you should follow up by watching The Exorcist III. The brilliant sequel to one of the greatest movies, rip the bandage off !
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I love that shot of Father Merrin and the Pazuzu statue facing one another, symbolising the forces of good and evil facing off against each other.
I was 5 when my uncle took me to see this in the theater in Mexico...the place was packed and we sat on the dirt floor.
I couldn't sleep for weeks.
It was the day I fell in love with horror.
The “Exorcist Stairs” are a real place in DC that’s on the “dark tourism” circuit.
VERY spooky.
You hit the nail on the head: this movie isn't really scary, but profoundly disturbing.
I no longer find it scary, but for much of my life it terrified me. Didn't stop me from watching it repeatedly or seeing it as what it is: Truly great cinematic art.
A girl aware of every detail and full of empathy. I like that ;)
Thank you
Try Dark Night of The Scarecrow, a TV movie from 1981. Very good Halloween movie!@@InnaSoloTV
One of the things that's great about seeing a classic film like this is it enables you to recognize when later films are making reference to it, like in "Ghostbusters."
If you haven't seen it yet, a very old classic worth seeing is "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). It might not be that referenced anymore, but for decades it was highly referenced.
TRIVIA: "Father Dyer" and the President of the University are Actual Jesuit Priests! They were hired as local Consultants but were added in as Actors. Father O'Malley ("Father Dyer") still works in the area and loves to talk about his time in the movie.
Both Linda Blair and Ellen Burstyn suffered major Back Injuries that required years to heal while filming, in separate incidents (They had happened during Filming and the footage was actually kept in the film). Two Technicians were also hurt, one losing a finger and another a toe in other mishaps. Filming was also delayed because of a fire that Destroyed some sets... the only room untouched was Reagan's bedroom.
This movie was so realistic back then that People threw up in the theaters and some people believed they had become possessed by the movie.
@@quixote6942 ...it wasn't as tragic as the Twilight Zone movie. That is when people started being prosecuted. Making movies can be dangerous, just ask Alec Baldwin.
WE HAD A HEART ATTACK IN OURS DURING LINDA BLAIR HEAD TURN!... CENTURY CITY IN L.A. CALIFORNIA... I SAW LINDA BLAIR IN A COMEDY PLAY CALLED "WOMEN BEHIND BARS" AT THE ROXY THEATER ON THE SUNSET BLVE. CALIFORNIA!!!! GREAT SHOW!!! YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They used too many dang machines. I hate all the CGI now but at least the actors are safe.
I watched this alone as a tuff h.s football player at the theater when it came out and locked the car doors on the way home scared shitless! At 68 it still is disturbing to me. Loved your reaction! Peace from Northern Michigan!
This movie ranked at #3 in the 100 scariest movie moments on Bravo
the exorcist, "i don't feel scared i feel disturbed" 😁 good!
I admire you. You're sensitive, and yet pick the scariest movies!
Anytime I see a review of The exorcist I click on it. And I'm so glad I came across yours because you have such a different approach. You have an intellect that you utilize very wisely. That mixed with your amazing accent and your expressions, all makes a perfect package! Bravo😊
Thank you so much 🫶
Such a great movie, tension builds and builds with every scene, there's a quieter scene with the mother and doctors or the Father Karras then back to Regan who's possession is progressing with each scene. The subtle hints along the way, I love the scene where they discover she is talking backwards...and mentions Marin!
Getting to know the characters make the horror more effective when it finally begins. 👍
Absolutely!
42:43 My first time meeting you. What a great reaction! I recommend _The Omen_ (1976) for more classic 70s religious horror.
Disturbed is the right word. In the 70s, horror movies were focused more on disturbing the viewers than on jump scares.
The most thoughtful and insightful first-watch I've seen - and you're so well-spoken for English not being your first language! New sub
Thank you so much ❤️😭
I would recommend doing a reaction to a slightly older horror movie, Rosemary's Baby (1968). This was really the start of the new realistic horror movies of the 1970s, and a great companion in both effect and theme, to the Exorcist
Agreed. I see the Exorcist as the pinnacle of the genre, but not the wellspring.
