Funny thing is, I downloaded the digital copy, and if I use ?Movies Anywhere to access it, there's a bunch of bonus content, like deleted scenes and making of docs. I tried finding the extras through Vudu, but only both versions of the movies were there.

That's a good point "context of time". Culture evolves. What's ordinary now, was once extraordinary.

On top of that, it came out once the movie opened that Blatty had based his story on a real event of an exorcism that had allegedly taken place in the 1950's, rumored to have been in St. Louis. I was 19 when the movie was showing and in our tiny little town the movie theater didn't get new movies, they took, on average, about six months to show up. For us to see this movie several of us had to jump in a car and drive one way about an hour to St. Louis to see the movie. We had no cell phones, no social media and came from a small hellfire and Jesus community. We sat in the movie theater and for the first time in our lives, we were terrified. We were terrified at real evil. We were terrified at the possibility of demons and possession and when you look at the crafting of the screenplay now, you see what a master class the original screenplay was. (Note how the camera approaches Reagan's door each time, how it changes, how the sounds and views up the anticipation and suspense each time, how the movie starts slow and builds up and up and up until when Reagan's door approach shows up on the screen you find yourself leaning BACK in your seat, almost afraid of what will happen when that door opens. When you reached the end, an end that happens surprisingly fast after the almost two hour buildup, you catch your breath and then walk out into the parking lot, get in your car and ride in silence in the darkness for over an hour to get home, everyone still chewing on the images they had been shown that evening. That's what it was like. Excellent review, Ken. I look forward to sitting in the darkness again and remembering.

​@@jerryrpettus1926I'll never forget the look in Regan's eyes as the Exorcist enters her bedroom for the 1st time.

Most modern horror films today aren’t as outrageous as this. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like the LJFU scene in a major studio release since. My guess is that the Believers film won’t have anything like that either.

Honestly, Frankenstein in 1931 was far scarier.

I kind of feel the same.

These inconsistencies are baked into the negatives…It was shot on film and it’s clear that the quality of the film stock and how in focus things are varied throughout the production. Nothing can be done to fix that sort of thing. It’s just how the film looks, the proof of that is how this issue has been consistent throughout every home video release. It’s pretty common for movies that came out during this time. The only way to make it look uniform would be to lower the image quality to match whatever the worst looking shots are on the negatives.

​@@dajmasta94well said.

Right

I appreciate you for saying that man. Means a lot.

@@midlevelmedia Hold on to that (without being self deprecating), there is something about authenticity that seems to be a key.

That same steelbook in the UK has an extra Blu-ray disc in it, it only has a couple of extra special features on it though but they aren't included in the slipcase version. America has been shafted by Warner Bros.

​@@s1ddomakes a change it's usually you guys that get the good stuff and we in the UK normally get the crappy bog standard releases

So Satan was in the theater. Got it.

@snakeplissken8506 the demons name in the movie is pazuzu, not satan.

I believe it's the new logo on both versions.

Agreed... His amount of cope in this video was cringe.

@@PesterFester1966don’t listen to this guy, he’s a sheep

I got the Bible edition pre-ordered

@@midlevelmedia me too, hope it's as nice in person.

It has always been a hard cut. Even on my 1980s VHS.

The hard cut is how it was originally.

Couldn't agree more. Glad you enjoyed it!

Considering the fact tha "2001" lost the Oscar to "Oliver", we can expect anything bizarre from the Academy Awards.

I would argue Linda Blair was robbed as well

Absolutely need to and I'm definitely planning on it. From what I could hear I loved.

You need a REAL Atmos setup to get the effect correctly, meaning speakers on the ceiling. The scenes with the sounds in the attic sound like they are really coming from your attic, it's great.

I did man. I'm insane. Lol

Yeah for sure. However I've seen movies from the 50s and 60s look flawless. Guess it always depends on the filmmaker though. 🤷‍♂️

@@midlevelmediaAbsolutely.

The US digibook package, you mean? Yes - both cuts of the film on separate discs. It's the one I own, as I personally feel it's the definitive version of the film in high def. Compared to the stripped down bare bones US 4K release, it's FAR more deluxe looking.

That's nuts!

I definitely need to check that out!

I talked about that later in the video.

You did! at 14:02. My bad. Thanks.@@midlevelmedia

Yes it is