New Exorcist film Better than 1st

[REDZULU2003]

Saw the new Exorcist film lastnight via a pirate [words=http://www.mattersofsize.com/mosdvd.htm]DVD[/words] and I was MUCH MORE impressed than the original movie where the young whore is posessed by a demon and spits green shit out rofl serious, the new film is MUCH better, has a greater depth especially in the story, its very interesting the way its been done...the whole myth around the Demon Stone that seems to send humans insane and kill eachother.
The film is the ROOTS for the 1st film, essentially telling the story of the artifact that is shown breifly [I think?] in the original, the setting in the Middle-East, well this film is their.
A dig takes place and a Church is found, very good condition also....built upon the site where 1000's upon 1000's of men killed themselves many years before as a result of the mystery artifact.
Its a great story, could have been better in parts but I'd give it 4/5 and its more a Psychological Chiller than Horror movie IMHO, but has a few jumpy moments....even disturbed parts, such as the child getting eaten by the Hyena, and the Maggot still-born baby ect.
Alot of the movie is based in Kenya, where the Church is being dug up.
Theirs posession ect encountered and the fathers come to investigate, or rather deceived into that lol
The BAD thing is, you NEVER findout how the artifact actually got itsway from Kenya to the USA i.e the 1st film.....maybe I missed a quick clip in the 1st at the start? Apart from that, it explains the beggining very well and is a good movie to watch and around 1H45M in length.

I have to add that the start of the film is kinda Chillling, when you see the 1000's of massacred soldiers over the sand, hanging upside down on the cross, themselves UPSIDE DOWN....it seems very odd and cretes an atmosphere from the start.

If your religious, than dont watch it cos the upside down cross'es might offend.

 

[Shafty]

It's THAT good? Even with Renny Harlin as the director?
I gotta see this with my own eyes to be able to believe it...

 

[DLD]

I think some of you may know that I am a HUGE horror film fan. Nothing I love more than a film that can scare the shit out of me. My [words=http://www.mattersofsize.com/mosdvd.htm]DVD[/words] collection is extremely reflective of this. The Exorcist being the quintessential horror film ever. The original film was the perfect combination of cinematography and story. It was not only the mecca of early 70's horror films but it still remains at the top of most horror film fans lists 30 years later! With this in mind there is no way to compare a sequel or in this case a prequel to the perfection of the original. I did not go to see the new Exorcist with any hopes of it even comparing to the original and this is the exact reason I can say that the new film is a good horror film. Is it top ten? Hell nah but as a stand alone film it is very good. Although it received a B+ rating from the gen pub the asinine critics give it a D at best which I think is unfair because with every review I have read has been a direct comparison to the original.

Renny Harlin is not on my A-list as far as the horror genre goes but I think he did a nice job considering the circumstances that surrounded making this film. Paul Schrader's version is something I look forward to...with the minimal information available the psychological edge may be exactly what puts the Exorcist 2004 into my top ten. A Dual [words=http://www.mattersofsize.com/mosdvd.htm]DVD[/words] with both directors versions and extensive extras would be the perfect Christmas gift. Secret Santa's?

 

[badbal]

Bah, nothings more scary than "Jack-O" or "Uncle Sam, now there are 2 shows with serious Scare Factor. I mean come on, a Giant Jacko'lantern slowly walking around killing people in utterly hilarious ways. Or a funny Uncle Sam demon knifing people and staring at showering women through foggy windows. I would kill to see the movie Jack-O vs Uncle SAM, powerhouse horror filming at its best.

 

[REDZULU2003]

Its not scary, my review says this.
Its a Chiller, has a good story IMHO and I enjoyed it....the oroginal exorsist IMHO was over the top, and not scary at all.
We are all different.

 

[VladtheImpaler]

I cant watch a horror movie if it aint a bit funny
My favorit horror films:

Evil Dead I, II, and Army of Darkness (Bruce Cambell is the man)

The Shining (No one can top Jack)

 

[GhosT_DoGG]

I find evil dead, friday the thirteen and such just to be funny, no horror at all.
Things that makes my heart blow is when things say swosh and its there, right up in ya face. You know when the music is kind of neutral, then ba-baaang some sound just bumps there and we are in a new scene. It happens alot in some action flicks.



The best movie this year must be Man on Fire with Denzel.

 

[Shafty]

I'd say the movie that has shocked me the most is the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I somehow got a hold of it when I was 10 years old (even though it was banned in my country back then), and it pretty much scarred me for the next couple of years. I couldn't even watch it all the way through; it was that terrible. The whole gritty semi-documentary feel and the sick cannibal theme touched me in a deep, dark corner of my psyche, and even to this day I still have the occasional dream (I wouldn't call these nightmares) about buzzing chainsaws.
Since then I've seen it a couple of times again, and although it obviously didn't shock me any more, I can still remember how it felt like to be watching it as a 10 year old. It was sheer horror.

 

[DLD]

I'd say the movie that has shocked me the most is the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

In my TOP TEN.

