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- First time watching and reacting to The Exorcist
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It's also great to see the younger generation is able to appreciate a slow burn horror movie with deep characterization.
That's -why- The Exorcist is "The Scariest Movie Ever" ... you don't have "A character that develops, and you care about... there are many."
Max von Sydow, the "old priest", was 43 at the time of the movie. They used prosthetics to make him look older. Unlike so many actors before or after him, he actually looked like this when he got older. Dick Smith, the make up artist, was a genius.
Very much true. In addition to the old age makeup on Von Sydow which goes unnoticed by many, Smith’s work on this film stretches across the whole film, and shows the devastation of the other characters. It’s extremely subtle and real.
Was gonna say this myself. The makeup guy did a fantastic job. Spitting image of him in his mid to late sixties.
von Sydow actually got a bit typecast from appearing in this movie. Directors thoughthe was too old for certain roles he might have otherwise gotten.
Dick Smith did the makeup effects in "Amadeus" as well. You couldn't really tell any prosthetics were used. Many effects artists were either tutored or inspired by Smith like Stan Winston, Rob Bottin, Rick Baker, Tom Savini, etc.
Very cool trivia! Didn’t know that
Great reaction - your dog trying to comfort you was adorable!
Hugo, da good boi. 🐕
yes she was into it big time, and Dasha - they kept that room at around feeezing temperature to get those effects. Just an amazing and scary film for the time they filmed it
I always feel bad for reactors pets' bc they don't seem to understand why their parents are having emotions to an odorless weird object.😉
Such a cute moment!
Love your dog!
I love how your dog keeps coming over to you when he sees you're upset. That's a good dog.
Even after half a century this movie still stands the test of time! Absolute classic!
I loved how Hugo would come comfort you. Dogs have souls!
Children are most beautiful when they're asleep because that's the only time they're peaceful :D I work in an elementary school and I love the kids, but they are so energetic that they're *exhausting*.
A horror-thriller. A masterpiece that still holds up today.
I really liked the fact that Regan's possession was gradual instead of instantaneous. Not to mention the fact that this movie was made in the 70s. Made the movie even more realistic because it relied more on good acting than CGI. Would you believe that Linda Blair had to spend some time in a mental institution in order to learn how to act crazy during her possessed scenes. I mean the sheer thought of what Linda Blair had to go through in order to make the character realistic would make anybody's head do a 360.
@@thelionsshare6668 I would definitely have to agree with you on that.
Not to mention they seriously injured her back in the scene where she's flopping up and down at the waist in the bed. I've heard the actually broke a bone in her back, though I've never seen it verified or disproven. Either way they messed her up.
@@billhicks6449 yeah I believe I heard something to that effect.
Good acting... And very impressive special effects for the time ! All real props and sets, creepy makup, clever inserts... And of course, great cinematography and photography.
Using CGI in a film doesn't preclude also having good acting. The two things have literally nothing to do with each other.
In case no one mentioned this, the "spider walk" down the stairs was not in the original because the wires were visible and they had no way of removing them back in 72.
I saw this at the Ziegfeld theater in NYC opening week. This was the first movie, that I know of, that dealt with exorcism. The book was based on a real life exorcism which the author changes several details. Because they didn't want to offend the Catholic church, they had priests to consult on the Rite of Exorcism and possession to be as authentic as possible.
First off I am Catholic so I have a vested interest in believing in God and demons, but while this is based on the real exorcism of a young boy from St Louis the truth of his possession (amongst those who believe in such things) is in doubt.
Whilst restrained none of the bruising or scratches that had appeared prior recurred. Also after a long bout of unsuccessful exorcisms the demon suddenly left when, in the boy's presence, they mentioned if it was once again unsuccessful he'd be placed in an asylum and given treatments like ECT. Too many things that spoke of fakery were observed, even for people who believe in the reality of the supernatural, to find it credible today.
@@darkamora5123 there is something to be said about "Attention Seeking Behavior" ... and "Pushing Boundaries"
This is false. The stunt was done without wires being needed. They later found footage of it, the director just didn't remember the filming of it
@@joshuasimber8588 if this is true, I would like to find out where you read it. I saw a making of the Exorcist where they claimed that the wires were visible so they cut the scene.
