Yes. And in the book, the demon added something like '..after all, I am a prince!' to that sentence. I have the original 1970s hard-copy of the novel. Love it. I try to read it or watch this great movie every Halloween season!
Yeah, it wasn't the devil like title suggests, but demon pretending to be him. Which, in fact, many demons doo in real life. PS. Just notice that demons in real life rarely presemt themselves in ugly matter. Most often they present as something desirable and beautiful.
I started to read the book. And I noticed most of the lines are straight quotes from the book. It’s actually one of those rare movies where the story line sticks to the actual book. Highly recommend it.
@@brennanbarber7469 There was a poor man that Karras saw earlier in the movie who was asking for money, saying 'could you help an old alter boy, father?' The demon in this scene, spoke in the beggar's exact voice from earlier, mocking the priest or whatever it was trying to do. It's creepy because it proves the demon is real, since a random little girl wouldn't have known about some random encounter in a stranger's life.
Raymond Valasquez Ah I gotcha. I feel like if it said the line in it’s voice, really soft and raspy, it would’ve been creepier. It seemed like a meme or parody when it’s just like the audio snippet out of context. It seems more funny like this. But idk, maybe I need to watch the movie in it’s entirety to get it. The “in here...with us” is lightyears creepier to me
@@wowalamoiz9489 Because demons are cunning, manipulative, use their abilities slowly, gradually, to creep up on their victim like prey. Just my opinion from studying so much demonology growing up
@@TheGreekPianist It would make more sense not to talk at all, then. And indeed, that is what we see from ghost hunting shows. The only speech would be from the distorted, tortured mind of the victim.
" Can you help an old alter boy fatha".. very eerie. That one line implied the demon was following Damien around.. Karris knew she was possessed but was thinking like a Dr. Instead of a priest. This film is a masterpiece 👍🏻🙏🏻
@@gingerpeachy3044 thats why he was so calm he thought it was just another crazy kid, but in the final scene after he realizes is a demon, he is scared
I just realized that when he turned his back it was the voice of the homeless beggar he saw at the subway station earlier in the film. This movie is still the best horror film ever made! Masterpiece!
Saw the movie after work on its first run, December 1973. After, went straight to a bookstore, bought the book and read it straight thru that night. Altogether, 12 uninterrupted hours and I’ve never experienced anything else as thrilling.
Omg I really want to read the book! It's funny bc my sister introduced me to that movie on my 12th birthday back in 2004 saying *"let's watch this movie, it's about a 12 year old girl like you possessed by a demon"* and weird part was is that I didn't know what *'demon posession'* was until after I finished the movie and I couldn't sleep alone for a little over a week 😂😂 I was so petrified of getting posessed next. I wish I could have experienced watching the movie in theaters back in '73. Looks like such a wonderful and innocent time but sadly I was born 19 years later!
No modern horror movie can come close to how terrifying this movie is. It feels so real and the psychological aspects of the movie are really unsettling. Not just one of the best horror movies of all time but one of the greatest movies ever made. The book is just as scary.
The theme as set out in the film is that the demon is in the girl to make us question God's love, and the power of God over creation. I think most people don't have that to begin with. They don't even have a belief in good or evil except as it applies to them, interpreted as license or restraint. This is why the film has not impact for them. A man who has never owned a horse cannot fear losing a horse.
The one thing I wish they used in this movie is that in the book the mom is an atheist so that would’ve been amazing to explore her take on faith and finding out heaven and hell are real like the existential dread she might feel would’ve given her real character depth
The way the devil goes "that's much too vulgar display of power, Karras..." shows how manipuative it is.... like I'm here, but I'll only do as I please, when I want too. It's also mocking Karras, displaying it's power at the same time saying it's too vulgar to display it.... the whole thing is just brilliant
I disagree on that last part I can see this movie being coupled with some other classic horror titans (especially in the 70s and 80s like JAWS, The Shining, The Thing, etc.) but other than that, this movie for sure earned it's praise
@@Joey7Z7Horror hello anyway The Exorcist (1973) and The Thing (1982) both of them are my all time favorite horror movies and it's because I saw both of them on TV as a little kid in the 1990s and both of them did a really wonderful job at scaring me and disturbing me so I have considered both of them the greatest horror movies ever created as well:).