My grandmother was born in Lviv (Lemberg, as it was then called) and married my Sicilian grandfather when she got to New York. Ukraine/Italy works as a combination
Hello Inna!😊 I saved this one for later, as it is disturbing.😉 Yes, that was an "Ouija Board" used to contact the dead!😱 The priest from the beginning of the film, Father Merrin (Max von Sydow) was actually much younger than he appeared. He was 44 years old at the time, and was in age makeup. Great emotional reactions to this very unsettling film, Inna!!!🎬👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The devil came through the Ouija board in the basement while Reagan was playing with it
Yes, I remember when this movie came out, it was all over the news, they said people were freaking out, running out of the theater etc
my grandma said when she saw this in the theater,
a woman behind her threw up all over my grandma
This film is unnerving and disturbing, it's not like a lot of modern horror films.
The Ring or the original Ringu are excellent films.
During the bed scene where she's being whipped back and forth they actually used the young actress for that stunt. It was like a harness attached to her that pulls her up and down, it jolted her so hard that she injured her back during the filming of the scene. She said to this day she has back issues because of it.
This is one of the scariest movies ever made, they made a terrifying movie that still holds up without using few special effects, no CGI and no use of booming loud noises full of bass randomly playing like modern movies need to get a scare out of people. It's all psychological and good film making techniques.
"The Exorcist" was a book everbody was reading and talking about, and that book's popularity demanded a movie...you won't see that happen anymore. We're no longer a bookreading society.
the thing about this movie is not the visual horror itself; it’s the fact that the movie toys with the characters while the audience knows exactly what’s happening
we know the girl’s possessed, but no one else does, so every time something happens, there’s a logical explanation behind it: she could be lying about the bed shaking, her levitating could be a convulsion, her mood change could be puberty…. all the while, we know what’s the real reason, but the audience doesn’t, and while it sucks out all the life and energy from the characters, but it keeps us at constant suspense
Exorcist, (The extended version is even better)...
If you want to see that actress that plays the mother, Ellen Burnstyn, absolutely killing it in another difficult movie, try Requiem for a Dream.
The 1970's was not exactly the Dark Ages in terms of medicine. Yet, the procedure she undergoes is a CT scan of that time; and yes, they were that noisy and physically intrusive in 1973. Technology has very much improved. Medical doctrine hasn't actually changed that much. A team of doctors today would also do everything to check out physical symptoms and causes first, use drug therapy to try to contain it (Ritalin and Thorazine are still used). Hypnotism, Psychiatry and other non-"mechanical" therapies might be more readily used today. Certainly those drugs might well be prescribed through a Psychiatrist.
I remember seeing it at a drive in theater-and making people around us decidedly uneasy, you see earlier that day I had read Mad Magazine's parody of it,and heartily laughing as I saw where the parody got its take on it-from that point of view I found it quite funny,but people around us, not having that perspective, being creeped out by the movie, and hearing me cracking up like it was comedy found it a bit unsettling kind of like "who could find this that funny"-aaahhh for the good old days...
A very good reaction, and you're right. The purpose in this film is more to disturb than to outright terrify. Like he says about the goals of the demon itself. To make them despair. To break their will. Everything about what it does is just wrong.
😎👍 If it's of interest, all three of the female leads in this movie are still alive and well. Ellen Burstyn is 91, Kitty Winn is 81 and Linda Blair is 65. 👽 For a horror movie with some humor in it, I highly recommend "Poltergeist" (1982). 👻
That’s awesome to hear!
a bit of background..... This movie was based on a novel by William Peter Blatty which was itself based on an actual exorcism of a 14 year old boy from Maryland which happened in St. Louis, Missouri in 1948. It took several weeks, the last few of which took place in the old Alexian Brothers hospital in south St. Louis, which as since been torn down. According to the priests journals, the events were similar to those in the movie but a bit toned down, no spinning heads or floating beds.
Also, the part of Father Dyer, the younger priest who gave last rites at the end, was played by Fr. William J. O'Malley, an actual Jesuit priest who was brought onto the film originally as a consultant, but then given a small part.
Father O'Malley, until his recent passing, taught at Fordham Prep School in the Bronx, NY.
