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jguthrie said:
Here is what looks like another British production on the horror film. This is part six where The Exorcist is discussed….
I recently tried to watch this film after a very long time, and I had to turn it off.The thought of a little girl getting so horribly violated by some invisible evil made me stop the DVD and put in a comedy instead.It also made me realize that if I had a child and he or she was offered a role like this, I would not let he or she do it.I hate to see corrupted innocence.On another note, I remember the very first time this movie came to American Prime Time Television in 1980, I felt scared when they were packing up the house and getting ready to leave.All I could think was, “Where is REGAN?What are they going to do if she comes down the stairs and she is demonic again?!”
epicwin123 said:
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Stumbled across this looking for other quizzes, thought I should share. It won't load on my computer, so I haven't taken it yet.
Let me know how you guys do, and if it loads for you. 🙂
120 points!
I wonder if it is a last minute change to take a key character from “The Rite” film and insert it into the novel.There was a line in that film in which that Father Lucas asks, “What did you expect, spinning heads and pea soup?”.
Steve Dunlap said:
Well folks, here it is…my first excerpt from a novel (aside from my Battlestar Galactica adaptation of one of my own fanfictions). Â
This scene was adapted from William Peter Blatty's “The Exorcist” novel. One certainly gains a new understanding of the differences and needs between a novel and an adapted screenplay.
This scene as shot in the movie was only two to three minutes long.  The scene I did, as excerpted from the novel runs close to 10 minutes.
I had to take a few creative liberties when I realized that there was a couple of things I failed to add, because I failed to read the narrative text more closely…however, I think they are minor, overlookable things. Overall, I think the effect comes across alright. I added in some sound effects from the movie to give the scene just a little more ambience (and for technical reasons.)  I did both the voices of Father Damien Karras and the demon Pazuzu, and Burke Dennings.
This took me a couple of days to put together…I had to rebuild the sets after my file (which I used to create my tribute trailer) got corrupted.  I just completed final mixdown at 7:30AM 24 NOV. 2010.
As always, I hope you'll enjoy this and have as much fun with it as I had putting it together. 🙂
Here's the link:
I don't know how I missed this post, but I was blown away by this post you made in YouTube.
If this scene had been kept in the movie, it would have made the film heart wrenching.There were moments in the novel that I remember were very emotional.This was one of those scenes.The other that I remember was near the end when Chris was reading a card that Regan had given her with the phrase, “…all the prettiest things” while the mayhem was going on upstairs.Chris was crying inconsolably as if Regan were on her deathbed.
The impression that I was always under, was that for the movie version of Blatty's “The Exorcist”, you were supposed to believe that the invading spirit was literally “The devil himself”.Most moviegoers more than likely had not read the 1971 novel which “implies” that the spirit is Pazuzu.Sadly, it was brought out in “Exorcist II:The Heretic” in a very campy fashion.As far as the other thing goes with Karras being possessed by Pazuzu in “Legion”, it feels as though the execs at Morgan Creek wanted him to be inhabited by “The Devil Himself”, though that is never really explored.As far as the two prequels went, they were CLEARLY saying that Satan himself was the protaganist.Clearly, the creators of both the sequels and the two prequels were completely missing the boat.The only sequel that I find any redemption in now, is the novel version of “Legion”.It moves a little slow, but it has it's moments without all of the schlock that it's theatrical counterpart has.
This has to be the best looking edition of this site.I’ve loved every version of it, but this one is my favorite.
Remember to take your time with this book.It goes into the whole back story of James Vennnamun and his cruel father.
horror2 said:
I don’t really care for this poster too much. It looks more like a book cover than a film poster. I’m glad they used the other one with Regan’s face. And I love the image of Linda Blair and Richard Burton sharing an eyeball. It gives a very subtle hint of the synchronizer which is a very important part of the film because it shows that they both share the same visions while under hypnosis.
After looking at the poster for a time, I came away with the same feeling.It almost seems to mislead one in believing that it would have been as scary as the first….but then you see that Pazuzu statue with locust wings…….I vote for the poster of Linda’s face that they did use.
Oh God….This looks like an “Emily Rose” remake.It even looks kinda like the same actress.I’ll just sit quietly by and wait for the Blue Ray edition of “The Exorcist” to appear this October.I can honestly say that I have yet to see a single possession film that dares to even come close to what made our classic the masterpiece that it was then and always will be.
Nightmares about this film have pretty much come and gone for me since 1974 after listening to my mother describe in detail about how Linda Blair looked and things that she said that were so utterly blasphemous, that in those days, one did not even dare to THINK those words if one was a Catholic.Then in the 80’s I would get the kind in which I was possessed just like the character….I would be strapped in bed, I felt like I was burning up as though having a bad fever and you could feel that the room was icy cold.In one nightmare, I was aware that I was hissing like a snake.In some other dreams, it usually involved the Regan and Chris characters after the events of the first film…or even more significantly, a lot of stuff that would have happened offscreen.One recent dream that I had was actually kind scarier than the film itself…and it involved 13 year old Linda Blair as Regan….more of Sharon, and Chris…The next time I get one, I must remember to take notes.
Sofia said:
Quote:Justin said:The role of Chris requires a lot of emotion, which I am pretty sure Nicole Kidman is incapable of expressing nowadays.
JU?! WHAT?! Are you kidding? Nicole Kidman is a remarkable actress, she was so brilliant in ‘The Others’. Have you seen it?? She also looks for powerful mother roles in movies, I’m sure she would love to play Chris. You can watch this interview of her in which she talks about Mothers in movies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWetyvz0MiU
He’s probably referring to all of the botox that Kidman has been getting.
Aside from the obvious flaws that are in this film, and the list is endless, it does touch upon something I have been hearing about in the last couple of years called, “remote viewing”.It also seems to be a pre-cursor to the film that the late Natalie Wood was working on when she died called, “Brainstorm” in 1981.It’s probably no coincidence that Louise Fletcher also starred in that particular film as a doctor promoting a device in which a person could explore someone else’s dreams.
