This...all of this!

Wow, that is one of the best descriptions about this movie I have ever read

100% agree

The scene where she is flopping from sitting to lying was so intensive that halfway through the shot the girl's back broke, the screams of "Please! It hurts! Make it stop!" are absolutely 100% genuine.

I saw this movie when I was 6 (I still hate my older brother for showing me this movie at that age) and now, nearly 23 years later I still find myself wary and scared when it comes to this movie

Now that he´s old? Unfortunately, he died in March.

@@maxis5650 Ah you're right! Had completely forgotten he passed away. Thanks for the correction!

Angel Lopez that fucks me up that I am Max’s age now

There's a movie, 'The Keep' with a 40-something Ian McKellen who has age make-up on. Same thing. The make up was so good he looked similar to how he actually looks now. All this to say, Back to the Future was just mean. LOL.

There is only one movie I have ever seen where Max Von Sydow was young: The Seventh Seal. So I can confirm that he wasn't born old.

"Now THIS old woman can hold SO MANY GHOSTS-"

@Miles I hope you someday regain control of your life. Wishing you all the best!

He should watch Rabid Grannies, MUAHAHAHAHAAA!!!

@Miles That is actually William Shatner, but thanks I guess. You're the third person this month to advertise their god(s) to me. Why should I pick yours?

Have you seen "Legion"?

The Ninth Configuration shows (unofficially) what happened to that astronaut later. It was the writer’s intention that it was the same character.

@Traders Edge She was talking to the astronaut.

Chesterette VERY broadly, Pazuzu is the demon-god of the sky, flying things and deadly winds, so Pazuzu would certainly be in a position to decide if an astronaut were to die.

but how the astronaut die exactly???

@@ivanelias3916 Doin' ASTRONAUT stuff!

Subtle horror for me , always trumps jump scares . Seeing something in the background like hereditary or some Korean horror movie always gets me .The dream sequence from prince of darkness or the disturbing dream from whistle and I'll come .

@Billy Batts Karras' dream is chilling. The lack of music and the only sounds used make it feel like a real nightmare.

@@alexmoreira876 The dream sequence was unsettling by itself and they had the audacity to insert that demon face jump scare too. I totally got chills down my spine by watching that clip even on Brandon's reaction video haha

Agreed

Yup

I friend’s mom’s dad has a can of Campbell’s chunky soup signed by Donovan McNabb.

My friends mom has a can of fava beans signed by Sir Anthony Hopkins.

That’s fantastic!!!

I have a can of tomato soup.

Crazy and true. Poor kid.

Keith Ferris I agree man. Linda deserved better than that

Well, that fact isn't fun at all 😟

Also fun fact: right around the time she was filming this movie as a teenager she was dating Rick Springfield - 10 years her senior.

Well, thats messed up.

especially since the practical effects don't hold up everytime I watch it I always end up laughing at the effects, and since I am an occultist how they portray demons lmao

@@travis9260 I appreciate the all the "effects" in The Exocist because this movie was made in 1973 Ffs! A lot of the Effects, Camera-Work & Acting in this movie is better than any other movie before the time. By the time this movie came to my Country it was nearly a decade later & it's Effects were still considered spectacular, as far as I'm concerned anyway Btw, An "Occultist" is a lost, invalidated, unhappy, lonely, bored, wounded little boy/girl who wasn't allowed to cry or else!!

It's not the scariest or the best.

@@eliascrooker7773 In the end it’s a matter of opinion. That’s why I said “I THINK it’s the best”

@@arthurchermont4995 nope.

Brandon should really go on a Von Sydow binge. He was in so many good and/or iconic movies.

@@cuffzter Flash gordons the best ;)

I wasn’t aware he passed. Certainly an icon.

😂 yooo that’s crazy

Can’t blame him

Saw this when I was twelve and didn't sleep barely for 3 days. A horrifying film, fittingly

i can relate. i saw it when i was 8 (big mistake) at a friends house. after the movie was done my friend and his parents left so i had to walk back to my empty home (my parents went out to the supermarket) and i remember staring at my front door for 5 straight minutes, considering my options. stay outside while it got dark, or go inside and wait alone for my parents to come back. i remember i ran upstairs as fast as i could, grabbed the first vhs i could find (turned out to be 4 episodes or jim hensons " dinosaurs") and staring at the tv, not wanting to close my eyes because each time i would see that god damn devil guy. still gives me chills how frikin scared i was XD

Yeah it was all a game to the demon.