I recommend a very old movie called 'Angel On My Shoulder' It is a comedy drama about a man who makes a deal with the Devil. It is truely a masterpiece! Enjoy! Claude Rains, Paul Muni and Ann Baxter
Great reaction!! A true horror masterpiece. The actors, the weather, the sound and the special effects make this film the best of its kind. Greetings from Tandil, Argentina! 🇦🇷🇦🇷🤗
The story is about Damian, and Father Marrin was the subplot. Damian losing and regaining his faith is his story arc. God used the girl as a vessel for Lucifer. Damian had to accept that the devil is real, help exorcise the devil, invite the devil into himself, then ultimately sacrifice himself to prove his faith. Father Marrin's faith never wavered, and God wanted him to go out fighting the devil himself, a true warrior for God.
Damian, Father Marrin & Reagan were all rewarded with special places in Heaven by God.
That's why the story is titled The Exorcist. The movie is about the girl, but the story is about Father Damian, The Exorcist.
"What's my mother's maiden name?"
"Bluggggghhhh."
"Nope, it ain't puke."
Not watching the extended version is the cause of missing one of the creepiest scene from movie history...
Except that seen isn’t really part of the history…
That scene is completely unnecessary, cheesy, and it doesn't even look like Linda Blair.
@@juliocabral2084That's movies for you. You may be one of the VERY few who think it's cheesy. As for it being "unnecessary" then many scenes, not only in this film but in the majority of movies would be "unnecessary." They add to the atmosphere of the stories. I watched it as a kid in the movie theaters when that scene had been edited out and I wish I had had the chance to see it on the big screen.
Times were different; audiences were different (some now will say it's slow at the beginning but that's how they were) , technology was scary that those procedures were common in use. MRI not invented yet. No pausing in the theater, people really got sick.
(There's another scene they put back in, I'll just say stair walk, but you can look it up when not creeped out.) You are feeling the way it supposed to make you feel, disturbed.
8:53 she told him “you arent my child” (in greek) as if she was denouncing him
Inna: "The Shining terrified me."
Me: "This is about to get bad."
I thought the same thing. 🤣
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@@InnaSoloTV Hi, just came across your channel, would really love it if you could react to the movie Ninja Assassin next.
I've never understood why people get scared of the shinning. I just don't get it. That is the least scary movie I've ever seen.
The Exorcist is the creepiest movie of all time, and maybe The Omen (the original) is the second creepiest.
The young woman in the house, Sharon, is not an older sister, but a secretary for Chris McNeil.
The Ouija board is what summoned the demon to Regan. That house was rented by Chris McNeil while they were making that film, and I guess the Ouija board just happened to be in a closet.
The medical procedures were the latest for 1973, but the doctors were looking at the issue from a purely medical point of view.
The pendant is a St Joseph pendant.
Agree 💯. Both movies "curved my spine", in different ways.
Inna, I'm glad you got a chance to see this film, even if it was so unsettling for you. You have to think back to 1973 and realize that nothing like this had ever been shown to the people in theaters across the US. It was the very first of its kind. No one had any idea of what they were subjecting themselves to because prior "horror films" were showing Frankenstein's Monster, The Wolf Man, The Mummy, and Dracula. Watch one of those old films and you'll see that they were COMEDIES in comparison to The Exorcist. This film changed that forever. You're one of the most innocent reactors out there. I wish you well on your scary movie journey. Another First Of Its Kind film that is unsettling is "The Blair Witch Project". No "reality film" movie had ever been widely seen by the masses prior to its release, and it scared a LOT of people.
"The Exorcist" is the first installment of William Peter Blatty's, author of the novel and the screenplay, Faith Trilogy. He wrote it as an evangelization tool to show that if the spiritual personification of evil exists in the world in the form of fallen angels / demons, then supernatural goodness as God must exist even more so.
"The Ninth Configuration" from 1980, the second installment which he wrote and directed, while outwardly clothed as a farce, addresses these concepts explicitly. It also contains a story arc of the astronaut character from the party that Regan had told, "You're going to die up there", but does not otherwise reference the first film.
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The third installment which Blatty wrote and directed is "Legion" which became "The Exorcist III" in 1990 after a major studio ordered reshoot. This film is a direct sequel to the original "The Exorcist".
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You know what you look like Taylor Swift but I love your content and I love The Exorcist
I always love & wait for the telephone jump scare. You are correct, dear. The same way i love & wait for "TUESDAY"!!!🥴!!!
in The Shining.😅
See ya.
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If you read the Bible, Satan was an Angel until he was cast out of Heaven. That’s why the full statue shows him with wings… Great reaction! I wish the memes hadn’t spoiled the disturbing images for you though.. 😂
Yeah, except it wasn’t satan from the christian bible, it was Pazuzu.
