The Exorcist – Original Audience Reactions
The Exorcist – Original Audience Reactions
It’s interesting to see this old footage of audience reaction to The Exorcist, when it debuted in 1973. Check it out:
It’s obvious that the movie caused a mini-mass-hysteria, with long lines of people waiting to get into movie theaters and reports of people fainting and running out because of the film’s graphic nature.
After the Exorcist was released, Linda Blair had death threats against her. She required body guards for 6 months.
Bonus: Here’s Linda Blair talking about the infamous crucifix scene, where she admits she didn’t understand what was going on there and why she had to stab a crucifix into a hidden box.
My mother TILL THIS DAY can not watch, hear, or be in the same room with the exorcist movie playing , and she saw it when she was 15.
….I love this. And because I like to bitch about Paranormal Activity… This is how you show people your movie is scary…shake for no reason, faints, disgust…not just a bunch of scary cats shriek for no reason.
This movie is one of the best I ever seen… horror.
This horror movie set the standard…NO computer generated crap…when they showed the preists in the room and the room was freezing………its because the room WAS FREEZING there will be no other horror movie to top it.