The glare she gives him after she vomits on him was even worse. This movie doesn't scare me too much but there are definitely a lot of disturbing/unsettling parts that creep me out like that lol
What a scene and what a movie. I think people miss the fact that Reagan is a supporting character and Karras is the protagonist with the true character arc. To see Pazuzu toying with him here, gaslighting him and crushing his faith further, only to realize the power Pazuzu had and was fully intending on unleashing when the fight started makes the antagonist even more chilling. And…Pazuzu is considered a lesser evil among some demons. He guards pregnant woman from Lamashtu out of spite for her betrayal. I’d like to see more horror movies like Exorcist or Hereditary that focus on demons not named Satan - their strengths, weaknesses, habits, personalities and motivations according to scriptures
Originally, the script called for it to only hit him in the chest, but the prop director aimed the pea soup spewing machine too high (on purpose, I believe), and it hit the actor in the face instead. His reaction of disgust was much more genuine, as he wasn’t expecting that, so it was left as is.
The "can you help an old alter boy father" line scared THE fuck out of me when I first heard it. It really solidifies that this is a real evil with unknown power and you can see it in the father's expression. Really messed with his head
@@syoung5548 definitely I saw it too many times. And now it lingers in my mind I hate it. I'm only watching this scene to prove a point to a friend. And research for my graphic novel I'm drawing and writing.
I was 21 in the Navy and all my friends went out to parry... I was sick... One of them left the tv on and this must of been playing at midnight or so... I had to use the bathroom and heard all the demon sounds coming from the living room... I ran, turned off the TV and couldn't sleep the rest of the night lol
The ‘pea soup’ sick scene is absolute class. According to behind the scenes stories, they used pea soup that was connected to a vat behind the bed with a tube that led to Linda’s outer mouth. They had to do a few retakes so the soup got a little cold or something so the guy controlling it turn it up and when he went to ‘distribute’ the soup, it was suppose to land on his chest but ended up landing square in his face, The shocked reaction is real and he was not a happy bunny. They did a few other takes but this is the one they chose purely for his reaction 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Actually, Friedkin told him it would go on his chest, then told the effects team to shoot it on his face for the reaction. He did that a lot, like the scene when Chris is thrown across the room. They pulled her hair back way harder than they told her they would. Friedkin was a borderline sociopath when doing stunts, but we got some great cinema out of it.
This is my favorite movie of all time..Linda should of won an award for this film..she was only thirteen...without that devil voice from mercedes mcambridge it wouldn't have worked...unfortunately you can easily see they used a another woman for the vomit scene not sure why cause it was very noticeable
V R She was actually only 12 when she began filming. Still she was very impressive for her age and she did everything she had to do perfectly. She nailed this role.
V R & olive oil Linda was *nominated* for "Best Supporting Actress" for this movie, but she lost the Oscar to Tatum O'Neal for her role in "Paper Moon", & Tatum was 3 years *younger* than Linda. Here's the Oscar clip: czcams.com/video/tf2J8hktI5Y/video.html
I think the most impressive scenes of Linda Blair is not her scary facial expressions but her sparring conversations with Karras, thats where her acting is just through the roof, there is no doubt she conjured all the slyness and evil grins of the devil with such pin point precision you totally forgot this is the same innocent little girl in the first part of the movie ...
in some scenes another woman acted as Reagan,and that woman is also the real face of Pazuzu,that flashes 3/4 times in the movie (the pale face,with big eyes,and scary teeth). Her name is Eileen Dietz.
Watched this again last night..never fails to entertain...just super!..the script is amazing..the Devils answers are faultless...i genuinely don't think there's another horror film close to this...love it..✌️🇬🇧
Just listened to the audio book and it’s incredible how much more dialogue this scene has in the book. Definitely recommend reading/listening to it if you haven’t already 🔥
One of the creepiest things is look at her eyes when Damian introduced himself as her mother’s friend. She looks up at him... then she looked away and said that he was here to help her. She looks at him again. Like she’s not some little girl, this is a full on demon and it’s fucking crazy!
A lot of things made this a great movie, the acting was top notch, William Freidkin was in his prime as a director, the effects were brilliant, the book was a masterpiece, but the heart and soul of this movie was Mercedes Mccambridge and the character she created using her acting talents and her voice.
This shit’s still pretty scary. Now imagine showing this to a generally Christian, suburban moviegoing crowd in 1973 whose experience with horror films ends at Frankenstein at maybe Psycho. Imagine how virulently, traumatically disturbing this film would be to that crowd. It’s no surprise people regularly vomited and fainted in the middle of screenings. This movie changed horror forever, and (to slightly misquote Beetlejuice) it keeps getting better every time I see it.
Would I be labelled obsessed if I admit I saw this movie thirty-eight times and own the real Roman Ritual with the rite of Exorcism? After this movie, one can only imitate; nothing this brilliant has ever been created since.