Different mythology.
I mean, all these stories borrow from the same sort of characters. Roman gods were revamped versions of Greek gods, etc, etc.
In essence it doesn’t matter in this movie who/what the evil force is that’s taken over Reagan, it’s depraved and powerful, assuming it’s not just a cover up for something else.
Got into movie reactions a few Halloweens back - curious how ppl would respond to this film. (Subscribed! - lol) looking forward to the happier movies and shows 🙀😹
Check out the movie: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) starring Donald Sutherland.
Burke was VERY suspicious; very sharp of you to point out.
(The Burke angle is the key to an interesting---and pretty well argued---interpretation that is underneath the surface level possession narrative.)
I don't know if you knew but this movie was loosely based on a real life exorcism in 1948, the last approved exorcism by the Catholic church in the US. Maybe this is why you found it so "disturbing" as did I. I had a real life experience with a priest who had performed an exorcism overseas and at the time I had no idea what it was (I was around 10 I think) but it was terrifying. But don't worry about getting possessed, you have to invite the demon in, like Father Karras did at the end. Regan probably did that with "Captain Howdy" also, although they didn't make that part clear. The beginning probably made no sense at all to you so if you need help figuring that out just let me know. Anyway good review, have a good day, stay happy and healthy!
No security blankets were harmed in the watching of this movie. 😁😆😅😂🤣
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@innasolotv. The Ouija Board would have been the portal for her possession in this movie. Also, “Captain Howdy” was actually Pazuzu, which is an Assyrian demon of the wind according to demonology and is depicted in the film by the statue.
Before this movie the Ouija Board was just a common board game for children. It is only after this movie that people started associating it with conjuring spirits.
not her sister, her assistant, Burke was the director of the movie she's in
Not horror.
A very good reflection on the loss of a newfound faith.
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Pazuzu
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pazuzu
Tubular Bells
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ringu has no sex, nudity, swearing, violence or gore but is a 15 certificate. its not for everyone but if you like japanese films it's worth a watch, in japanese with subtitles, not dubbed.
You've watch the mild version, You've supposed to watch the "Director's Cut" version.
the demon Merrin says is Satan was Pazuzu and the point was it wanted a rematch with Merrin and this time it won, Reagan was never the target, Merrin was
No, Karras was.
Sharon is not the sister-she is the mom's personal assistant. Great Reacton. Im glad you paused the film to talk rather than just talk through the film and miss key points.
Sharon isn't an older sister. She's Chris McNeil's assistant. Many movie actors have assistants to help them with public relations and help set up interviews with the media and also answer calls from the movie studios, their managers, and, as in this movie, invitations to parties like at the White House.
It's true, Regan never explained where she heard that her mom likeed Burke, but notice in that scene, when Chris first comes to tuck Regan into bed, she finds and comments on copies of Photoplay magazine near her bed (which was a magazine about the movie industry and movie stars, which probably included at least one gossip column about movie stars' private lives). I think it's a safe bet Regan read about the false rumor about Burke there. I mean, he's a drunk who gets into fights; I have trouble believing Chris would ever have any romantic interests in him. Well, not unless the demons were influencing his behavior as well as Regan's.
yea, imagine - the enormous buildup , expectations for this flick , and I'd guess very very few folks are disappointed.
If you haven't seen "The Sixth Sense" it's a top ten must see, reaction movie.
Yes, "The Ring" is another well made film that is very disturbing, too.😉
Great reaction. Just subbed!!! But... as you have watched the Shining, please consider watching Doctor Sleep. It is, essentially, The Shining part 2, as it continues Danny's journey. A must see, in my opinion. Plus, if you watch that, and enjoy it (well, "enjoy" being a matter of perspective, haha) than maybe you will get into more Mike Flanagan stuff like Haunting of Hill House, Bly Manor, Gerald's Game, etc...
If you want to see some slightly more modern psychological horrors, you could try some Rob Zombie movies.
