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Had an impact here . . .

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Billy Wonka

In Reply to: RE: Cultural Impact of The Exorcist 1973 posted by RGA on May 16, 2022 at 02:53:46

The projectionist and manager got arrested after the first showing. When I read the book I thought it couldn't be made into a movie. The special effects guys were up to the job for that time.

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Scared the beegeebers out of me - Road Warrior 21:08:48 05/20/22 (3)
Still M.I.A.
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Edits: 05/20/22
- RE: Scared the beegeebers out of me - RGA 18:44:05 06/12/22 (0)
  The Exorcist scared me and I'm an Atheist! So I could see that Catholics might faint or be traumatized by the film.
  
  Although Satan never made any sense to me - so if you are a bad evil person in life - God apparently punishes you by sending you to Satan. Umm so why would Satan punish you for being an evil lousy terrible person? You're on team Satan after all - you did in life what Satan wants you to do. He's not going to punish you.
  
  And let's say you are a terrific person and you love your brother with all your heart - your brother turns out bad and goes to hell - then you die and go to heaven - but heaven is supposed to be some sort of Utopia where all your LOVED ONES will be. But wait your brother isn't there you love him but nope he was sent to hell. So much for getting all your wishes in heaven granted.
  
  It's all kind of goofy.
- That and The Shining made my skin literally crawl. Still creeped out by - tinear 17:18:17 05/22/22 (1)
  rewatching, too.
  - RE: That and The Shining made my skin literally crawl. Still creeped out by - oldmkvi 06:57:33 05/24/22 (0)
    I had to go to the Lobby during a scene in an Operating Room, the Blood, the Volume, the Expectation all hit at once.
    People taking refuge in the Lobby was a THING in 1973!
    King's Novels are way better than Any of the Movies, Imo, etc.
    But The Exorcist and The Godfather lived up to expectations for me.
RE: Had an impact here . . . - RGA 18:10:16 05/19/22 (1)
Wow, seriously they were arrested? I mean I get that it was shall we say a "strong" movie at the time but arrested?
- There were pockets around the country . . . - Billy Wonka 18:24:51 05/19/22 (0)
  that reacted to it the same way. It was years before it came back. Maybe there to five years. Don't remember.

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