Your right definitely wires
Dasha, "The Exorcist" is based on a novel of the same name, written by William Peter Blatty. However, the novel was based on a true story, of an exorcism performed on a 14-year-old boy (in Maryland), in 1949. If you feel up to it, you should see, at some point, "Exorcist 3". Part 3 is considered the real sequel to the first film, not "Exorcist 2", which was panned by the critics. Part 3 is based, again, on a book by William Peter Blatty called "Legion" and is a worthy sequel to the first film. You did a great job with your reaction! You really got this film, and it is a difficult film to watch, for the first time. Thank you!
I thought it was in St. Louis….
I was a young teenager when this came out and it terrified me. You're lucky you had Hugo with you to keep you company. Even though some of the effects aren't up to today's standards, the filmmakers did any amazing job. Your reaction was terrific! Thanks for the shout out!
my mum was 14 when she first saw it at the cinema, it terrified her so much she saw it again and laughed at other people's reactions all the way through. i get my love of horror movies from her
I saw this when I was 10…terrible idea lol.
Honestly, as a kid born in the early 90's I thought this movie was hilarious through-and-through, but looking at it now, I think the ONE thing that holds up is the practical effects. From simple things like giving the girl an impossibly long snake tongue that can somehow retract completely into her mouth, or to being able to projectile vomit green Nickelodeon slime with a full frontal shot without CGI still left me scratching my head thinking, "how'd they do that?"
I was born the day it came out.
I should point out that despite the PERFECT prosthetic effects, many shots in recent updates feature newly added digital animation - and I think many people get confused about what was seen in the original theatrical release as opposed to “the Director’s Edition with new effects”.
That was a great reaction. It was cute that your dog was there to check on you and was concerned. I saw this movie at the Drive-In theater with my dad when it first came out. I was only seven years old. It scared the hell out of me. Halfway through the movie they stopped it and turned on all the lights and announced over the speaker system that everyone was to remain in their cars because an ambulance was coming in because someone had had a heart attack. Pretty scary stuff. On a lighter note: fast forward to several years later when I was in my late 30s early 40s, I met William Peter Blatty, the author of the book, and had a chance to have a long conversation with him. Very nice, sweet, kind man.
*Yea, people were fainting, and running out of the theaters during its original run. I know that I haven't eaten split-pea soup after seeing this for the first time.* 🧟♀🤮
Peoples electricity bills were also high because they were terrified to go to sleep in the dark.
Saw this movie in 82 when I was 10. It never put me off split pea. Luv that stuff!
Wasn't this just marketing chatter?
@@eadweard. go look at the video on RUclips of when it came out. People legit fainting, scared out of there minds. Nowadays we’re all desensitized because a horror movie comes out every week and it’s just pop scares. Before this came out, no one’s seen anything like it and opened a lot of eyes
@@eadweard. No. My parents told me about seeing people physically ill at the theater.
Gotta give it to Dash, she goes all out for those thumbnails.
She definitely has some of the best thumbnails in the game! They always make me laugh.
Had a really good run lately, makes my day when I see what she's done.
Absolutely she's the best
No matter how advanced fx get, it can never beat practical effects when one right.
Isn't your dog the sweetest? He was so concern about your well-being. I just loved him.
The Exorcist was banned where I live when I grew up. I saw a copy on VHS in late '97, and it got a release in cinemas around Halloween '98. I went with a friend of mine who was a huge horror fan, but he was deeply affected by this, and I realised during the film it was because he had a devout Catholic upbringing, and the blasphemy that the demon speaks through Reagan really upset him.
I'm 28. And when I was a teenager I had a horror movie night with one of my friends on Friday the 13th. we got some slashers some others. And my dad just went
Of you guys want to get scared. He rented us the exorcist. We kinda were sarcastic about it. "Like this movies so old! It won't be scary." And it traumatized us. Do dudes who thought they were tough holding onto each other under a blanket 😂 especially during that upside down descent down the stairs. Scared the living hell out of us. That line. "Do you know what she did?! Your ****ing daughter!!?" Chilled me to the bone during that scene. Also when she spoke in the priests mom's voice. Woof.
"This is the same demon.". That is absolutely correct. The demon was exorcized years ago by father merrin (earlier, the head priests commented that it took months and nearly killed him). Decades later, the demon manipulated events to draw merrin to it for a "rematch." (Hence, the demon naming merrin in the recording-"fear the priest" and screaming his name when he arrived at the house) In the end, the demon was initially dumbstruck when a weak heart killed merrin and later, was giddy about it. The demon did take hold of karras once he openly invited the demon inside (symbolized by the tearing off of karras' saint christopher necklace) but vacated his body just before karras jumped out the window. What ultimately frightened people (besides the slow burn, the effects, and the language) was that evil seemingly won over good and that the devil was more powerful than God.