Requim is one of those rare movies that is too good and too well done that I don't want to watch it again because it weighs so heavily on your very soul. Gardens of the Night is another.

@@johnfriday5169 and in all honesty is very difficult to do a reaction to due to its graphic nature without getting the full emotional impact

John Friday Same here. Only watched it the one time. The movie is beyond amazing but I can never watch it again

Also old Murph in Interstellar.

@L M Umm, Requiem or Interstellar?

Disturbing lines dude ... So the demon always knew Karras will die and most important... Did Karras's soul get salvation ? I don't know men ... Awesome masterpiece about faith !

The dialogue is top quality, its one of the things that separates The Exorcist from all other supernatural horror movies ... and praise to Linda Blair, her acting practically brought the devil to life in this wonderful dialogue with Karras ... no other child actors can play scary children remotely as well as Blair, they can look eerie but once they are require to interact with another person they lose all their horror effects to cuteness, Linda Blair is probably the one child actor who excelled beyond just looking eerie and scary ... she became the devil in her laughing, amused smirks etc ....

@@eduardoalarconmatta3802 watch Exorcist 3. You'll know what happened with Karras.

@@HUEnshiro_do_Norte Exorcist 3 is a really corny horror movie full of bad acting and cheesy movie tropes ... it feels more like a parody of horror movies than a horror movie itself...

Exactly

So true-- everything is brilliant, every aspect of the production was done with care. From the photography and sound design to the fascinating character dynamics/relationships ... it's simply top notch cinema that happens to be one of the most chilling movies ever put on celluloid.

@@eduardo_corrochio there’s something great about 70s movies they just feel like documentaries honestly they are slower paced I noticed but once you get to the 3rd act of a 70s film that’s when everything happens and shit explodes

@@user-ev3lh1uy1m Yes. The 70s seemed like an exceptional era of movie-making. There was a lot going on, and many different kinds of wonderful films being created. Actually I have to include the late 60s in there because we had stuff like Midnight Cowboy, Planet of the Apes, and Rosemary's Baby ... so good.

@@eduardo_corrochio yeah for sure. I’m 22 and really like the older movies I had modern movies I hate movies that involve superhero’s or car racing lol. Ever seen Eyes Wide Shut just curious that’s a good film

I bloody LOVE that film. Laughed through out. It's genius.

3rd this. Wanna see him react it

The tv show is pretty hilarious too

Absolutely!!

Literally just watched this earlier today. YES.

Were the staircase used in the movie Joker? Looks familiar.

@bigbadb10 thanks, i wasn't sure.

@bigbadb10 haha, ok, next time i run into them, i will. ;)

@@dovegrey1 those steps are in NYC

Yep there's a plaque at the bottom listing it as the stairs in the Exorcist...

Conjuring 1 is pretty good, but I still think exorcist is scarier

Same, plus Texas Chainsaw Massacre

@@ernstthalmann4306 that’s a good movie

@@jacobbyma1363 a classic Genuinely scary while being a great commentary on American deindustrialization

Watch hereditary. That’s a good one

What

Suspected serial killer but he was only convicted of one murder. His name is Paul Bateson.

Including the horrific sound of Reagan's neck turning: fingers on a leather wallet.

The most tense moments having no score at all adds to the realism of those scenes

A huevo!!!!!!! (That's mexican for "hell yeah")

Speaking of sound, the voice of the demon was done by Mercedes McCambridge, whom Orson Welles once called "the world's greatest living radio actress." She had already won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress opposite Best Actor winner Broderick Crawford in "All the King's Men" (1949), which also won Best Picture. She was also nominated but did not win for "Giant" (1956), one of James Dean's great films.

@@dragon-ed1hz Yes. Thank you for pointing out a very important contribution, to this excellent film!

😂😂

Agreed!