At the end, the next priest tells the cop, the same thing Damian told the cop and in the same manner....I've seen it. Did he get possessed giving last rites to Damian?😮😮😮Hopefully this version u watched had the upside down crab crawl on the stairs, she does!! There's movies out of about 50 good horror movies, I never thought u would have the guts to do. I would put hereditary in the top 5!! The descent, barbarian, hereditary, the exorcist, hellraiser, drag me to hell, the ring, the grudge, lights out(watch the 2 minute short first!😮)the woman in black, the Conjuring, insidious Annabelle La llarona, Nun movies... It's all part of the Conjuring universe. The first Halloween and Friday the 13th, The Omen, Hellraiser, first evil dead trilogy, and I'll throw in 1982 The Thing, for the gore factor. But the exorcist, is THE horror movie all others are judged by!!
Ironically, max was only 42 when he filmed this, he had trouble getting jobs after this because directors thought he was older! Linda did a masterpiece acting job here and should have got a lifetime Oscar. The director William Freidken kept the room at 40 degrees, fired pistols by the actors heads to scare them, and the green slime went into the young priest's mouth wasn't supposed to happen, that's why he looks so surprised! He was a cutting edge director! Max ironically not long before this, did maybe the greatest Jesus movie ever made, the greatest story ever told! He also did Conan, 3 DAYS of the Condor, minority report, and others! The moms back was permanently hurt in the scene where she's thrown down. Linda had to have round the clock security for about 8 months, because people were convinced she was possessed! She couldn't get much work after this either. The detective is a masterclass actor. Arthur Miller first saw him on stage, and said he wrote the play, death of a salesman, for him. He was in the acting masterpiece, 12 angry men!
The voice actor is a woman who smoked cigs and drank whiskey every day of her life! She purposely went uncredited for this film! Orson Welles called her the greatest voice actor of all time! This movie, The Thing, Alien and Bladerunner, prove beyond a doubt, that practical effects a are way better than special effects, robotics, and CGI! This also tells u, never get a Ouija board! Somehow without explanation, part of the evil figurine and the Catholic pendant made it to DC. Where they were originally buried in Iraq, I'm sure the pendant was used to keep the demon inside the figurine. But when the Ouija board came out, it released the demon!! Type in here, news footage and stories of people leaving the theater from, The Exorcist 😮😮😮
My suggestion for you as a reaction video it's a drama-fantasy movie with a surprise ending
"A Monster Calls" (2016).
Check out the movies Hereditary(2018), The Conjuring(2013), The Conjuring 2(2016), and Insidious(2010).
22:52 la mamá de la niña tose porque según el relato del libro de la película dice que el aliento de la chica empieza a oler mal cuando ésta ruge, me refiero a la niña. Tenés que leer la novela de El Exorcista, saludos desde Uruguay 🇺🇾
A aca en chile nunca he encontrado la versión de cine que reacciono está niña , solo la. Versión extendida, creo que es mejor la versión original, donde aparece regan en la fiesta ...antes de hacer pipí en la alfombra, y cortan el diálogo final entre kinderman y el padre dyer , y la bajada de la escalera de regan , que aunque es muy espectacular, me parece mejor si no está .
"It's not reality, it's just a movie." I hate to do this to you, but that's not true. I lived about ten minutes from where the real boy, Ronald Hunkeler, lived on 40th Avenue in Cottage City, Maryland before he moved to St. Louis. Then, he came back to Maryland and worked at NASA. Living that close, I had heard about him most of my life, and seeing the movie at the theater when I was young scared me so bad. He just died four years ago of a stroke. After seeing this at the age of 14, no other movie ever really scared me again.
this was based on a true story, that happened to a 14 yr old boy in St Louis in the late 1940s the priest's diary is available online for free
that boy, who went on to work for NASA, later confided in a close friend that it was a hoax.
the ring is very good in a different way
I kind of feel bad that you watched this, it feels too dark for your spirit. That said, I enjoyed your reaction ahaha. Stay good.
If you thought this was scary try watching it in the dark alone
I apologize ahead of time for this list
From Beyond
The Beyond
The Void
Hellraiser
Altered States
Event Horizon
The Evil Dead
Baskin
Martyrs
Lord of Illusions
The Ring is a good movie! As good as this one? That'd be comparing apples with pears. Still, I do like The Ring, and it's one of those rare ones where the 'murican reake is just as good as the japanese movie (which, if I rememebr correctly, was a remake of a korean movie...? I may be wrong).
Loved this reaction! You really caught the essence of it, todays jumpscare "horrors" are pathetic compared to this!
If you want something that's both unsettling to your nerves and yucky I'd recommend The Thing (1982) if you have't seen it already, it's awesome.