I disagree that the demon "vacated Karras' body" before he jumped through the window. IMO Karras was able to momentarily take control/suppress the demon and then jumped, taking it "with him", hoping that in death the demon would have no earthly vessel.
It was a St. Joseph medal actually, which is fitting because one of the titles ascribed to st. Joseph is "the terror of demons".
And just to add another twist, in Exorcist 3, we learn that the Devil allows the soul of a serial killer to enter Karras, effectively sharing the body. He somehow survives, crawls from the cheap coffin and grave, and eventually winds up in an insane asylum for years, where eventually the inhabiting soul of the serial killer begins possessing invalids and forcing them to commit murder. The same cop from the original eventually kills Karras/The Gemini Killer and ends the possession.
Although Exorcist is scary AF, part 3 is my favorite becauae of the forensics behind the killings
i love the relationship between the two of them. That carp monologue is pretty iconic too
exorcist 3 is a really great movie in its own right, but one where i definitely prefer the theatrical version to the director's cut.
@@jessharvell1022 so glad i have the papercover dvd directors cut from a flea market
ANY movie with Brad Dourif is great.
Exorcist 3 is extremely underrated.
Seen hundreds of horror movies over the years, with amazing special effects, jump scare soundtracks etc etc, but nothing has ever scared the shit out of me, right down deep in my soul, like this effin' movie. I still won't watch it alone to this day.
I'm so glad that she saw the extended cut. So the interesting thing about this version of the movie is that it wasn't released till (edit)2000, they used cgi to remove the cables of the stair spider walk and the stairway talk between father Merrin and Karas. plus it has the best ending
Actuallly it was released in 2000 as "The Exorcist:The Version You've Never Seen." I've still got my VHS copy.
@@darthken815 ah yes sorry. 2002 was the discovery documentary they made. My mind always remember both of them coming out at the same time
I disagree. The original ending is much better, as the movie as a whole. Unnecessary CGI added and scenes not needed as well.
@@Fibonacci64 the ending with the cop and priest talking about movies is awful.
@@Fibonacci64 what CGI scenes ?
It is so sweet that your doggie was checking on you to see if you were alright. It just shows how much of a beautiful soul you truly are...
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@@eadweard. What's your problem, Lowercase eb? Mommy buy the wrong cereal again?
@@Swonder1972 She _knows_ only Count Chocula is acceptable to my palate.
@@eadweard. Then worry about the Count...not Dasha...
In the 1950s my uncle, Fr. Angelo Caserta - who was a relatively young priest who had studied for his PhD in Theology in Rome - was the exorcist for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. That is a very difficult assignment for a priest, and it affected him greatly. He wouldn't speak of it until my mother (who was not to be denied information) cornered him, her brother-in-law, in the late 1950s, and asked him about the experience. What he described - which Mom related to me 20 years or so before this movie was ever made - was pretty much what you saw here: things flying through the air, moving on their own, freezing cold in the room, etc. I'm making no judgements or statements of belief. I'm skeptical at best. But I know my uncle was a profoundly loving, intelligent, and truthful man. This is a great mystery for me, a religious skeptic at best. Not sure how to digest these kinds of events.
PhD? Not S.T.D. (Doctorate of Sacred Theology)? since your uncle was the archdiocesan exorcist, I would have thought he earned the latter.
@@hanng1242 You're right. That is the actual term and is equivalent to a PhD. I used PhD to make the note simpler, because STD is not widely understood in the US. But his was a STD, not a Doctor of Canon Law.
The pacing, the lack of music, the dim lighting, all contribute to the creep factor in his film. It establishes an atmosphere of impending doom and darkness. It’s brilliantly done.
The practical effects of the 70s and 80s look soooo much better than modern CGI.
For a movie from the 70's the effects stood surprisingly well
the part where she crawled backwards down the stairs was done attached to cables with a harness, but they couldn't hide the wires so it was cut out of the theatrical version and only put back in after they were able to digitally remove them years later
My father is a very strong man. He’s fought in a war and spent 30 years as a police officer dealing with some of the uglier sides of humanity and he says this is the only movie that creeps him out.
1. I first saw this with friends when I was 12. Back then nobody paid much attention to what rating system there was.
I was aware of the head twisting, vomiting and language so I kind of had an idea what I was in for. What freaked me
out the most was the flashing demon.