I didn't notice it until I read your comment XD

@@BrandonLikesMovies You should watch the trilogy "The Omen" next. ("The Omen", "Damien : Omen II" and "The Final Conflict") Very horrific, absolutly good old movies. I don't even want to tell you what is it about, you'll have to discover it watching the first movie 😉

@@BrandonLikesMovies BOO

Yeah I have watched 5 reaction videos and no one seemed to catch that. I think it is just a line of dialogue that gives away the accident happening.

Oh wow that’s so cool

well the demon give the astronaut a good warning. maybe the poor astronauts of the challenger needs more advice of that demon😐

YES! I love how throughout the movie there are somethings happening offscreen that make everything even scarier. Like the scene with the church statue (I can't remember if it's only in the director's cut). Since we know Regan is an artist (she makes a clay bird and the detective notices some of her art by the window), we know she was the one going to the church and desecrating the statue (imagine that happening, how creepy!). But it's all in the details, which makes it all more frightening.

@@alexmoreira876 Yes, that's definitely in the original. Lots of detail for sure.

Yep!! I’ve been thinking about that for years. She made it downstairs, grabbed it and went back up without being heard! That’s terrifying.

Captain Howdy is a bad bad bad company. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

You mean pazuzu.

@@mikedurant78 Did you even watch the reaction?

@@jthomann71 Yes,

@@mikedurant78 Then I don't understand your confusion about my comment.

Sky, thank you. You nailed it. Beautifully thought and beautifully expressed.

ahahha but legion takes that in another level

I always liked the fact that the scariest movie ever has a happy ending and that the priest becomes friends with the detective

@@johnr797 Amen.

True, but regaining his faith and doing what he did also damned him to hell because in the end, he was a suicide.

The best acting is with the child and the mother. The priest not so much to me.

@@starry2006 I agree. I've always considered The Exorcist to be Ellen Burstyn's movie first and foremost. Jason Miller gives a solid performance but it's largely one-note and holds virtually none of the tender aspects of Karras's personality that William Peter Blatty conveyed of the character in his novel.

agreed

"...in horror movies for the creeps."

@@BrandonLikesMovies I love how you felt the need to add the rest.. this thread is gold!

A good movie example of that is Drag Me to Hell (2009)

Hereditary... The Shining.... Psycho (sort of)... the new It films... Bill & Teds Bogus Journey...it’s a staple!

Brandon Likes Movies lmao

I'm excited to watch yours as well!!

Cool to know my two favorite reactors interact

And Miller wasn’t even an actor. He was a playwright. (That Championship Season)

I saw the extended version but Miller wasn't really the strong point in the acting for me, it was really the child and the mother.

There's footage of people fainting after the screenings & theater employees carrying people to benches. It's insane how much of an impact this film had.

bigbadb10 Probably just promoted the movie even more.

Most? Definitely not, some? Yes

@bigbadb10 God damn, I wonder what exactly caused the heart attack

@@jongon0848 Link?

It actually convinced me of nothing. It’s a movie. If priests actually had powers they would help dying children in hospitals. Faith just means you will practically believe in anything on no evidence at all.

Or both.

@@matthewsullivan6652 That’s the whole point of faith. Having hope as small as a pebble in times of adversity. Faith is lost when you accept that you are weak when you are more capable. Also death is part of reality, you can’t save anyone but yourself , having faith is accepting that.

Or simply a film on a supernatural subject. I think most people de facto think the world is bad, that's why religions like to talk of afterlives or escaping re-incarnation.

A lot of youtube reviewers watch it with a bunch of giggling friends ... thats cheating.... To get the scariest effect, watch it alone in a quiet room either in the late afternoon when the lights are dull or at night ...

Love The Thing!!

@@BrandonLikesMovies Oh, you watched it already :))) Nvm then

@@BrandonLikesMovies Have you seen an American werewolf in London? That also has a lot of good practical effects.

Peter Jacksons Brain dead ? 🙏

What about American Werewolf in London?

We're clearly twins because I do this too 💀💀 this is the only horror film that has ever SCARED me. It was also the 1st one I'd ever watched. I believe I was 9 years old. Traumatized.