Thanks for uploading! Greetings from Sweden
Good reaction to a classic and disturbing horror film.
Thank you!
THE DEMON WON: It was never after Reagan, it wanted to Kill Father Merrin, for Exorcising it once before (the time it almost killed him), and it wanted the Soul of a Priest that was losing Faith (Father Karras).
The Pendent was the Key. When Merrin removed one from the dig site, it Released the Demon, and the Demon couldn't possess Damian because he wore one as well. Once it came off during the struggle (and Damian gave it permission), it was free to go into him.
The lady at 3:02 reminds me of Emperor Palpatine.
It's the motorbike sound for me.
Check out The Omen (1976)
That demon was not very nice.
Poor girl and priests...he was hard on them!
Ummm yeah, that was t the lower abdomen. There was nothing like this rawness in any movie before it, and people indeed fainted and puked and ran out of theaters. But the hype had lines circling blocks at every showing.. It is based on a true story of the months long exorcism of a young boy in the 1930's or thereabouts.
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23:10 _You’re_ uncomfortable? Think of the poor hypnotist’s nuts! 😖
Now you need to check out THE OMEN.
Watch Ringu (Japanese) before you The Ring
not many people watch the ORIGINAL ring which i find far scarier
INNA: During The Exorcist you said, "This isn't real life. It's just a movie." WRONG. Unlike most horror movies, The Exorcist is based on a true story, which includes some terrifying things in the film.
Yeah, just keep telling yourself its not real. 😄pull out a Ouija board and ghosts will jump in you.
It's based on a fictional book which is inspired by reports of events, but if you look at the original case.... well, nobody died, and it was a fourteen year old boy named Ronald Hunkeler. There was speaking in tongues and weird voices, but not vomiting, no levitating, no spinning heads and no telekinesis. Also no Pazuzu. So it's about as 'real life' as a tabloid is an account of the news... or a reality TV show....
@@dp3154 When there have been films of exorcisms, the verbal accounts tend to point to fantastic things that seem supernatural. When the video is viewed it's really mundane acts that anyone could do. There is a tendency in stressful events to remember things far more intensely than what actually happened. The Ouija Board was just a common children's game until after this movie came out. That is when people started talking about it a a way to call up evil spirits. I had a Social Psychology class where the teacher was an amateur magician and did some tricks and some cold readings. Several of the people in class stated that they felt what he was doing was demonic. It's just tricks that anyone can learn and he told us that, but some of the people in class (college students) got really uncomfortable so the teacher stopped the act.
Check out, Carrie. It's good
It was 3 different actresses 2 much older than the one who played Ragan.
Ps, is your first name Georgina ?
Here in Scotland Ina is short for Georgina.,
I’ve seen and read the novel this movie based on its not really bout the girl it’s bout Faith the young priest struggle with his faith but regain at the end also bout Older Priest fought this evil spirit called Pazuzu before seen the Statue in the beginning and reference when they said damm near killed him in the movie same demon when he and Damien doing the Exorcist the only horror movie got nominated for 10 Oscars included best picture the book explains way more details glad you watch the movie
Watch Exorcist Three. Exorcist 2 is horrible, but I like Exorcist 3 tops the original.
I've run into an interpretation of this movie that seems plausible. The assertion is that she was molested by the director, Burke. Why was he in her room? The absent father opened the door to that. The violent bouncing on the bed, what does that remind you of?
Blatty was intel. That's documented. Someone has to do such things. He had a background in psych as well. When he met Shirley MacLaine and her daughter, he might have noticed things. The daughter, Sachi, wrote a tell all. It probably didn't tell all. You get the idea.
Sharon Spencer is Chris' personal assistant and Reagan's tutor.
You still have a long list of horror movies to go 😉
I like your reaction to the terrible events in the film.
I don't know where you're from from your accent, but you're awfully pretty; you could only be prettier if you had a beard like mine.
Oh, and you make some very intelligent observations, sometimes too risky, but very intelligent, so if you're also paranoid I'll ask you to marry me when you grow a beard.
As watching this movie might have been disturbing, you should follow up by watching The Exorcist III. The brilliant sequel to one of the greatest movies, rip the bandage off !
Exorcist 3 is SO underrated...the true sequel, even directed by Blatty himself....plus, maybe the best jump scare of all time.
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