2. When the doctor is looking at Reagan's skull x-rays and say's there's "nothing in there" I always 🤣
3. The extremely loud banging is for our benefit
4. The spider crawl down the stairs was NOT in the original release.
5. The demon wasn't trying to avoid the exorcism. He was looking forward to it with Father Merrin.
6. 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.
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 of his lack of faith.
Poor Hugo. He doesn't understand mama is watching a movie not being attacked.
I saw this as a child. I was 6 years old when it was released, and I saw it on TV a year or so later. Back then, children were encouraged to watch creepy movies like this. Other movies just as creepy that you may enjoy are "The Omen" and "(Dee Snyder's) Strangeland".
Two facts about the film's story:
1 - the ppint of Reagan's possesdion is not the girl itself but for the devil to cause desperation on the adults around her. Reagan's corruption is but a means for the devil to assault others's spirits and cause them to dispair. In that regard the devil partially wins. While Resgan was saved, at least 3 people died, two of them legitimate good men devoted to good and who would had done a lot of good work if they had lived longer lives. Not to mention the sadness of having witnessed such horrors on all those who survived.
2 - the statuette found in the diggint in North Iraq depicts the ancient mesopotanean devil Pazuzu, the lord of flies. In ancient mesopotamia people would call upon Pazuzu (by bribing him with offering) for protection against other demons. Ence why the line in the movie "evil against evil". Pazuzu was a legitimate evil demon but he took side with the humans against other devils but not because of good intentions on his part. Ancient mesopotamia religion was quite fatalistic, ancient mesopotamians didnt believe there was pure good in the world but they were certain true evil existed.
Fun fact about behind the scenes of the exorcist in the end after father Charis killed himself. The priest who came to him crying the actor was actually crying he wasn’t acting well I mean technically he was but at the same time he was actually crying because the Director William Friedkin pulled him aside before the camera started rolling and smacked him in the face and then the camera started rolling and then shoved him into the scene. Basically the Director did things to get genuine reactions from the actors I mean the things he did was a little over the top but it’s genius filmmaking at the same time the Director did all kinds of crazy things.
Father Merrin was the true target of the demon. Father Merrin faced this demon before and the dig in Iraq was a sign that he was fated to clash with the demon again. Father Karras, though a good man, did not have the power of faith to defeat the demon. He had to sacrifice himself physically to the demon, but could not defeat the demon on a spiritual level. Father Karras was easy pickings for the demon. Unfortunately, Merrin's massive heart attack prevented him from his triumph over the demon.
Almost 50 years old and still WTFs the Eff out of people. Cast, make-up, voice, story - they must have done something right, back in the days.
When this movie came out it was insane, people were like passing out and I heard someone had a heart attack but that could just be made up. I do know that my grandfather and his brother went to see it in theaters and couldn't sleep for days! It was the scariest movie of the time, partly because of the AMAZING work on the special effects, and it's still a relevant movie today, people still watch it and love it and talk about it and there are still references to it in media today. So glad you loved it, it's such a good one!
Great take. I wanted to give you some insight. As a kid in the 70s I distinctly remember adults talking about this movie. It was THE nation sensation at the time. It wasn't an exaggeration that people had heart attacks, nervous breakdowns, fainted, vomited, ran from theaters, etc. I heard my parents and their friends, my adult relatives talking about how there were warning signs at movie theaters NOT to watch the movie if they were pregnant, had heart conditions, bad nerves, etc. They eventually did documentaries at the time about The Exorcist, complete footage of the day.
It also filled the churches.😁
@@nightfall902 Indeed. And I think at that period of time people were still accustomed to movies like The Ten Commandments, King Of Kings, The Greatest Story Ever Told, and such to were in the movies demons or the Devil wasn't really portrayed. And if so, they were promptly vanquished without much of a fight. Evil entities didn't graphically brutalized people especially a child in those movies (or any movie back then). Also, I think back then the majority of Americans identified as Christian. So seeing the imagery (most scenarios of which had never been done in a movie) shocked the public. And I only mention the public mainly back then identifying as Christian to point out it was common back then to admonish kids to behave or the Devil would get them; pastors preached "fire and brimstone" sermons warning adults to serve God or the Devil would get them. So The Exorcist played brilliantly on people's fear of Satan and their superstitions.
There are so many hidden messages in this film. It’s not meant for anything else but depths of the story. For example, the cross that was left in her room, she stole it from the church she desecrated. Her position drove her to do those things before we saw it on camera. I really enjoyed your reactions they were genuine. I hope your doggy walk went well
Great job Dasha. I had to stay up past my bedtime waiting for and to watch this reaction but it was worth it. You handled it really well and at least you had Hugo there for support. Keep up the great work.