Linda’s pure hatred in here facial expression towards Karras and Mercedes’ voice when she says “In here. With us.” Is phenomenal. Decades old film but still scary as hell today.
It's incredible how scary the girl is. How can't they know how to do that today? I was comparing this demon with the movie Pope's exorcist (2023), and this 1973 movie is way scarier. The face, the eyes, the lips, the voice. This movie made me afraid of beds for years.
Karras is pretty clever questioning Pazuzu's claim to be the Devil. I think most people would've just taken him at his word from such a terrifying presence, he certainly puts up a good act as the devil. But the priest knows it would take a lot more than a couple pieces of fabric to restrain the real Satan, as well as the absurdity that something of his caliber would take any interest in possessing a random girl. Such petty antics could only be the work of an inferior demon.
First time I watched this it was on one of the pay-per-view channels and the household had one of those black cable boxes. I was immediately sucked into the movie’s universe. I was only 11 but I was so shook up from this movie that I couldn’t sleep for a good week.
@@smrtn240 I don't think the demon impersonating the begger or Karris mom has anything to do with them going to hell. But like you said the purpose of him impersonating both is to both make Karris feel guilty about not helping them in life,as well as proving that this is indeed a demon inside a little girl
The entire film is about losing faith. And when someone loses faith in something they become more vulnerable and easy to manipulate. Sound familiar? Look what’s going on in society today.
Oh man when she says can you help an old alter boy? Some people didn't pick up on that but that is the scariest line in the movie. Like God, the devil is all knowing...👹
1:30 The hose that sprayed the soup was aimed wrong. It was meant to hit Jason Miller on the chest but instead it went right into his open mouth. The shock, disgusted and frankly pissed off look on his face was genuine. That really pissed off Miller. Also the bit where the Karras’s phone rings while listening to recordings of Reagan. Karras jumps out his skin when the phone rings……… That’s because, unknown to Jason Miller (Karras) William friedkin the director was standing behind him with a shotgun and fired it into the air to make Jason jump. Then they edited out the gunshot and put in the ringing phone. Lol
This dialogue alone is the kind of top notch screen play you do not see in other possession movies ... gosh this movie is an absolute example of the finest in movie making in every aspect, the only small little complain I have is that they should have taken out the head spinning scenes and spiderwalk as those scenes do look too much like a dummy and a cheap gimmick but aside from that one little quibble (which can be easily corrected just by a single snip of the scissors), this movie is a prime candidate for the most well made movie of all time, no doubt about it ...
Today, 10/01/2023...I am sharing this movie with a dear friend...we are both in our 50's...She has NEVER seen it and I watch it on Christmas EVERY YEAR! She arrives soon. HBO MAX. Sunday Matinee...charcuterie and some nice chianti...with a tenderloin spleen! Happy OCTOBER ALL!
“Demon: I'm not Regan. Father Karras: Well, then let's introduce ourselves. I'm Damien Karras. Demon: And I'm the Devil. Now kindly undo these straps. Father Karras: If you're the Devil, why not make the straps disappear? Demon: That's much too vulgar a display of power, Karras.”
If The Exorcist was added as a collab in Dead by Daylight to tie in with the new Exorcist: Believer movie, to dedicate the memory of the director who died recently or the obviously celebrate the 50th anniversary, I thought of a perfect voice actress for Pazuzu as a successor to Mercedes McCambridge, Cindy Robinson (The voice actress behind Queen Beryl, Amy Rose, etc.) she would just use her Libra/Zafina voice with rasp, she’d also do the demonic chesty wheezing breath vocals
“If you’re the devil why not make the straps disappear?”
Such a great line
That’s much too vulgar display of power Karras!
jediindyfan98 what do you think a display of power would be for it like opening a drawer
@@DrillOperator to make it an illusion
The devil probably has limitations in terms of these things and gets angry when mere men work it out
@@jediindyfan98 Pantera
This film is a masterpiece. This scene alone is perfect. “That’s much too vulgar a display of power, Karras” - brilliant line
Yes. And in the book, the demon added something like '..after all, I am a prince!' to that sentence. I have the original 1970s hard-copy of the novel. Love it. I try to read it or watch this great movie every Halloween season!
Boomer
@@idekidekidekidek Zoomer
Yet then goes on to open a drawer ….lol
@@bottlewaddle6677 how is that in anyway relevant here
Him: Where’s Regan?
Her: In here, with us.
That part always gives me the chills lol
yeah thats the way it happens. Demons and spirits flock in groups to haunt in one single body buddy.
I am very into the paranormal but am skeptical about possession as I have also studied psychology.
Psychonaut what does she mean in here with us? Is there another demon within her or is she talking about him?
