First Time Watching THE EXORCIST | Reaction and Commentary
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- Опубликовано: 14 апр 2023
- I watch the movie The Exorcist for the first time. This movie is wild!
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The demon is Pazuzu - the king of the demons of wind. He would offer protection from other demons which is why Merrin says "Evil against Evil". Also, very cool nearly imperceptible cinematic touch - when Merrin pulls the statute head of Pazuzu from that hole at the base of the mound - there is a small gust of wind.
Pazuzu is an enemy of Lamashtu, a female demon that comes for pregnant women and children. That’s why some call on Pazuzu for protection against her.
Merrin didn't say that. The other guy there did
@@blackicex1622well done you no your stuff I’m impressed
A little sad fact
Vasiliki Maliaros who played the mother of Damien Karras (actor Jason Miller) both stared in the movie "The Exorcist" died Feb 9 1973 the release date of the movie was Dec 26 1973 Vasiliki Maliaros never saw the debut of of the first and only movie she ever stared in.
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The ''coin'' is a St. Joseph, or St. Christopher medal. The possessed Regan tore it from Fr, Karras' neck, while he was struggling with her. I've heard it stated as long as the medal was on his person, the demon couldn't possess him. As it is, the chain broke, the demon entered Fr. Karras, and you've seen the rest.
Always blows my mind that theae are all practical effects. No CGI back then🖤
The problem with a movie from the 70s is that EVERY possession movie since then, took from The Exorcist.
1. I was 13 when I saw this in the theater with friends. What rating system they had at the time wasn't really followed that closely. By word of mouth, I was aware of the head spinning, vomiting and language but what freaked me the most were the demon flashes.😱
2. When the doctor is looking at Regan's skull x-ray and says, "Nothing in there" I always 🤣
3. The spider-walk down the stairs was NOT in the original release.
4. The loud banging with the medical equipment is for our benefit.
5. Father Merrin and the demon had a previous encounter where he almost killed the father. Merin doesn't acknowledge the receipt of the note and tells Karras there's no need for analysis.
6. Chris MacNeil/Ellen Burstyn actually her coccyx was fractured when the demon makes her hard fall.
7. The demon doesn't kill Merrin. From the beginning we know he has a heart problem most likely brought on by the previous encounter.
8. Karras doesn't kill the demon. He does manage to draw it out of her and sacrificed himself for her.
9 Karras is confessing and asking for forgiveness for his loss of faith
I was maybe 8 or 9 (born in 71) got beat by my best friend (brother) got abused by mother and left alone by my father. Today I don't be;ieve in anything, but I am woke I guess, If you suffer some, I feel for you, and I (perhaps) love you. If you are anti woke - against ampathy - end of the road. If you really have lived through some shit ... no one ever has proven they have - I am in here please to
verify or confirm
6 not her hip her coccyx was fractured
🎥 Back in those days cigarettes were a casual thing, especially for gatherings.
☺️I was watching some of the classic game shows from the 60’s and their prize was a carton of cigarette!
☝🏽 All the Celeb’s would smoke during the game show. Once they realized the hazards people slowly stopped.
♥️ I was little when I saw this. People were fainting, throwing up, crying & horrified watching this movie.
♥️ Watching it with so many breaks, I feel it’s hard to really tap into the true horror of this movie…even tho it was the 70’s
😍 Don’t get me wrong, I like the breaks, even tho yours have more than some. It’s still creepy!
👍🏽Enjoyed your reaction video!
Take care & keep It Lovely! 💋
I know so many people get upset by the cigarette smoking BUT…..this was back in 1973!
I'm old enough to remember when people smoked in public plcaces but Its just so weird to see it on screen!
@@FilmPhoenix I agree it is strange! I’m 70 and never smoked cigarettes but I smoked weed for 15 years. Living in Nevada where it’s legal, when I’m walking to the mailbox in my apartment complex, I get nauseated from the pot smell wafting through the air.
Re: the smoking. By the early 1970s, cigarettes were being phased out in the media. I think by then the TV networks had banned all cigarette commercials, and a few years later came the surgeon general's warning about smoking and the warning labels on all cigarette packages. Of course, this all didn't happen overnight. It took months and years for people to take the hazards of smoking to heart.