FYI as most people miss it...
The "you're gonna die up there" remark was directed at the man standing close to her who attended the party. He is an astronaut.
I thought it was great when your dog came to check on you. I saw this movie in the theater when it first came out, people were screaming in the theater, and some got up and left. I stayed and saw it a second time right after the first so I could watch the crowd react to the movie. This movie is the most disturbing film I have ever seen, not the scariest, but it stayed in my mind the longest I think. I enjoyed your reaction.
Which one would you say it is the scariest for you? :)
Oh boy, does this ever bring back memories from the first time I saw this movie!!! It is a truly frightening film because of the evil that is inhabiting the young girl, and the movie does a great job of telling the story. Exorcism is a scary theme at any time, and this one was really emotional! The ending is sad and happy at the same time, happy for the young girl and sad for the men who gave their lives to save her. You do a wonderful job with all your reactions and I have always enjoyed watching each one of them!! Thank you so much!!! You might try watching "The Conjuring" and also "The Conjuring 2," both of which are very scary!
The technician was probably rewinding the tape through the speaker, and he noticed it sounded like Alvin and the Chipmunks. That's how he realized it was backwards English. Either that, or he was just used to how it sounded (it wasn't that unusual in the '70s to play records backwards in order to hear a secret message, as back-masking was a common gimmick used in the recording industry at the time).
One of the actors that played a radiology technicians went to jail for murder and inspired William Friedkin (the director) to direct his other movie, Cruising.
GREAT reaction, Dasha, I've been loving many of them but this one is special. A few things you might like to know. The actor who plays the older exorcist, Father Merrin, is named Max Von Sydow and he was never "big box office," anything like that, but he was a true star. He appeared in a movie called The Seventh Seal as a knight, returning from the Crusades, who plays a game of chess with Death himself. Just to look at him and listen to him, people thought "This is a knight." Even when he sometimes played villains, we still thought of him as a knight. The younger priest has a beautiful name, Damien, but we've ruined that name over the years. It first belonged to a priest who ran a leper colony in Hawaii, and the character of Father Damien Karras in the movie is a kind of tribute to that. To save the girl, he takes the demon upon himself and then dies. Unfortunately (I think), a later horror movie came out called The Omen, in which a little boy named Damien Thorn was the Antichrist. It's an entertaining movie but not as strong and serious as The Exorcist and now, when we hear the name Damien, we just think "Antichrist." I think it's a bit tragic. Finally, it helps to take yourself back to 1973 to understand the impact this movie had. Some people were beginning to question authority and rebel against society -- think about that movie that the mother stars in -- and I'm not sure much came of that, but it freaked out a lot of other people and they started to worry "Oh no, nothing is sacred anymore, our society is coming apart." So the movie was very much of its time, because it was as if the demon had waited until 1973 to test how strong our faith still was. Nowadays we joke about this movie, but back in 1973 it really "got under the skin" of many of us. I loved some ideas of yours, like the mother buying her daughter a ranch. Thank you!
Great reaction!
When I went to see this movie was when it came out in theatres. We were seven in our group; most of my brothers, one sister-in-law, one of my sisters and a close family friend. My eldest brother was 25 years old at the time and he sat in the aisle seat. At one point during the movie he jumped out of his seat and landed in the aisle. When he recovered he got up and left the theatre and never came back.
The nervous tension was very real in the theatres! The hype from all the stories we had heard was with us. My friend had seen the movie the week before me and said someone sitting in her row had had a heart attack. So before we even went into the theatre we were jittery and scared. Being in the dark with all that nervous tension all around us did not help, but enhanced the scariness of the movie. Also, being Catholics we understood the importance of the exorcism and we also knew this movies is BASED ON A TRUE EXORCISM that had occurred in the 1940s in Maryland to a 14 year old boy.
All of this helped to make The Exorcist a very scary movie for all of us. After all these years it is STILL my favourite scary movie of all time!
I’m a horror pro and I think you did a great job. You paid attention. The Actors in this movie were amazing. And the best part…. You let yourself go on the ride. That’s why you enjoyed it.
Having been to Iraq, I can confirm, it gets ridiculously hot.
11:45 Sadly, this scene injured Linda Blair pretty badly. She was hooked to a wire device that helped make her movements more convincing, but something went wrong and it wrenched her back pretty badly. It's one of many anecdotes of "cursed movies" throughout the years.