I can see why people were scared of this movie
@@cybertronicgamer9589 we are legion, and we are many.
Demons get pissed off when you challenge their intellect.
Justin Scrivner Oh then Jace Herondale is gonna have a fun time
Yeah, it wasn't the devil like title suggests, but demon pretending to be him. Which, in fact, many demons doo in real life.
PS. Just notice that demons in real life rarely presemt themselves in ugly matter. Most often they present as something desirable and beautiful.
It’s like the normal life for a TI. Haha
just like people, funnily enough
The demon didn't get pissed off, he was avoiding answering Kerras' questions to further his doubt. So instead of answering, he decided to puke on him.
"That's much too vulgar a display of power, Karras." that is creepy as fuck
"I'll have what she's having" Harry Met Sally.
PANTERAAA
Father Karras: "If you're the Devil, why not make those straps disappear?"
Regan: "That's much too vulgar display of power, Karras!"
Damn, those lines
I started to read the book. And I noticed most of the lines are straight quotes from the book. It’s actually one of those rare movies where the story line sticks to the actual book. Highly recommend it.
What does that mean, it’s too much of a vulgar display of power?
Liam Wood In time.
@@jcopsey1 lol shut up John.
"ah yes, shallow and pedantic" - John Copsey
Apparently when the vomit went in his mouth, that reaction was completely genuine as the director told him that it would hit only his chest
And it was hot
Pea soup is just as disgusting as vomit
Why had he kept his mouth open?
@@inutero10 sounds like you can't cook....
@@mursaleenshah7856 He liked the actress ;)
"Can you help an old alter boy father." One of the creepiest lines.
watching now, it's lol. still good movie
John Robinson I don’t get it lol who was that? Why did he say that?
@@brennanbarber7469 There was a poor man that Karras saw earlier in the movie who was asking for money, saying 'could you help an old alter boy, father?' The demon in this scene, spoke in the beggar's exact voice from earlier, mocking the priest or whatever it was trying to do. It's creepy because it proves the demon is real, since a random little girl wouldn't have known about some random encounter in a stranger's life.
Raymond Valasquez Ah I gotcha. I feel like if it said the line in it’s voice, really soft and raspy, it would’ve been creepier. It seemed like a meme or parody when it’s just like the audio snippet out of context. It seems more funny like this. But idk, maybe I need to watch the movie in it’s entirety to get it.
The “in here...with us” is lightyears creepier to me
It refers to an earlier scene where a beggar says it to Karas. So how did Regan know that?
This was a clever horror movie better than the jump scare shit we see now adays
Jump scare is funny, especially in theaters!!! I LMAO so hard when these people do that today!
Guessing you’ve never seen Hereditary or Midsommar
@@madmanpecos i agree only on Hereditary
@@madmanpecos Midsommer is just a take on the original wicaman.
This was not clever. It was superstitious, antiquated and downright silly.
“That’s much too vulgar display of power” -That sounds like what a demon would say in real life. So chilling
How do you know what a demon would say in real life unless you've met one?
@@wowalamoiz9489 Because demons are cunning, manipulative, use their abilities slowly, gradually, to creep up on their victim like prey. Just my opinion from studying so much demonology growing up
@@TheGreekPianist It would make more sense not to talk at all, then. And indeed, that is what we see from ghost hunting shows.
The only speech would be from the distorted, tortured mind of the victim.
@@wowalamoiz9489 interesting perspective.
The look on Reagan’s face as she’s glaring at Karras when he challenged by asking what his mothers maiden name is is utterly terrifying
I think the face she makes after she vomits on him is even more frightening
@@re-huvane5622I think that vomit was awesome!
That is because Karras demanded the name as proof of truth, and the demon was lying, thus he coukd not speak it.
Yes mom, can you get out of there please!?!
Mom: You’re no fun!!
I'm working
@@rundamic3373 "See ya later Mrs Karras."
LMAO
Lmao!!!
That was funny lol
" Can you help an old alter boy fatha".. very eerie. That one line implied the demon was following Damien around.. Karris knew she was possessed but was thinking like a Dr. Instead of a priest. This film is a masterpiece 👍🏻🙏🏻
@@gingerpeachy3044 thats why he was so calm he thought it was just another crazy kid, but in the final scene after he realizes is a demon, he is scared
TTCM is better.
@@user-lv1jb3nc8hstfu lmaooooo
You're right, in this case in my opinion the book is even more better than the movie.. there's more information!
Damien sort of didn’t believe in God because he was in the frame of mind of a psychiatrist. But he was wise enough to abide in God at the same time.
