Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>I mentioned in the movie thread that I just saw this movie. And I can't believe that people thought this was scary. It was laughable.<< You have to understand this movie was done in the early 70s and back then, audiences were not used to seeing "in your face" gore and crucifix play in such graphic details. I didn't get to see The Exorcist until it was released on VHS and trust me... I was hard falling asleep that night.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I saw Psycho for the first time on the old "4:30 movie" in the afternoon. I was maybe 12. I had heard what a famously scary movie this was. It was, in fact, a rainy afternoon and I was watching alone. I was congratulating myself on how brave I was to watch this movie - alone no less. I just wasn't scared. I was intrigued, but not scared. Of course, this was the 4:30 movie in the 70's. They cut the shower scene. They cut the scene where Martin Balsam gets killed. You knew what happened, but they cut the scenes and just went right to the end of them. So you didn't really see anything scary. Which is why I wasn't really scared, and congratulating myself for watching this famously-scary movie by myself. Then came the scene with Vera Miles walking into the basement. "Mrs. Bates? Mrs. Bates?" <wheelchair turns around revealing corpse with wig and horrifying wizened smile> <12 year old having seven kinds of stuffing scared out of him> Never trust the 4:30 movie.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Never trust the 4:30 movie.<< They cut the shower scene!?? Aye carumba. Back when the ABC Tuesday Night Movie of the Week was on, my dad & mom watched it every week without fail. For me, the theme song meant bedtime. On rare occasion, my dad would let me stay up and watch one of these 90-minute made for TV movies (what a great concept, why don't they do that again?). Anyway, they would have quick little promos for that evening's movie, and one of them was called 'The Eyes of Charles Sands.' I never saw the movie, and have no idea what it was about, but at one point they showed a guy suddeny sitting up on a funeral parlor table, the camera zooms in on his face, and he opens his eyes and they're completely white. Being 10, it freaked me out no end. I slept with the light on for a week at least.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Here's a user comment from imdb... >>When Charles Sand opened the coffin, at the beginning, of the movie, a frightening sight was about to begin. His deceased uncle opened his eyes and there were no eye balls. Just the whites. Then he raised up and pointed his finger at Charles. This would give you the creeps. If this happened, in a funeral parlor, there would be an evacuation.<< Evacuation indeed.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs I'm willing to bet that there was an evacuation from every orifice in your body, 2oony.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy <here are the movies that scared me or at least had me peaking through my fingers at some scenes. Alien Carrie A Nightmare on Elm Street The Thing (1982) Deliverance The Sixth Sense Poltergeist Jurassic Park> Dude, you're scared by some of these but find "The Excorist" laughable?? Because of the freaky stories/reactions I've heard, I've taken a vow to never watch "The Exorcist" in my own home, and not alone.
Originally Posted By DAR I think if I would have seen the Exorcist when I was younger it might have had a different effect.