ITS ABOUT TIME ! NOW CHECK OUT FROM 1968. ROSEMARY'S BABY. THE ORIGINAL PLANET OF THE APES (IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY). ALSO FROM AROUND THE SAME TIME. THE STING, THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, TOWERING INFERNO AND THE ORIGINAL FIRST DEATH WISH. WHICH STARRED CHARLES BRONSON. THE MID LATE 60'S INTO THE MID 80'S ( ESPECIALLY THE 70'S ) HAD SOME REAL GREAT FILMS. AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN BROUGHT UP CLINT EASTWOOD MOVIES YET ! TAKE CARE, STAY SAFE AND BE WELL ALWAYS !
Rule #1 of Halloween: You are never too old for Trick or Treating
Sal Mineo was a young actor in the 50's and 60's. He starred in the film "Reble Without A Cause". He was murdered in 1976.
One thing I kinda wish they hadn’t changed from the novel is that in the book when Fr. Merrin has his heart attack Regan is absolutely furious, ranting about how they would have won this time. It solidifies the idea that whatever is inside Regan is the thing Merrin fought years before, and it makes it clear that Merrin’s heart gave out (a lot of folks think the demon killed him, not realizing that the pills Merrin was taking were nitroglycerin tabs).
Saw it in a theater back when it came out. One of the scariest movies ever made. Glad to see that your pooch came to check on you and make sure you were alright.
It was so adorable seeing your dog come over to see if you were okay
The actor who plays the old priest is very famous . He was also in a Stephen King movie " Needful Things " .
And as the evil Brewmaster Smith in Strange Brew 🙂🍺
Very very few movies with the potency of the Exorcist. It's a special moment in art.
Dasha, I loved your analysis. I think you're so insightful noticing that it is not the jump scares but the tension. It is more like a psychological horror, a more Lovecraft-like horror. They don't do movies like this anymore.
And I loved your dog, checking if you were alright, such a good boy!
Great reaction.
Inasmuch as this film is explicitly Christian, it is the very opposite of Lovecraftian. The latter is existential horror because the characters discover that there is no God - only inconceivably powerful entities that do not care about humanity - and the horror comes from learning of one's insignificance.
In contrast, the Exorcist is predicated on the existence of God, in particular, the one true God in three hypostases, as well as the devil. Moreover both God and the devil are active in the world and have a great deal of interest in Man as well as each individual person. There is good, there is evil, and the battlefield is men's souls. Humanity is supremely important in this, and the horror comes from people encountering the preternatural events and works of the devil that impose on their heretofore normal lives. In Lovecraftian horror, there is no good or evil, and arguably no souls afterlife or spiritual warfare; Man does not matter - we are but a single short-lived species amongst countless others that will play no important role in the universe. The horror comes from the shattering of a world view that holds that life has meaning - it is atheistic horror.
I saw other comments, when Reagan says, 'Do you know what you're c..ting daughter did?' And then twisted her head around. It was in Burt Dennings voice.
And when she says, 'You're all going to die up there.' She's saying it to the astronaut at her mother's party.
Your thumbnails always make me lol
I was born in DC and when I was around 7 my family and I were walking home from trick or treating. My mom, I'm not sure if it was on purpose or not, took us down the street where they filmed the movie. Lemme tell ya in the middle of the night on Halloween this house fuckin eerie. I could see into the attic but it was pure dark and it gives me chills to remember 😳
I had to chuckle when your dog came by to see if you were ok. Way back in the day, I was watching a scary movie (Jacob's Ladder) on my brand-new stereo VCR. My dog was asleep beside me on the couch. I was listening in headphones, so I was totally immersed in the sound, and actually screamed aloud at a jump-scare I wasn't expecting. The dog startled awake, and sat up to see if I was ok - but I started to laugh because the movie had "gotcha'd" me. The dog all but shook her head, jumped down, and went off to bed in the next room. Crazy humans...
If you haven't seen "Jacob's Ladder", put it on your list. You might also want to check out "The Babadook" - a beautifully crafted film with layers of meaning.
All jokes aside, the scene at 11:48, that scene caused Linda Blair whom played Regan McNeil, to have a herniated disc at the tender age of 14yrs old. Ouchies indeed.🥺
This movie was based on a actual event. It happened to a boy in St. Louis, Missouri.
My dad actually lived a few blocks away from the real place when he was a teenager in the '80s. He said that when he found out about it, he was so scared that he couldn't sleep for a week.