I just realized that when he turned his back it was the voice of the homeless beggar he saw at the subway station earlier in the film. This movie is still the best horror film ever made! Masterpiece!
Saw the movie after work on its first run, December 1973. After, went straight to a bookstore, bought the book and read it straight thru that night. Altogether, 12 uninterrupted hours and I’ve never experienced anything else as thrilling.
Omg I really want to read the book! It's funny bc my sister introduced me to that movie on my 12th birthday back in 2004 saying *"let's watch this movie, it's about a 12 year old girl like you possessed by a demon"* and weird part was is that I didn't know what *'demon posession'* was until after I finished the movie and I couldn't sleep alone for a little over a week 😂😂 I was so petrified of getting posessed next. I wish I could have experienced watching the movie in theaters back in '73. Looks like such a wonderful and innocent time but sadly I was born 19 years later!
@@Faery_Witch422 The book will not let you down - Father Merrin is great in it
@@robbaldwin2402the book is creepier than the average Grimm’s fairy tale
"Thats much too vulgar display of power" ... So that's the line that inspired Pantera.
Love your username
Yes it was phil came up with it
'When she rots and lies stinking in the earth' is a slayer lyric too I think.
@@davidian2.024 slayer cleanse of the soul
Marduk used the bit on their ep where she raped herself with a cross
RIP Jason Miller (April 22, 1939 - May 13, 2001), aged 62
You will be remembered as a legend.
No modern horror movie can come close to how terrifying this movie is. It feels so real and the psychological aspects of the movie are really unsettling. Not just one of the best horror movies of all time but one of the greatest movies ever made. The book is just as scary.
The theme as set out in the film is that the demon is in the girl to make us question God's love, and the power of God over creation. I think most people don't have that to begin with. They don't even have a belief in good or evil except as it applies to them, interpreted as license or restraint. This is why the film has not impact for them. A man who has never owned a horse cannot fear losing a horse.
Idk, Cats is pretty fucking horrifying…
The one thing I wish they used in this movie is that in the book the mom is an atheist so that would’ve been amazing to explore her take on faith and finding out heaven and hell are real like the existential dread she might feel would’ve given her real character depth
@@tamlandipper29 Well said
Rosemarys baby was worse
The way the devil goes "that's much too vulgar display of power, Karras..." shows how manipuative it is.... like I'm here, but I'll only do as I please, when I want too. It's also mocking Karras, displaying it's power at the same time saying it's too vulgar to display it.... the whole thing is just brilliant
This movie is beyond a masterpiece. The pace, the lines, the atmosphere, the characters... No horror movie comes close to it in my opinion
Yep agreed
100% and in my top 10 all-time films of any genre.
I disagree on that last part I can see this movie being coupled with some other classic horror titans (especially in the 70s and 80s like JAWS, The Shining, The Thing, etc.) but other than that, this movie for sure earned it's praise
@@Joey7Z7Horror hello anyway The Exorcist (1973) and The Thing (1982) both of them are my all time favorite horror movies and it's because I saw both of them on TV as a little kid in the 1990s and both of them did a really wonderful job at scaring me and disturbing me so I have considered both of them the greatest horror movies ever created as well:).
@@WilliamTheUnkownShoutout grew up heavily loving JAWS ever since I was a tod
That piercing glare she gives the priest @ 1:22 gives me chills.
The glare she gives him after she vomits on him was even worse. This movie doesn't scare me too much but there are definitely a lot of disturbing/unsettling parts that creep me out like that lol
The demon is probably staring at the soul of Karras and realizes "This is really a man of faith, I can't beat him"
@@-RunninNGunnin-amen🙏
@@-RunninNGunnin-karras was losing his faith..
Can you imagine going to the movies in 1973 and watching this for the first time? It must’ve been f**king traumatizing.
People had heart attacks and seizures, fainted, went mad, fled from the cinema and some people killed themselves after seeing this movie
What a scene and what a movie. I think people miss the fact that Reagan is a supporting character and Karras is the protagonist with the true character arc. To see Pazuzu toying with him here, gaslighting him and crushing his faith further, only to realize the power Pazuzu had and was fully intending on unleashing when the fight started makes the antagonist even more chilling. And…Pazuzu is considered a lesser evil among some demons. He guards pregnant woman from Lamashtu out of spite for her betrayal. I’d like to see more horror movies like Exorcist or Hereditary that focus on demons not named Satan - their strengths, weaknesses, habits, personalities and motivations according to scriptures
Great comment, one of my favorite scenes is when he’s saying mass and the words become real to him for the first time
He is not a lesser demon lol he is the king of all wind demons
@@naegleriafowleri2230Isn't it just the north west wind?
