The Exorcist
Now, I like a good horror movie. I'm not into the relentless slasher flicks, but the first Hallowe'en was a classic of the genre. I do like something with a bit of story, a bit of 'could that really happen', or just out and out fun like American Werewolf.

But I just can't do the Exorcist. I've tried, and I just can't.

It stems from when we got our first video (or VCR if you prefer). My mum had got a batch of pirate copies of films from a friend and was watching them with her bloke. Stuff like Soldier Blue, The Hills Have Eyes... and the Exorcist.

This was about 1983, and I would have been 12. Consequently I wasn't allowed to watch these (unlike in these days of parental fuckwittery where it seems that letting a 12 year old watch hard core porn is acceptable, let alone hoary old horror movies from the 1970s), and was duly sent to bed.

My bedroom was above the living room, and, specifically, my bed was almost directly above the telly.

So whereas I didn't see the film, I heard nearly every bloody word, scream, expletive and musical sting in the whole damned film. And it just terrified me. For weeks I couldn't sleep, and to this day I haven't been able to bring myself to watch it.

Thanks Mum.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 10 Apr 2008, 19:25, 1 reply)

OMG me too.
I can watch all sorts of blood-thirsty slasher gore-fests but can't watch this film. I watched it with my family when I was about 14 and had nightmares for weeks afterwards. I've tried to start watching it but give up after about half an hour.
( girlinthehole, Thu 10 Apr 2008, 19:31, closed)