Dasha - your reactions are the best! You seem to anticipate so much more than other reactors. For my part, I first saw this in the worst possible circumstances, as a freshman at Georgetown University in Wash. DC. it was shown on campus, and as all the film's outdoor scenes were filmed at Georgetown U (where the book author went to school) and in Georgetown, at the beginning it was more screams when somebody's dorm came into view, than for any horror effects. As a freshman, I lived in the building where the actress filmed her speech scene, and in my second year, across the street from where the house and the stairs were. I went to Mass in the chapel where the desecration took place (filmed somewhere else). My third year I lived in the same building where Father Karras supposedly lived. In the end... too close to home to feel comfortable!
That staircase in Georgetown became a landmark :)
If you liked this one, I definitely recommend Rosemary's Baby.
Yes! Another masterpiece.
I was in the front row of the theater with my two friends from work. One of my friends was supposed to enter the Priesthood soon. After watching this his quote was, “I think I need a drink.”
This is old-school horror. Not just about jump scares. They make you care about the characters, THEN feed them into a meat grinder.
I was 10 years old watching this alone late at night on HBO and this movie SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME. 😂🤣 Great Reaction to one of the Greatest Horror Movies Of All Time. ❤
I love the beginning of a beautiful friendship moment at the end. You have to watch The Exorcist 3, which is a direct sequel. Do not watch the second exorcist, it is terrible and is widely regarded as to not exist in the canon of the series. I love The Exorcist 3...I love it more than the first one.
i watch the second as a parody as a spoof of the first it makes it sort of palatable, but its bad,
When this came out was 9 and snuck in to the theater with my friend my friend, 10, and his older brother. I didn't sleep well for a long time after this. A year later I saw Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
21:48 ....."MEEEERRIIIIIN".... Well, that's a polite demon... introductions first XDXD
Other actresses considered for the role of Reagan incuded Brooke Shields, Jamie Lee Curtis, Eve Plumb (Jan from The Brady Bunch), and actress/singer/comedian Rachael Sweet.
Linda Blair did such a great job that it inadvertently hurt her career. Most child actor jobs were for "wholsome family movies". Filmmakers were afraid parents wouldn't take their kids to a movie with "the possessed girl", so she had difficulty finding roles for years after.
Dasha Reacts you're dog is so adorable. He comes to comfort you if he thinks you're upset. Dogs and cats make the best friends and sometimes make better friends than humans.
I think this is the first time Dasha is seen juddering the desk and the camera. 🤣
For the cold scenes they built a replica set of the bedroon inside an industrial freezer with the actors including the girl spending hours at -15 to get the smoke in the breath and the pale look of cold in the skin of the actors, still on of the best movies of all time 50 years on...sleep well!!!
The reason this is considered the greatest horror movie of all time is because unlike horror movies nowadays, it didn’t rely on the element of jump scares like all movies today. Back in 73’, no one seen anything like this and it was a huge deal. People were depressed, fainting, walking out of the theatre and afraid to go back in. Lots of peoples electricity bills were higher because they needed some light to go to sleep. People became very religious after this came out.
Holy crap, this was the most adorable reaction video ever! I never thought I'd use the word "adorable" in relation to the Exorcist, but this was beyond cute. From the excitement, to the nervous chatter. I loved when Merrin was giving a rundown to what to expect from the demon during the exorcism, and you kept answering him back as if taking notes and was going to be a part of it. That was funny. Even the dog was cute when it came over to church on you. ❤️ You remind me of my daughter in that young enthusiastic approach to viewing a movie. But it nearly broke my heart when you cried. Thank you for uploading.
Btw: this is based on a true story about a boy named Roland, back in the 1940s.
Your doggy (Hugo?) coming to protect you is adorable. Dogs are such good detectors of emotion. A relative of mine was sick recently and his dog would not leave his side.
To this day I still cannot get over how good of a performance Linda Blair did playing Regan. Also I wonder if this movie had any correlation with the old BS myth about heavy metal songs having Satanic messages in them if you played the record backwards lol. I just made that connection.
Fun fact, when Reagan projectile vomits into Father Karras' face the tube misfired. It was supposed to actually hit him in the chest, not the face so the look of shock and disgust on his face was quite real
Actually the tube didn't misfire. That was just the excuse Friedkin told Jason Miller. He told Miller it was supposed to hit him in the chest but Friedkin actually had planned for it to hit Miller in the face all along.
@@88wildcat Hadn't heard that before but regardless the point remains that the actor didn't know he was about to be pelted in the face with a stream of pea soup so the reaction was still quite genuine.
