Posted on 08/12/2004 5:59:12 PM PDT by missyme
Did the Classic Horror Flick Haunt More Than Just the Audience?
When The Exorcist was released late in 1973, it sparked a visceral reaction from the public--literally. There were reports of people vomiting from the fright of a story about a young girl possessed by a demon.
The movie went on to become a massive hit, but few of those who flocked to the film knew about its grueling, nearly yearlong shoot or the tragedies that befell some of the cast and crew. Misfortune also followed the movie's sequels, leading some to wonder: Was there a curse on The Exorcist?
As its prequel, Exorcist: The Beginning, makes its way to theaters, E! delves into the mystery with a new E! True Hollywood Story, premiering Aug. 15 at 8 p.m. We go behind the scenes of the controversial film and reveal just why some believe the movie was cursed.
Whether you buy into curses or not, one thing is indisputable: The filming of The Exorcist was tough on all concerned. From a director who liked to startle his cast to a 12-year-old actress spouting some truly disturbing dialogue to the infamous "pea soup" scene, few escaped the production unscathed.
Subsequent Exorcist films had their share of bad luck as well--although many critics believe that's a result of questionable filmmaking more than any curse. Still, the mystery surrounding the films remains.
Think you can turn heads with your Exorcist knowledge? Then take our devilishly designed quiz, and watch the the Story to find out more about The Exorcist.
Ugh.
THis movie looks awful.
When I saw the firt Excorcist I slept with the light on for a year, I was freaked out and I think the Excorist is the scarriest movie of all time..
My blood still runs cold every time I hear Tubular Bells.
That song is eerie but brilliant.
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My dorm chaplin in college is in the movie as one of the Jesuits (plays a freind of Father Karras). William Freidkin (the director) slapped him to get a better performance out of him.
Nah. The Haunting Of Hill House is scarier.
NO WAY! The Excorcist is the worst, when you see the Priest bringing the Devil out of her OMG... that was the scariest, it wasn't blood and guts movie it was something real and so evil it made your whole being shake with fear....
Your right pure evil at it's worst.
Really is this movie going to be the same version as the original one?
Nope. Not to me, anyway. The creaking walls and the line by Julie Christie "Who was holding my hand?" are way scarier.
"And we who walk here walk alone."
Yipe! I was 40 last time I watched it and I slept with teh lights on for a week.
And I had read the bood before seeing the movie! Whoa....very scary to read the book alone at night.
I think the movie started out with the TSTI fly in Africa or something? then that music...AH! I think I was frozen in my seat for the rest of the film as was the entire theatre...
Linda Blair has said many times during interviews that an EVIL persisted in the entire making of the film she had some weird stuff happen to her...
I don't know what type of Excorcist movie is now coming out but I think it's based on the original one...
You mean it happened to Susan Sarandon? I thought it was a true story about a little girl in Baltimore Maryland?
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