@@galandirofrivendell4740 not true at all. People smoked everywhere until the early 90’s. There was a smoking area at my middle school in the mid eighties for example.
I remember when people smoked in restaurants and at their desks at work. All my elementary school teachers smelled like cigarettes and coffee.
If I HAD watched this as a child, I probably would have become a priest as my mother wanted.
The "coin" is a St. Joseph's medal that was found in the dig and Merrin commented "not the same period". It's a Catholic religion piece/symbol and yet buried with old civilization relics in Iraq, no less. Total mystery. It's seen again in Father Karras' dream and it's falling, in slow motion until it lands on steps (a premonition of his own death). If you look super close to the slow motion of the falling chain and medal, you can make out the pattern on the rug in Regan's bedroom, matching up when she rips it off his neck in their battle. The medal is not evil and I don't get how people now, assume that. In the original theatrical release version, Chris hands the medal to Father Dyer as she feels that he would want it since both he and Karras were close friends. In the 2000 re-release "The Version You Never Saw", Father Dyer hands it back to Chris and tells her to keep it. I liked the original theatrical cut of this film. All the exrraa added for the 2000 release were unnecessary and just pandering to a more modern, shortened attention span and slower audience as they needed all the character and plot exposition and CGI touches possible to dare watch an old film. We, who saw it in the 1979's, didn't need the gimmicky assistance. We got our movies back then and any ambiguities, made our brains create a more richer movie watching experience 😂👍
Nitroglycerin tablets are/were used for chest pains. Cracks me up that all of you 'younger' people don't get that. Used to be quite common--especially in movies. Great movie and reaction!
In college 75, I dated a lady who lived in the area and talked about a fire soon after movie was done. I ignored her comment until almost 50 years later I read about how a bird flew into the fuse box, started a fire that burned down entire house except the bedroom where the exorcism was done. Crazy. Loved your reaction! Peace from Northern Michigan.
THIS movie tripped me out, when I SAW THE ORIGINAL theatrical release back in '74. I was in boot camp when it was released, so heard nothing about it. A friend took me to see it later that summer & I WENT IN COMPLETELY BLIND. LOOK UP A BEHIND THE SCENES DOCUMENTARY ON IT....OR REACTIONS WHEN THE FIRST AUDIANCES SAW IT.
The intro tells us that the demon existed during the primordial times. In fact Fr. Merin has faced this demon before during his previous exorcisms.
The coins or medallions are a Catholic thing. Made by Saints or Holy Men these icons were intended as channels or reminders and direct the faithful to God. During the Iraq scene these medallions were present because faithful has used them as protection.
This movie actually doesnot need a sequel but if you wish please skip PART 2 and instead watch PART 3 which is a direct sequel.
It went right over my head the first couple times I saw this movie that when she turned her head backwards and said in a British accent, "You know what she did? Your c*unting daughter," that she was referring to her killing Burke Dennings. The head spinning during the exorcism, I believe, was a psychological attack, as Merrin warned Damien about. Otherwise, I don't see how the child would be living in the end.
It's not just a British accent. Regan is speaking with Burke's voice, to taunt and torment her mother.
Yes. I agree about the head spinning. It's clearly an illusion (like Karras seeing Regan as his mother lying in the bed)
Growing up, we were always told the film was based on an actual case (true), the child was male (true), and it occurred in Europe (false). The young man actually went on to have a long and very successful career as a NASA Engineer, working on the Apollo missions and even the Shuttle. He lived his life however in fear his identity would be discovered, in particular by his NASA colleagues. It was not, instead being revealed in the yr after he passed. I’ve been intrigued and even impressed by the filmmakers’ subtle nod to the young man via the Astronaut at the party ever since.. Who knew?!! It’s quite amazing he was able to remain anonymous as the priests involved kept copious amounts of notes across 2 states (the family moved) and only changed the young man’s first name by flipping 2 letters. They used Doe as his last. He did tell one individual with whom he was particularly close- I was never possessed; I was at times a rather naughty and very mischievous boy. So- there’s that lol In today’s world & climate- it is highly unlikely (if not flat out impossible) that such anonymity would or could remain intact- certainly not for 47-48yrs!!! His name is easily discovered with a simple engine search; I simply choose to not personally declare it.