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Youre never too old to go trick or treating. People have this misconception that Halloween is a kids holiday. Here in the US everybody gets into it. Whether you wanna put on a costume and go to a party ot just go trick or treating with family and friends, its all good. No age limits when it comes to Halloween. The best holiday.
That upside down spider walk that Reagan does down the staircase was not in the original 1973 theatrical release of The Exorcist, or the original VHS release and cable TV and Network TV airings. It was a deleted scene that was put back into the special collectors edition directors cut of The Exorcist that came out in 1999. It was originally removed from the movie because the wires holding up actress Linda Blair were too visible on camera, and it wasn't until the advent of CGI that those wires could be digitally erased from the scene.
I first saw this when I was 10 years old and I couldn't sleep for weeks. I'm glad you picked my suggestion.
Awe your dog was worried about you. So cute. I was really young when I saw this, my best friend and I snuck into the movie we were probably like 10 years old, we didn’t understand it and we laughed through the whole movie because of all the raunchy language. It wasn’t till I was an adult that I understood how scary it actually was.
every time someone reacts to this a no avatar troll says they saw it when they were 10. Look out for this in other videos
@@papalaz4444244 I am a long time subscriber to Dasha’s Channel and I am using my real name. Not a fake name and weird avatar. Plus trolling someone to call them a troll? Really?
@@papalaz4444244 What a bizarre thing to form a conspiracy theory about.
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@@jeremyfrost2636 hahaha, thank you I will edit
I love that Hugo came to check on you ! What a good boy.
0:10 You got the pronunciation right the first time, Dasha. Don't doubt yourself so much. ♥️
0:45 How's Hugo doing? Wishing him -- and you -- the best.
17:48 The captions switched "I'm not Regan" to "I'm not vegan" lol.
This director made a very different (not horror) film called Rules Of Engagement that I really recommend, especially since if I remember correctly you're a Samuel L. Jackson fan. The old priest (Max Von Sydow) is from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which was one of the last movies he made before his death... other good movies with him are Needful Things and Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close.
I enjoyed your reaction - and it was so sweet when Hugo came in to make sure you were safe. 💕🐶
I am writing this to help out Dasha and this video and this channel with the algorithm ✌️❤️😚☺️
Lol Dasha that screenshot of you upside down 😆
my grandpa had a saying " they're good kids when they're asleepin " as kids we didnt understand - we werent doing anything when we slept . we figured it out as adults......
I saw this at the cinema when it first came out, I was either 13 or 14 at the time but looked older so, I was able to get into the cinema to see it, there wasn't any film like it at the time, it really frightened me as I was walking home in the dark afterwards.
As soon as I saw that Dasha was reacting to The Exorcist I immediately thought to myself “Uh-oh, she is going to be scared really bad watching that movie”. 😂
"The Exorcist" made such a big cultural splash back in 1973 that it led many people to believe demonic possession was an actual phenomena -- to the point where the Catholic Church had to dust off the old books and train priests in the ritual. Since then the practice has spread to other denominations for better and for worse. Just last year a 3-year old girl was killed during an exorcism in a small Pentecostal church in San Jose, California. At any rate, Lee J. Cobb, the actor who played the police detective, played the heavy in the classic films "On the Waterfront" (1954) and "12 Angry Men" (1957). He also played Fyodor Karamazov in "The Brothers Karamazov" (1958). Check out those films when you can.
Awesome reaction!!! Think I was 10-years old when first saw this movie in the theater when it came out. This is one of those movies where I can still remember the audience reactions!!! CAn remember people laughing nervously at the beginning for nobody knew what to expect. Then, once all the demonic stuff starts happening: popcorn flying through the air, people screaming, people actually fainting, people actually praying out loud, people actually running for the doors, people actually vomiting, and other crazy stuff. For a 10-year-old not really understanding what the impact of the movie was having on the audience, must say that their reactions were way more entertaining than the movie. Looks like you viewed the extended/directors cut which have purchased and seen more out of curiosity as to what was cut out/added - just does not seem as scary as the theatrical version where that version seems to not give the viewer any time to breath or get their thoughts straight.
The greatest controversy horror film of all time and it ranked at #3 in the 100 scariest movie moments on Bravo, cool reaction as usual Dasha, take care sweetie 🥰
Number three? Which are then number two and number one?.
I love that your dog kept trying to comfort you. Thats a good boy/girl.
The spiderwalk down the stairs still looks creepy AF.