People’s definition of scary has dramatically changed since then. Scary now is *BOOM* SCARY MONSTER WAAAAGGHH DISCORDANT STRING MUSIC COLLEGE TEEN GETTING DISEMBOWELED!!!1!!! Scary back then was “I’m sorry, there’s something terribly wrong with your child and there’s no amount of money or technology that can help her” , feeling guilty about putting your sick mother in a home and her dying without getting a chance to reconcile, or something as simple as looking at an ancient statue and getting the feeling that somehow it looks back at you.

you can't go wrong with Max von Sydow

I wouldnt say that. There's been some brilliant quality horror films made over the years. But there has been a ton of rubbish ones too! The Exorcist is definitely top ten though. I recommend The Exorcist III also, good sequel.

@@davidryan1295 He's better on The Seventh Seal or The Magician for me.

That questionable. The Shining for instance arguably has better script, camerawork, and probably more good acting.

Yeah how was that done?

Mike I think it was a extremely well done match cut. I you look closely you can see that the shots don’t match up completely but still very convincing.

@Billy Batts I loathe all those supposedly subtle moments in to so-called director's cut.

Shaine White it won for best sound mixing and best adapted screenplay not best picture.

@@pdoll96 It did win the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture (in the Drama category) and three more Golden Globes: Best Director, Best Supporting Actress (Linda Blair) and Best Screenplay. Nevertheless "The Sting" was the movie that won the Oscar for best picture that year. "The Exorcist" was nominated for 10 Academmy Awards, but only won the Oscars that you mentioned.

100% this. The Exorcist 3 is def the right sequel to this first one. The Heretic is a terrible follow up despite Linda Blairs "Regan" being the focus of it again as a young adult.

'Repossessed' is the true sequel to 'The Exorcist'!

@@paulp9274 👍👍 cool lol

👍👍

@@katatonickiwi8310 I still very disappointed with Exorcist 3 ... its feels pretentious, some of the effects feels cheap (the granny crawling upside down on the ceiling looks really silly, a person cloaked in a blanket rushing into the hall is just wtf instead of scary) ... nothing in the movie feels truely disturbing like the first movie ... and to tie the devil with serial murders is a little too down to earth kind of ... it just feels like downgrading the devil to the level of criminal serial killers, it distracts from the theme of struggle of religious faith ...

And apparently this was the scene making people throw up and faint in theaters back in 1973.

@@alexmoreira876 The medical procedures is not the only scene that causes fainting and running out of the theatre ... people are leaving the movie at different points in the movie ... just watch the video of the reactions, different people are talking about different parts of the movie when interviewed...

The gentleman performing the procedure was a real tech and was commended for his bedside manner then not long after it was found out he was a serial killer. I forget his name though.

Demons aren’t real so...

Krooksbane lmao bet

@@Krooksbane hahaha You're one of those funny really self-assured skeptics that I'd love to see spend time in legitimately haunted places. I know people in my personal life that would still be skeptics like you if not for that very reason.

@@LennyCash777 You only think they're "legitimately haunted places" because you believe though, since they think it isn't then it would be nothing. There is no objectively "legitimately haunted" place otherwise the paranormal and supernatural wouldn't still be things open to personal belief and interpretation, they would be confirmed fact, which they aren't.

@@LennyCash777 Lmao what Fear of the dark and spooky is a primal response you dumbass. You don't have to believe in ghosts to be afraid of the dark

Ah gotcha, that makes a lot more sense

Agree 100% on Exorcist III. Very underrated and it has one of the greatest scare/creepy scenes of all time. 👍

@@CR41489 wonderful movie. Saw it in the theater twice. Maybe a spoiler ****************** That scene with the nurse and the shears/surgical instrument at the home near the end is nothing but terrifying and pure class horror, right in front of the family. Great movie!

The movie really skirts over the fact that the mom is a very famous actress who can call on some very interesting people, such as an astronaut about to go on a mission to space, to attend her parties. For all its strengths of composition, editing, effects and sound design etc, one weakness is basic plot exposition.

"You're all going to die down here." Said by a little girl in the first Resident Evil movie. Coincidence? I think not.

