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I’m back from Escapade 2019 with a list of recommended TV shows. One of them is "The Exorcist." They talked about the series at the 2018 con, but at the time I had no intention of watching it. However, after seeing a vid on the series at one of the vid shows at this past 2019 con, that’s all changed.
You see, the scariest movie I’ve ever seen in my entire life is, in fact, "The Exorcist." The film came out in 1973, based on the novel by William Peter Blatty. I was 11-years-old at the time, around the same age as 12-year-old Regan, the possessed by a demon girl played by Linda Blair. But in 1973, because I was only 11-years-old, my parents refused to let me see it. So all I knew about the film is what people told me. At the time, nothing like it had ever been seen before and people were lined up around the blocks to watch it in theaters.
Later, when I became an adult, I finally got to see it, and it scared the hell out of me. Today, as a middle-aged woman, if I were to watch "The Exorcist" movie again, it would scare me all over again.
So I figured the series "The Exorcist" would be scary, especially after watching the vid. I wasn’t wrong. It’s not only frightening, but it's also good, at least based on episode one. I get a conflicted hottie priest played by Alfonso Herrera. I get to watch Geena Davis again, one of my favorite actresses. I get to watch demonic possessions in all of their horrible glory. And I get to see what a demon will do when you threaten to fuck with it. Scary stuff – on the couch with a blanket covering your eyes scary stuff.
Oh, and that music from the movie, that’s there too.
Who will win – God or the demon?
I’m looking forward to episode 2. I watched episode one earlier today, and I had planned to wait until tomorrow for episode 2, but I don’t think I can wait that long.
I hope the scary scenes don’t keep me up tonight.
You see, the scariest movie I’ve ever seen in my entire life is, in fact, "The Exorcist." The film came out in 1973, based on the novel by William Peter Blatty. I was 11-years-old at the time, around the same age as 12-year-old Regan, the possessed by a demon girl played by Linda Blair. But in 1973, because I was only 11-years-old, my parents refused to let me see it. So all I knew about the film is what people told me. At the time, nothing like it had ever been seen before and people were lined up around the blocks to watch it in theaters.
Later, when I became an adult, I finally got to see it, and it scared the hell out of me. Today, as a middle-aged woman, if I were to watch "The Exorcist" movie again, it would scare me all over again.
So I figured the series "The Exorcist" would be scary, especially after watching the vid. I wasn’t wrong. It’s not only frightening, but it's also good, at least based on episode one. I get a conflicted hottie priest played by Alfonso Herrera. I get to watch Geena Davis again, one of my favorite actresses. I get to watch demonic possessions in all of their horrible glory. And I get to see what a demon will do when you threaten to fuck with it. Scary stuff – on the couch with a blanket covering your eyes scary stuff.
Oh, and that music from the movie, that’s there too.
Who will win – God or the demon?
I’m looking forward to episode 2. I watched episode one earlier today, and I had planned to wait until tomorrow for episode 2, but I don’t think I can wait that long.
I hope the scary scenes don’t keep me up tonight.
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