I'll always love this movie. Linda Blair absolutely nailed that shit. Crazy
Some of the vomit flew into Karras mouth, that made me feel nauseous the first time I saw that scene
Raili Marotto it still makes me a bit nauseous.
It's only pea soup
Originally, the script called for it to only hit him in the chest, but the prop director aimed the pea soup spewing machine too high (on purpose, I believe), and it hit the actor in the face instead.
His reaction of disgust was much more genuine, as he wasn’t expecting that, so it was left as is.
Everything about this is A+ filmmaking.
The "can you help an old alter boy father" line scared THE fuck out of me when I first heard it. It really solidifies that this is a real evil with unknown power and you can see it in the father's expression. Really messed with his head
The vomit scene SCARED the SH-T outta me! Never seen this movie before...
Don't dare watch it. Trust me.
@@syoung5548 definitely I saw it too many times. And now it lingers in my mind I hate it. I'm only watching this scene to prove a point to a friend. And research for my graphic novel I'm drawing and writing.
Yeah don't even bother watching it it's to overwhelming.
@@professor_kenneth Without a doubt!
@@keybaangel3 smh.. very disturbing film. That's why it's a master piece..lol..
The chilling line is that the devil tried to be polite by saying "kindly"
the whizzing sound that she makes, send shivers down my spine
"That's much too vulgar a display of power"
Accurately summing up what's wrong with modern horror
I've seen this a million times and it still scary as hell.
I was 21 in the Navy and all my friends went out to parry... I was sick... One of them left the tv on and this must of been playing at midnight or so... I had to use the bathroom and heard all the demon sounds coming from the living room... I ran, turned off the TV and couldn't sleep the rest of the night lol
You are so beautiful
@@osmopolito 🥵
The best Horror movie ever.
Agreed..
The THING no. 2
The Shining is pretty damn close too.
Honestly probably the only horror movie I’ve seen that’s actually scary
Ti It’s Definitely 1 Of Em
I agree
The ‘pea soup’ sick scene is absolute class. According to behind the scenes stories, they used pea soup that was connected to a vat behind the bed with a tube that led to Linda’s outer mouth. They had to do a few retakes so the soup got a little cold or something so the guy controlling it turn it up and when he went to ‘distribute’ the soup, it was suppose to land on his chest but ended up landing square in his face, The shocked reaction is real and he was not a happy bunny. They did a few other takes but this is the one they chose purely for his reaction 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I mean, if I were him, I'd be PISSED if they hadn't used the scene! I didn't get that junk shot into my mouth for nothing! Lol.
Actually, Friedkin told him it would go on his chest, then told the effects team to shoot it on his face for the reaction. He did that a lot, like the scene when Chris is thrown across the room. They pulled her hair back way harder than they told her they would. Friedkin was a borderline sociopath when doing stunts, but we got some great cinema out of it.
The way she says "I'm not Reagan" is chilling
Jason Miller's reaction to the vomit is real. It was designed to hit him in the chest, but it misfired and hit his face.
Either one it doesn't matter. To me this scene kind makes some people feel nausious.
That's what he said.
The best movie about this theme. No versions we have today come up to scratch with this masterpiece.
The demon sounds like my granny 😂
Purp Hummus this actually made me cry with laughter lol my husband was looking at me like I’d gone mad
Your comment was hilarious
@@hotbambi2010 maybe you should go ask her,what her name is.Just in case...
@@hotbambi2010 😂😂
That kind of cigarette voice is not even unusual :D
@312vandal heath ledger is the better joker bitch
“Much too vulgar display of power, Karrissssssssss....... “
*karras
*Pantera kicks in*
always get me when the demon says "your mother in here with us karras, would you like to leave a message, I'll see that see get it."
The Exorcist is a brilliant film. William Friedkin, well let's not beat around the bush. He's a genius.
This is my favorite movie of all time..Linda should of won an award for this film..she was only thirteen...without that devil voice from mercedes mcambridge it wouldn't have worked...unfortunately you can easily see they used a another woman for the vomit scene not sure why cause it was very noticeable
V R She was actually only 12 when she began filming. Still she was very impressive for her age and she did everything she had to do perfectly. She nailed this role.
V R & olive oil Linda was *nominated* for "Best Supporting Actress" for this movie, but she lost the Oscar to Tatum O'Neal for her role in "Paper Moon", & Tatum was 3 years *younger* than Linda. Here's the Oscar clip: czcams.com/video/tf2J8hktI5Y/video.html
I think the most impressive scenes of Linda Blair is not her scary facial expressions but her sparring conversations with Karras, thats where her acting is just through the roof, there is no doubt she conjured all the slyness and evil grins of the devil with such pin point precision you totally forgot this is the same innocent little girl in the first part of the movie ...
