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I agree with you mego wholeheartedly. I met a group of 18 to 20-year-olds coming out of the first screening of The Exorcist: TVYNS and their comments ranged from: “What a piece of shit!,” “We paid for that?,” “Oooooh, that was soooooo scary, NOT!,” “The special effects sucked!” And on and on and on.
The main complaint: “That was so boring!”
Granted, IMHO, they were wound up from something and that something may have been in the realm of thinking at least to some degree. Although, I would have hated for “those” particular younger people to have used a brain cell or two to see what it is that they were missing altogether.
It’s a shame.
JP … I did see it! 🙂
The cameraman is to the left and the light box is to the right. Apparently a white sheet is thrown around the background, but the silhouette of the man (on the far left) and his camera (closer to the middle left) are there. Pretty cool when you see it!
I did see the quotes, however, in the diary the references to another individual is hashed out. So, I’m thinking it was an egregious error. I don’t think the priest journaling would have used “R’s” full name since he was so careful in making sure it only appears that way elsewhere. Good thought though.
Oh, dsea, have you read the diary? Some of the actual quotes are so similar to what Blatty wrote that he must have had access to diary prior to writing The Exorcist.
Not a big deal … but, I wonder why Hunkeler is consistently referred to as “R” and then there is one entry giving the full name? I wonder why the priest’s entries failed on only one occasion and was never edited:
Tuesday, April 12. (Index)
Action began after the exorcism prayers were completed. During the general recitation of the Rosary by the Fathers and Brothers the regular performance began but with the omission of writing on R’s body. The noise and singing were very disturbing to everyone. R gave no response to the “praecipio” except to imitate the Latin words, then laugh, or say, “Stick it up your ass.”
One new phase was the display at the devil’s power over the senses and external personality of R. In one instance the devil said he would have R awaken and the boy would be pleasant and attractive. The devil’s promise was true. A few minutes later the devil said he would have R awaken, but this time he would be offensive. True to the promise R came out of the spell very irritable and he complained quite bitterly to those who held him.
Several attempts were made to give R Holy Communion after midnight, but each trial was unsuccessful. The devil showed definitely that he was not R speaking, for he said, “I will not let Ronald receive Holy Communion.” It was about l:3O AM before quiet sleep followed.
Can anybody see my Gravatar? It should be animated and I’m testing it out. I’m using the “Local” feature in the Profile section because if I use the WordPress.com and Gravatar.com locations (it says to leave that line blank in the Profile section if you use your registered WordPress.com email – check!), nothing happens. WTF?
Anybody, please?
Yeah … bummer … they are .ram files and you can’t open them with WMP or RP. Maybe WB will share the server again. If you click the link on the bottom, it says “Page not found.” Oh, well. 🙂
Hmmm … I guess shitting your pants is quite funny in this context. I don’t believe the priests ever denied Ronald bathroom privileges or ever tied him to a bed (like Regan in The Exorcist).
What is most appealing about the entire Ronald Hunkeler scam is that a wonderful writer by the name of William Peter Blatty expanded from this one account to what we know as a literary masterpiece. He is “our” generation’s Edgar Allen Poe (IMHO).
Hunkeler was not investigated very much at all if you read the diary … in fact he never underwent a serious psychiatric eval.
Agree! I lost respect for the AFI when they ran its series on cinematic Horror films and they pandered to the elitists then. AFI put The Exorcist third regardless of the criteria you mention in your posting. I believe Psycho was number two and Jaws was number one. I’m not saying those films didn’t have greatness to them on several aspects, but The Exorcist delivered on all points and on a much larger scale.
RatBoy … sorry to be so late in reading your response. I just shit my pants laughing at your first paragraph about Angela! 🙂
I’m missing the “where” part somehow on which site this precious one is administering. What is it? Wikipedia.com? Dear God, if “Legally Blonde” and the “Bionic Woman” can have wikias, I don’t understand this administrator at all.
She is made of shadow rather than substance if she considers these two “film series” and “television productions” to be a highlight of her life!
I watched the scene and did a slow-mo, but couldn’t find a fog scene to match. It could be digitally enhanced … and one that is well done because I definitely see it too.
Hmmm … good points, dsea. I think the lawn mower thing in the diary is to show his “normalcy.” As far as shitting his pants, he could have done that easily to ensure that the priests would still buy his story. There’s something in the diary that mentions Ronald would break wind often. So, maybe he just tried to fart and shit in his pants.
I think he was very emotionally disturbed and definitely didn’t want to go to school because the diary focuses so much on that factor. Kinda makes sense that most 13-y-o’s would like to get out of school and he did a marvelous job of playing out a religious facade to get his way. 😉
