What It Was Really Like To See The Exorcist In 1973

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Halloween may be over, but The Exorcist, released in late December of 1973 and now celebrating its 45th anniversary, remains its own kind of holiday movie. The weather was

Everyone was watching „The Exorcist.“ Rumors of its shock value were everywhere, fuelling the furor to see this unimaginably terrifying movie. There’s even footage of

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So think of the cultural phenomenon that was „The Force Awakens“ three years ago and that’s what it was like for „The Exorcist“ in 1973.

When William Friedkin’s The Exorcist debuted in theaters in 1973, it was a horror filled scream fest. Learn what it was like to watch The Exorcist in theaters, an experience so

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Real audience reactions after watching “The Exorcist” in 1973.
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What It Was Really Like To See The Exorcist In 1973 Very few horror films hold the levels of critical acclaim and box office success that William Friedkin’s The Exorcist does. Released in

The Exorcist opened at San Francisco’s Northpoint Theater, located on the corner of Bay and Powell. Click HERE to see great documentary footage of theater patrons from 1973

“The Exorcist” first graced the world with its presence on December 26, 1973, and immediately plunged audiences into a realm of terror previously uncharted in cinema.

But regardless, I’ve seen comments like this before, and I’d like to try to understand the perspective. I’ve been a horror movie fan all my life, but I enjoy them in terms of craft and

Watch Audiences React To ‚The Exorcist‘ In Vintage 1973 Footage

The Exorcist (1973) is the sensational, shocking horror story about devil possession and the subsequent exorcism of the demonic spirits from a young, innocent girl (of a divorced

Recent films like The Black Panther got tons of media exposure but I swear it did not come anywhere close to what The Exorcist got in 1973. All of the horror aside one of my favorite

When The Exorcist was released in 1973, it changed the horror genre forever. But what was it like to see the landmark scary movie when it first hit theaters?

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What was it like seeing the exorcist (1973) in theaters? The most frightening thing I have ever experienced. Same. I was 18 and in the army the first time I saw it. I slept with the lights on for

The real impact of The Exorcist, aside from it’s taboo language & religious iconography, was due to the adult reaction to the ‚youth‘ movement of the late 60s, where people were generally

On December 26, 1973 “The Exorcist

Some of them are fainting, some look so disturbed they might never recover, and some were even throwing up. We know that „The Exorcist“ is typically chosen atop the list of

Welcome to a re-examination of that cult film favorite, 1973’s hit horror movie by William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist. For those of you not familiar with the flick, or those who felt

Some of them are fainting, some look so disturbed they might never recover, and some were even throwing up. We know that „The Exorcist“ is typically chosen atop the list of

What It Was Really Like To See The Exorcist In 1973

Often referred to as one of the greatest horror movies of all time (and certainly one of the most notorious), The Exorcist has been scaring audiences since it made its debut in

These clips reveal just what a phenomena the release of The Exorcist was— everyone was going to see this movie: young, old, male, female. The scene resembles a party

Grab something to hide behind because this week we’re taking a look at the inspiration behind IMDB’s No. 1 horror movie of all time, “The Exorcist”. We’ll be answering all

Brings back memories of waiting in line forever to see the Exorcist on opening night in my city. 9:00 show. People started coming out from the earlier show all freaked out and telling us not to

‘The Exorcist’ is the Best Horror Movie Ever Made. Here’s Why. The Exorcist (1973) would become a sensation in 1973, lines formed around the block to see the horror film,

In 1973 people fainted, experienced anxiety and even reportedly suffered heart attacks from The Exorcist.

The Instagram account, _Cinearts_ , shared footage from the original release of „The Exorcist“ in 1973. You can see the audience members noticeably shaken up. Some of

I don’t know if I’d go as far as to call it a medical sitcom, but I see where you’re coming from. It took me a couple watches to shake my expectations off and appreciate the movie for what it is,

I spent an evening in the lobby just to see if people really do come stumbling out in the middle of the picture as reported. They did so I asked them why. It just scare me to

That was hard to believe, and perhaps it’s just as hard today for young people to imagine how terrifying “The Exorcist” was to its first audiences in 1973. Based on the novel by

We have Father Merrin (Max von Sydow) in an Iraqi archeological dig, where he discovers a grotesque statue which looks demonic to him. In posh Georgetown, successful

within 20 years, people were laughing at ‚The Exorcist‘ itself! I remember going to see it at a midnight showing in the early 90’s. My friends and I were pretty psyched about finally getting to

When The Exorcist was released, it was such a phenomenon that it was just as captivating as America’s biggest political scandal. Nixon had to share the spotlight with this revolutionary

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