She didn't get the oscar but later on she got the golden globes for the performance. Rightfully deserved because she nailed it.
in some scenes another woman acted as Reagan,and that woman is also the real face of Pazuzu,that flashes 3/4 times in the movie (the pale face,with big eyes,and scary teeth). Her name is Eileen Dietz.
Till this day, there's still no movie that can touch this... A master piece...
My good god the amount of atmosphere dipping from this film is downright chilling
For me, it’s the “I’m not Regan” line that scares me shitless.
Watched this again last night..never fails to entertain...just super!..the script is amazing..the Devils answers are faultless...i genuinely don't think there's another horror film close to this...love it..✌️🇬🇧
Just listened to the audio book and it’s incredible how much more dialogue this scene has in the book. Definitely recommend reading/listening to it if you haven’t already 🔥
It's superb, wish the film had those longer scenes where the mind games are really stepped up, the demon really jabs hard at karras straight away.
Father Karras is amazing.
One of the creepiest things is look at her eyes when Damian introduced himself as her mother’s friend. She looks up at him... then she looked away and said that he was here to help her. She looks at him again. Like she’s not some little girl, this is a full on demon and it’s fucking crazy!
One of the best scenes ever in a movie
This scene.. THIS SCENE GAVE ME NIGHTMARES MORE THAN ANY OTHER ONE
A lot of things made this a great movie, the acting was top notch, William Freidkin was in his prime as a director, the effects were brilliant, the book was a masterpiece, but the heart and soul of this movie was Mercedes Mccambridge and the character she created using her acting talents and her voice.
This shit’s still pretty scary. Now imagine showing this to a generally Christian, suburban moviegoing crowd in 1973 whose experience with horror films ends at Frankenstein at maybe Psycho. Imagine how virulently, traumatically disturbing this film would be to that crowd. It’s no surprise people regularly vomited and fainted in the middle of screenings. This movie changed horror forever, and (to slightly misquote Beetlejuice) it keeps getting better every time I see it.
Would I be labelled obsessed if I admit I saw this movie thirty-eight times and own the real Roman Ritual with the rite of Exorcism? After this movie, one can only imitate; nothing this brilliant has ever been created since.
The dialogue! "In here, with us." What a movie.
What's funny is that in these times, the devil might not even scare us. Too many demons out there we meet everyday
Linda’s pure hatred in here facial expression towards Karras and Mercedes’ voice when she says “In here. With us.” Is phenomenal. Decades old film but still scary as hell today.
RIP William Friedkin
This scene is scary and funny at the same time.
That's it. Downloading right now. A trip down memory lane
Damien karras is awsome
i've heard catholic priests say this is a mockery of what satan is really like.
It's incredible how scary the girl is. How can't they know how to do that today? I was comparing this demon with the movie Pope's exorcist (2023), and this 1973 movie is way scarier. The face, the eyes, the lips, the voice. This movie made me afraid of beds for years.
Mercedes McCambridge was Reagans voice over...
No she played pazuzu
Karras is pretty clever questioning Pazuzu's claim to be the Devil. I think most people would've just taken him at his word from such a terrifying presence, he certainly puts up a good act as the devil. But the priest knows it would take a lot more than a couple pieces of fabric to restrain the real Satan, as well as the absurdity that something of his caliber would take any interest in possessing a random girl. Such petty antics could only be the work of an inferior demon.
He got the Nickelodeon treatment 🤣
One of my all time favorite scenes.
First time I watched this it was on one of the pay-per-view channels and the household had one of those black cable boxes. I was immediately sucked into the movie’s universe. I was only 11 but I was so shook up from this movie that I couldn’t sleep for a good week.
"Can you help an old altar boy father."
Why does that part scare me so much lmfao
@Ben Fisher that makes it even creepier! Omg
It's meant to show that the begger died and went to hell to make karras feel guilty
Also ..."dimmy why you do this dimmy"
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I don't think the demon impersonating the begger or Karris mom has anything to do with them going to hell.
But like you said the purpose of him impersonating both is to both make Karris feel guilty about not helping them in life,as well as proving that this is indeed a demon inside a little girl
35 years old and I still get goose pimples from the utter fright of this film 😖 It’s the only film that does it to me lol
48 actually
goose what?
The demon wants Carras to doubt, he's manipulating him
The entire film is about losing faith. And when someone loses faith in something they become more vulnerable and easy to manipulate. Sound familiar? Look what’s going on in society today.
