[kj] OT - The Exorcist

[cliffmonka at alaska.net]

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.

>>

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>> --- 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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