[kj] OT - The Exorcist

ade ade at the-lab.zetnet.co.uk
Mon Sep 8 15:14:12 EDT 2008



> Evil Dead


Scared the fuck outa me when I was 8! I only saw the funny side much later when it became available again.

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Subject: Re: [kj] OT - The Exorcist


I remember wondering about Amittyville as a kid, if the evil spirts are so
evil, why is it "GET OUT!!!!!" and not "FUCK THE HELL OFF"

Maybe I'd seen The Exorcist by then and had formed standards.

Hey surely some of you lot are into Evil Dead...not in terms of scariness
but cult status...


> HA! Too true. I hated the Omen. Long and tedious. So over-hyped. For me,

> it falls into the same category as that terrible made-for-TV-movie The

> Amityville Horror that people like to go on about.

>

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> ----- Original Message ----

> From: Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>

> To: jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk; A list about all things Killing Joke (the

> band!) <gathering at misera.net>

> Sent: Sunday, September 7, 2008 7:01:18 PM

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

>

>

>

> "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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