We’ll never know of course, but one does wonder w the long term success he went on to have as an aerospace engineer, his attention to detail & clear love of order, might he have been at a very high functioning level of the spectrum? Regardless- had to be incredibly difficult- both the childhood experience & then the hiding as an adult. I’m so glad he was able to at least live in the anonymity he desired, sharing only w a very few trusted individuals. Still- 😔
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You forget how easy it was for the average citizen to remain unknown beyond their present community. If you didn't live in the pre Google world, it might be hard to understand. But I can easily see how this guy remained anonimous.
I'm glad he had a good life.
First- I’m so happy someone thinks I may have not lived b4 the google world!🤣🤣 You made my day & TY!!!!! lol
No- as said & agree- would be nearly impossible now. Heck, the witness protection program is extraordinarily difficult to even utilize these days. BUT he didn’t pass until 2020… so I personally still find it pretty remarkable. What few close friends he did have were clearly VERY GOOD friends!!!
I think his professional life was rewarding, but his personal a constant burden for him😔 Just very sad… in my opinion of course!!! But again- Agree w you/glad he was able to remain anonymous & have a nothing short of impressive tenure at NASA!!
Stay safe & love big💖😊
Just to add a little detail… the exorcism wasn’t done on one day. It was 22-27 weeks and the priests that took part had to follow a strict diet of bread and water the whole time.
It was also done across 2 states. That poor kid. It’s pretty amazing he went on to have the career he did.
The preists even stated later on that they believed the boy was crying out for attention. Basically, he wasn't possessed. None of the supernatural stuff portrayed in the movie actually happened. This much has been admitted. I've personally witnessed people having psychotic breaks where they begin acting crazy and even animalistic, etc.. It was once believed that people with epilepsy were possessed by demons. It's all either completely faked or completely explainable by very real medical conditions.
I recommend... Evil Dead II (R) (1987) (A Fun Horror/Comedy).
Also... The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (R) (1974) ‧ (Horror/Thriller)
Natural Born Killers (R) (1994) (Crime/Drama)
The Devil's Rejects (R) (2005) (Horror/Thriller)
In the opening sequence, Father Merrin has a heart condition, which necessitates his taking nitroglycerin pills, which what he was taking. No. He's not possessed. The symbolism in this opening sequence is highly affective. No, it's used to make you think something normal is happening, but it's about to get completely weird. Real, real weird. Off the chain weird.
The book explains unanswered questions.
The director, William Friedkin was into filming documentaries and liked to incorporate as realistic elements in to his films, as he did in The French Connection with that famous car chase scene.
He teamed up with the author, William Blatty, of the book "The Exorcist" who based that novel on a real event and told it from the standpoint of a priest.
So Mr. Friedkin stuck as close to the book as possible and considered the movie a highly spiritual one.
After seeing this movie a few times it dawned on me that its underlying theme was faith in crisis.
The demon possessed Reagan, but its main targets was not just its old enemy Father Merrin, but also Karris, the priest whose faith was in weakened. Too much of an opportunity for it to pass up, to revel in undermining the faith of one of God's servants.
So at the end it resulted in the death of both of them.
2 for 1.
"What a nice day for an exorcist"....
"Uh what's the word?"
No CGI.
Even though I have a degree in 3D modeling and animation, I think practical effects go so much further when you are trying to get a visceral reaction out of an audience!
@@FilmPhoenix Indeed, the more practical it is, the more real it is... like the reactions.
Thanks a lot!
The marvel within the movie is that Regan is played by an 12 year old actress. She is good at intense isn't she?
Its crazy. I don't think i could have pulled that off at 12!
It's a subject of some controversy, but many of the scenes were filmed by another actor, Eileen Dietz, who was much older (an adult). Dietz appears in many of the scenes (especially ones in which the actions/gestures would have been suspect if demanded of a 12-year old), though I think it remains debated how many she appears in (and which ones). Dietz claims to have performed more of the scenes than the director has asserted. I don't know what the truth is. Others might.
@@menippean1 Supposedly, it is Eileen Dietz who we see in those "demon face" flashes, wearing an early version of Regan's "possession" makeup.
You might be interested in watching the behind the scenes footage of the making of this. Very interesting. Also the mother here also plays Elliott Stablers mother on L&O: Organized Crime..