@selinakyle2368 It's a great movie, but if you need religion to be a good person then that is kinda sad
@@prototypefilmproductions faith has nothing to do with religion. I didn’t even mention religion in my comment.
@@selinakyle2368 What do you mean by faith then?
@@prototypefilmproductions bloody hell. Watch the movie again. Practically every character in the movie is losing faith in something.
In here with us! One of the most badass lines ever!
Still scares me to this day..
Oh man when she says can you help an old alter boy? Some people didn't pick up on that but that is the scariest line in the movie. Like God, the devil is all knowing...👹
Or all trolling...
It's not the Devil.
I read that people in the theater in 1973 ran out screaming when watching this movie!
My favourite scene from the Exorcist.
Now this is a horror movie.
You never ask a demon questions. It never takes orders.
“Where’s Raegan?”
“In here, with us…”
Such a creepy response.
For all the movie hype and wildly outdated gore, the beauty of the character of father Karras hasn't aged one bit
1:30 after taking the 4th shot of whiskey.
😂😂😂😂😂
Been there. Only my whiskey vomit doesn't look like guacamole.
@Quake Guy I'm lesbian and I got a wife.
BAHAHA
I'm guessing his mothers maiden name was: vomit
Your mothers in here, would u like to leave a msg?… “yes mom would u get out of there pls?!… “ur no fun!😂
1:30
The hose that sprayed the soup was aimed wrong.
It was meant to hit Jason Miller
on the chest but instead it went right into his open mouth.
The shock, disgusted and frankly pissed off look on his face was genuine.
That really pissed off Miller.
Also the bit where the Karras’s phone rings while listening to recordings of Reagan.
Karras jumps out his skin when the phone rings………
That’s because, unknown to Jason Miller (Karras) William friedkin the director was standing behind him with a shotgun and fired it into the air to make Jason jump.
Then they edited out the gunshot and put in the ringing phone.
Lol
This dialogue alone is the kind of top notch screen play you do not see in other possession movies ... gosh this movie is an absolute example of the finest in movie making in every aspect, the only small little complain I have is that they should have taken out the head spinning scenes and spiderwalk as those scenes do look too much like a dummy and a cheap gimmick but aside from that one little quibble (which can be easily corrected just by a single snip of the scissors), this movie is a prime candidate for the most well made movie of all time, no doubt about it ...
best horror scene ever= the crucifix, "SEE WHAT SHE DID? YOUR CUNTING DAUGHTER"
Pretty shortened from the book but still gets the point across
Today, 10/01/2023...I am sharing this movie with a dear friend...we are both in our 50's...She has NEVER seen it and I watch it on Christmas EVERY YEAR! She arrives soon. HBO MAX. Sunday Matinee...charcuterie and some nice chianti...with a tenderloin spleen! Happy OCTOBER ALL!
0:59...................
"Yes, mom will you get out of there please?"
"You're no fun."
"I'm working."
"See you later Mrs. Karras."
Scary Movie 2 😂
This is a very realistic Demonic voice.
sound like roaring animalistic human voices
Done by a little older lady Mercedes Macambridge. She makes the movie terrifying
The “would you like to leave a message” always cracks me up
When Reagan turns her head to look at Damien it always made the hairs on the back of neck stand freaky right there
Heavenly rule #2 “ Never engage conversation with the adversary....!!!!”👹
“Demon: I'm not Regan.
Father Karras: Well, then let's introduce ourselves. I'm Damien Karras.
Demon: And I'm the Devil. Now kindly undo these straps.
Father Karras: If you're the Devil, why not make the straps disappear?
Demon: That's much too vulgar a display of power, Karras.”
If The Exorcist was added as a collab in Dead by Daylight to tie in with the new Exorcist: Believer movie, to dedicate the memory of the director who died recently or the obviously celebrate the 50th anniversary, I thought of a perfect voice actress for Pazuzu as a successor to Mercedes McCambridge, Cindy Robinson (The voice actress behind Queen Beryl, Amy Rose, etc.) she would just use her Libra/Zafina voice with rasp, she’d also do the demonic chesty wheezing breath vocals
Note to self.. never question the Demon when they have an extreme sour stomach……
The scariest movie ever made.
Ragan sounds like the Devil from Hell amazing Demonic voice 😎🖤😈
Played by a nice little lady.
@james Kirk Mercedes Macambridge
I swear thats so funny ... especially the face expressions 🤣🤣🤣
She looks so funny with the nose piece though 😂
Linda Blair the exorcist
Voice by Mercedes McCambridge and behind this heaviest makeup... Was it Pamelyn "Lucy" Ferdin?