Ugh. I just hate everything about that sentence. It just makes me question what kind of moral God people believe in that would condemn somebody to eternal suffering for doing the moral thing. The Christian God is truly a monster of the same caliber as displayed in poor Reagan here. Good thing neither exist!

No, that’s not suicide, that’s self-sacrifice, the same thing Jesus did. That’s not considered wrong.

@@Freshwater121 That is an opinion and is dependent on whom you ask. Hardcore Christians will tell you suicide is suicide. The intent doesn't matter. You follow the text or you create your own interpretations around what isn't said. One is reflective of The Bible, the other is reflective of the self. Also, Jesus death wasn't a sacrifice. You can't sacrifice yourself and become God. The point of a sacrifice is that you die and whatever value you had is extinguished in deference to something more important. Since Jesus upon "death" becomes God, that's something different than sacrifice. I dare to call it manipulation.

@@Cthulhu013 I believe he would not be condemned to hell, he wasn't committing suicide, he was sacrificing himself for, as you said, moral reasons, so even though I'm not exactly religious, I do not and will not believe that if God exists, that he would condemn an individual for actions of this nature.

@@Cthulhu013 it wouldn't matter - the significance of his priest friend talking to him at the bottom of the stairs is to offer him absolution for his sons, which Karass expresses by squeezing his hand. Meaning that even if it were considered a suicide attempt, he also was then forgiven by God before death.

Same here

That's by far the best part of his, otherwise I wasn't too engrossed with his story. The child's story really was this film.

Also, there is no sound, no music, nothing. It's so unsettling, you can feel the dread.

I saw it in theaters and it was the first movie in a very long time to make me want to cover my eyes. I was so anxious and scared that the last 15 minutes were almost panic attack inducing. My movie of the year in 2018.

Hereditary is amazing for sure. However that director, Ari Aster, also made Midsommar.... which is probably the most unique movies I’ve ever seen. Frightening, tense, suspenseful, shocking, surprising, ALL THAT and more. It would definitely make for a good reaction... especially by Brandon lol

@@BrokenGodEnt I bet that after the movie ended everyone was leaving the theater in silence.

Totally agree. One of the only horror films thats truly scared me. Still haunted by certain shots from that film.

Jorge M hiya! a hug from Louisiana, USA 👻🎃

It's pretty tame to be honest

Wes Collins, for now, probably. i think she was 13 or 14 and she hates horror movies. not sure why she decided to go and see it at the movies.

Walk up behind her and say, 'Dimmy, why you do this, Dimmy?'

I think your grandmother must be a spiritual woman. Personally, I agree with her. I've seen this movie quite a few times. It has scarred me having done so but I am a gluttton for punishment and it is an excellent movie. It has to be a long time in between for me to watch it again and I may not do so again. I refuse to own the film and deleted it off my computer because I believe it to be much more than just a horror film. Billy Graham Jr. said that he believes that even the tape reels of the film have evil on them. There have been many deaths surrounding the film and many strange events as well. I did a movie review for this in college and had just bought a new printer. When I went to print out the report the printer wouldn't stop printing. It actually seemed to go crazy, spitting out the pages and I couldn't stop it. I had to finally unplug it. Those with Christian beliefs and many spiritual people get this. Many people today don't feel this way because they have been taught in school and by the media to be more cynical of such things and many even to be cynical of faith. Therefore, they are not as affected by it and it is just another horror movie. For many people of faith this is NOT just a horror movie. It is all too real!

RealityCheck You’re probably right! She does like the spiritual things, psychics and things. I’ve heard about it being “evil” or haunted! That definitely had something to do with your printer. Some spooky stuff.

For me these religious beliefs were not at all extreme. They were and are more like accurate. What I find extreme is how schools, media and Hollywood continue to teach people not to have this primal fear. It also says to me that these three outlets have done more evil to people by getting them not to see the evil that, they themselves, perpetuate, including the cynicism towards religious beliefs. In my opinion they have greatly contributed to there being much more evil in the world. Being of the older generation, I have clearly seen the progression of this over the years. People of the younger generation have just been desensitized to it. Also, I believe that life is a lot harder today in many ways then it was for my generation. The younger generation is much more hardened to a lot of things than we were back in the day. However, it does not mean that evil no longer exists or that what is shown in this movie couldn't be real. In my opinion, you either believe this or you don't.

