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Oct 9, 2023 · - Polygon. Is The Exorcist really ‘the scariest horror movie ever made’? A look back at The Exorcist’s 50-year legacy, impact, and reputation as the scariest horror movie of all...
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- Gabriel Theis
- Paul Mcclure
- William Friedkin
- The Real-Life Impact. Tragedies Befell the Cast. Although unrelated to Friedkin's movie-making prowess, since the movie's release, much has been made of The Exorcist curse.
- The Eerie Tone. A Distinct, Deliberate Lack of Humor. Having a good laugh during a horror movie can dispel an audience's excess nervous energy, particularly after a nasty jump scare.
- The Set Pieces. Expertly Used Non-Gratuitously. Even if you've only seen The Exorcist once, certain key elements (or perhaps all of them) will be indelibly etched into your brain: the pea soup projectile vomit, the crucifix scene, Regan levitating, the spinning head scene, etc.
- Now-Iconic Shots. Frightening, Brief, and Subliminal. While editing The Exorcist, Friedkin was going through some makeup test shots of Linda Blair's (uncredited) double, Eileen Dietz.
- The Beginning of The Exorcist
- Society's Relationship with Horror
- Weird Occurrences
- The Legacy of The Exorcist
Filmmakers have always used the horror genre to entertain and terrify audiences, and horror movies of the the '70s were no different. However, films like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, which was one of the movies responsible for a surge in both populated and underseen slash movies, portrayed horror very differently from The Exorcist. Most horror fil...
The Exorcist of course remains one of the classic horror movies, but whether it is still one of the scariest can be questionable. Although the special effects often seem comically outdated now in comparison to recent special effects in horror, the film was well-executed at the time (cue the green vomit and rotating head), and the iconic scene of Re...
Something that might contribute to The Exorcist still being one of the scariest horror movies to date (which lovers of supernatural horror will likely agree with) is the amount of strange, unexplainable occurrences that happened to the cast and set during filming. Over the course of filming, nine people associated with the production of the film di...
Being one of the most influential horror movies of the last century, The Exorcist has spawned four movies and a tv series as sequels and prequels. Even the author William Peter Blatty wrote another book called Legion as a sequel to the original book after the success of the movie. This has continued well into this century as well as the trailer for...
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Feb 3, 2017 · One fact that can’t be argued is that from the moment the film was released in the early 1970s to this very day, “The Exorcist” remains the scariest movie ever made. 1. A new concept of horror. Since the early days of cinema, filmmakers have always used the horror genre to entertain and scare moviegoers of all ages, but after awhile, the ...
Nov 14, 2020 · William Friedkin’s 1973 supernatural horror, The Exorcist, remains one of the scariest horror movies ever made. Based on the eponymous novel by William Peter Blatty, the film has altered the face of horror as we know it today, owing to the fact that the film’s insidiousness emerges from its vision, which is rooted in genuine terror. This is ...
Oct 17, 2023 · Feb. 19, 1974. ‘Exorcist’ makes him faint, break 3 ribs. “‘I must have fallen onto the edge of an aisle seat. That’s the only logical explanation for what I did to myself,’ said Mark Reuben, 27,...
Jan 15, 2017 · January 15, 2017. The Exorcist (1973) would become a sensation in 1973, lines formed around the block to see the horror film, and very quickly it became one of the highest grossing films of all time.
