[kj] OT - The Exorcist

[Brendan]

I was really disappointed when I first saw The Shining as well, which was
late in the piece. Kept wondering when the scary stuff was gonna happen.
For me it never did. Perhaps it's one of those ones you need to see at the
time, or when your'e young. Meh.


> Every year I hire out The Shining again, just to see if it's improved with

> age. Saturday night was my 2008 attempt. Why I continue to pay £2.50 for

> the dubious privilege of being bored shitless I'll never know, but I

> remain ever the optimist.

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> Carrie and Rosemary's Baby are both excellent films though.

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> Jim.

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> --- On Mon, 8/9/08, Bette Dillinger <bettedillinger at live.com> wrote:

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> From: Bette Dillinger <bettedillinger at live.com>

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

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

> <gathering at misera.net>

> Date: Monday, 8 September, 2008, 7:29 PM

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> I certainly don't think that "The Shining" deserves merely a "cursory

> viewing".  It is a horrific metaphor for the nuclear family and the US. 

> Kubrick did not intend for it to be just a "horror film".  And who

> would not be shocked upon seeing that scene with the blood exiting the

> elevator for the first time?

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