@Kleo Yes. The farther back in time the more prominent religion was in people's lives.

I believe they mixed the soup with oatmeal.

He was told about the vomit but he was told the vomit would only hit him in the chest so your main point about his reaction is correct but he did know there was going to be vomit. I believe it was mixed with oatmeal.

Oh woah! That's pretty cool!

Yes, and in the middle of a very hot summer. Most of the crew ended up having a cold because of the constant change of temperature between the set and the outside

Nice pun, Brandon!

It's still the most shocking scene for me. It's all kinds of wrong xD

This movie never scared me as it does others. I saw it pretty early on myself. It's one of my number one movies, too...!

Ali Gmal aww 7 is so young. I saw it at 11 and it effected me badly.

I think people need to separate facts from opinions.

I thought Hereditary was genuinely scary. It just left you uneasy and you had to see but didn't want to see what was around the corner. Midsommer I didn't feel was scary moreso shock factors. I actually left the theater during it because the story was terrible and the slow pacing caused too much anxiety. It wasn't a scary film more of a sick film. "Lets zoom in on this bashed in face as close as we can and hold the camera on it just to digust you". I haven't seen Witch but I've heard its slow and methodical.

@@thewelder4449 Yes indeed. Remember the 1980s cartoon Care Bears? Remember the bear with the heart symbol of his chest? He (or she) had the ability to shoot heart and love at people from his chest. These particular horror films do the same thing. They're like an evil Care Bear that shoots evil at you, the type of evil that puts genuine fear into you. That's why these horror films are so effective. The Exorcist was simply far ahead of its time. Hereditary is more scary, but Midsommar is more evil to me because of that evil pagan cult. That's just how I see them.

@@JamesASharp That was the most radical analogy I've ever heard in my life lmao.

@@thewelder4449 Hey, that's just how I see it. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

This is great to know, thank you for this!

Brandon Likes Movies don’t watch the sequel, it’s truly terrible

Ironically in the original mythology Pazuzu was invoked to protect children from demons called Lilitu

@@shawnac9289 If he skips 2, but watches 3... He's good. 2 is a cash grab with a lousy script, but 3 is a good sequel to the original.

Haha good luck!

Ended up watching in broad daylight on low volume with a comedy in the background..but I made it! 😂

@@samanthafromnewzealand5946 damn your that scared of a movie ? lol

I'm so glad to hear that!

@@BrandonLikesMovies Would you like me to answer some questions for you and plug some back ground plot holes as well. I think I can make the movie make a lot more sense if you would like me to.

And the blood pouring out 🤢🤮

Jump scares are usually cheap and annoying. That one, if I recall correctly, absolutely came out of nowhere and the image still sticks with me. This movie and Inland Empire are solid examples of jump-scares done right.

Lol really I laughed so hard. So many ppl are pussies

@@satanslovechild4728 yes but you are a real badass, as suggested by the triple digits of Satan himself, and the addition of a virus name add more emphasis on the badassery

The spider walk was amazing tho

I came here to make this comment, haha. That lasted into the early 90s as well. I remember everyone being nuts about Ouija boards "letting in the devil". *rolleyes*

It won for Sound Mixing, not Sound Editing. In the '70s, some years there was a Sound Editing category at the Oscars (called Best Sound Effects back then), and some years there wasn't one. It wasn't until the '90s that the Academy established two permanent sound categories at the Oscars.

Correction. The woman who did the voice was an old actress named Mercedes Cambridge, she had nothing to do with any physical part of this film. The woman with the demon make up was Linda Blaire’s stunt double name Irene ( can’t recall her last name).

@@artemus80j.4 Yep, Mercedes Mcambridge provided the voice while Eileen Dietz was Linda Blair's stunt double :)

I'd be ruined if I watched this as a kid haha

Hey, Pink Flamingos came out a year before this film haha. People overlook how revolutionary the 70s truly were. Porn became mainstream in the 70s too