I favor the theatrical release more than the "extended cut". Some of the imagery takes me out of the film.
Ritilin was not a household word in the 70s, and the idea of children using a psychotropic drug was taboo.
I could never watch it again. ever
Of the reactors to this film I've watched, you're the first one to realize that Reagan was getting an old-school MRI. Everyone remarks about the excessive smoking, but really, everyone smoked back then and everywhere. But nobody, including you, recognizes the little nitroglycerine pills for angina. Back in the day, it was a commonly used movie trope to show the character has a heart condition. I think now they use a spray instead of pills.
At least you accessed the Good Version of this film (the spider walk version, the original theatrical version). I've never understood the castrated version that had all the vomit scenes but excised the spiderwalk scene... good grief, if someone wants to chop out the vomit scenes, FINE. Do it! This film spawned many lame, watered-down tales - all pretty worthless with none capturing a bit of the tension or shock that this film did. THE OMEN (1976) had a big-league cast (Gregory Peck, Lee Remick) and a devil-filled child... I still can't get over anyone naming a child "Damien" after seeing that film. At least don't let the boy work in sheet-glass or glass-repair work. Please-!
I didn't even know there were multiple versions until very recently.
@@FilmPhoenix The theatrical version existed "forever" and I have a 2012 DVD of it, with the spider-walk scene included and zero explanation. So, the castration of the film has occurred relatively recently. Why? I have no idea! They also excised the priest's discovery of the gory Statue Of Mary. "Blasphemy!" I suppose is that reason. Some critics say, "I can see the wires holding up the spiderwalk person." Yeah, after 30-40 viewing, maybe everyone could. But seriously...impact on the audience has always been total shock, total gasp-out-loud - exactly what the filmmakers wanted. I mean, they leave in ball-grabbing scene, they leave in the cross-stabbing scene - but spiderwalk is too much?!! WHA-?!! If you ever hear a good reason, let us all know.
They cut the spider walk scene because they couldn't hide the cables suspending the stunt girl going down the stairs.
@@edp5886 And that's such a BS reason. First time viewers NEVER see that. What about the head turning? Obviously fake too, and that was obvious FROM a first viewing. No, does anyone believe Blair was stabbing her crotch with a crucifix? NO. FAKE, therefore. But all were included for shock - NOT realism. That's a lame, BS reason. Don't ya think?
I saw this in the 70s, and the spider walk scene was not in the theatrical version. It was added years later in the enhanced version, along with Regan's very long first visit to the doctor, and the talk between the priest and the detective at the end. They also added a couple more demon faces than were in the original cut. I prefer the original version. The added scenes don't do much for the movie except make it longer. That doctor office scene goes on forever, and it makes the beginning much too long.
Mercedes McCambridge provided the voice of Puzuzu (the demon). She chain smoked and drank whisky to give her voice a gender-neutral (yet semi-masucline) quality. She went un-credited but later sued Warner Bros. She was listed in subsequent prints of the film's closing credits, simply as "and Mercedes McCambridge" without being directly credited as the voice.
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1977's EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC continues Regan's storyline. 1990's EXORCIST III continue Karras's storyline (and is more of a direct sequel to the original). I would avoid the prequel films (DOMINION and THE BEGINNING).
😂 Definitely not brain lesions.
More like brain legions 😈😈😈😈
Burning it wouldn’t do any thing it just showed back up un burned u need to burry it or give it to someone else but it’s better not to play with I love your reaction and newly subscribed to your channel and I hope everyone has a great day or night
You shouldn't have watch this movie this is one of the most evil movies ever made I remember when it first came out I saw it and I promised myself I would never ever watch this evil evil movie again
You mention cigs several times....BUT THE DEVIL IS IN REGAN!!!😂
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Tobacco lobbies, common in those days
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WHY SHOW A MOVIE WITH A SEE THRU PICTURE IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO SEE
Why are you millenials so preoccupied with cigarettes in o”d movies ?
Yes, half a century ago lots of people smoked in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals, everywhere. People didn't want to wear new fangled seatbelts, motorcyclists refused to wear helmets, etc. All this bitching you hear today about not wanting their rights to be infringed upon will be commonplace half a century from now
a girl gets possessed by the devil and your worried about smoking.