 

[samzman]

i'm not quiet the religious man, however the exorcist was the one that really scared the shit outta me. it was the one film that i actually had to lock my bedroom door to feel like nothing was going to come in and kill me or somethin. i couldn't take a shower without facing towards the door. and eedless to say when i walked by my stairs all i could think about was that ugly possessed bitch flying down the stairs backwards like a damned spider. (which i'm scared shitless about spiders) the origional movie terrified me to the depths of something that was never reached before. it left me scared as hell. and the ultimate thing is, my uncle was a very religious man, and he was a priest and even was involved in the vaticant. he didn'tsay anything about excorcisms being one hundred percent true, however he says that he knew of a few people who actually performed them SUCESSFULLY. and the worse thing is, you don' thave to believe in God or the devil to get possessed.

the exorcist just hit a nerve on me, i watch it only every once in a while and the newone isn'tthat horrible, there were really fuckin scary parts in there. i couldn't stand to look at some of them.

 

[KiTTie8695]

In my TOP TEN.

definitely the chainsaw massacre with me too... even ask zack how much i CRIED during the movie. we had juss came back from the mall from seeing Hellboy, he bought the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and we watched it after midnight when we got back to his house. i cried through almost, if not, the entire movie! < it was indeed a great movie. it looked extremely accurate. but so gruesome. it's by far one of the onlyhorror/scary films i can see without having nightmares.

 

[millionman]

The only thing that gets me about the texas chainsaw massacre is that people say it's a true story. Nope, it's not a true story. It is loosely based on America's first serial killer, Ed Gein. Eddie was a serial killer in Ohio and he had a bit of an oedipal complex, to the degree he killed his own brother for saying something derogatory about their mother, and lil' Eddie killed his brother during a brush fire, and the authorities said it was from smoke inhalation. The thing they used about Ed was he liked to cut off the skin of his female victims and wear it, which leather face did in Massacre after he killed the first guy in the movie.

 

[TomdW]

Texas chainsaw massacre is really good but I also like Hellraiser 2. Not so much because it scares me but because it has good imagery. Kind of art horror. I've also just seen the Grudge in the cinema. It was not great but it did shock me in places. Anyone seen Saw? If so, is it good?

 

[Shafty]

The only thing that gets me about the texas chainsaw massacre is that people say it's a true story. Nope, it's not a true story. It is loosely based on America's first serial killer, Ed Gein. Eddie was a serial killer in Ohio and he had a bit of an oedipal complex, to the degree he killed his own brother for saying something derogatory about their mother, and lil' Eddie killed his brother during a brush fire, and the authorities said it was from smoke inhalation. The thing they used about Ed was he liked to cut off the skin of his female victims and wear it, which leather face did in Massacre after he killed the first guy in the movie.

Yep, I knew this. I've done my research on Ed Gein, and he was quite the sick little farm boy.

But see, that's what shocked my 10 year old brain the most! At that age the line between fantasy and reality is still a bit blurred in many aspects, and even though my dad convinced my the story behind the TCM wasn't real, my mind still clung on to the minute possibility of 'WHAT IF IT WAS?'.
The whole documentary feel of the movie (although I suspect it was unintentional, and more due to the low budjet) only reinforced my subconscious fears.

Up until then, I had only seen a couple of lame horror movies that mainly made me laugh. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was my first true touch with horror.

 

[Shafty]

In my TOP TEN.

You gotta love leatherface!

I actually became so obsessed over the film (once the nightmares had ceased and the initial shock was over), that I developed this sort of weird 'chainsaw fetish', if you will. No, it wasn't anything sexual, but every time I saw I chainsaw from then on I just had to caress it with my hands and pretend like I was wielding it, even though chainsaws were too heavy for my 10 year old hands to wield properly.

 

[KiTTie8695]

Yep, I knew this. I've done my research on Ed Gein, and he was quite the sick little farm boy.

But see, that's what shocked my 10 year old brain the most! At that age the line between fantasy and reality is still a bit blurred in many aspects, and even though my dad convinced my the story behind the TCM wasn't real, my mind still clung on to the minute possibility of 'WHAT IF IT WAS?'.
The whole documentary feel of the movie (although I suspect it was unintentional, and more due to the low budjet) only reinforced my subconscious fears.

Up until then, I had only seen a couple of lame horror movies that mainly made me laugh. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was my first true touch with horror.

i beg to differ. i heard it was a true story. it's still an case in texas. but whatever. thats my opinion... arguement.. whatever. everyone can believe what they want. that's my story and i'm sticking to it.

 

[AlloyCG]

The first horror movie I saw that I was completely satisfied with was Bram Stoker's Dracula. I saw it first when I was around 10, it just kind of stuck on me - I was really into vampires, etc. Event Horizon was also a pretty fucking scary movie... probably my favorite sci-fi horror film. I never saw The Shining until a few years ago, and I was more than impressed. The cinematography is truly brilliant.

And for you Exorcist naysayers - that movie set a precedent. Maybe by 2004 standards it looks a little dated, has some outlandish moments... but it can still roll with the best of them. I can't imagine what people thought when it was first released....

 

[millionman]

My favorite horror movie of all time has to be The Prophecy starring Christopher Walken as Gabriel. Just a good and very strange movie.

Hey Kittie, I have friends who say the same thing, but I had to show them some of the sites that talk about it being based on Ol' Eddie. Still didn't convince a few of them, that's how bad that movie can mess with you. I can think of a few families down here in the south where the inbreeding has seriously destroyed the sanity of some of it's members. Could be a possibility??? Ya never know....

 

[KiTTie8695]

My favorite horror movie of all time has to be The Prophecy starring Christopher Walken as Gabriel. Just a good and very strange movie.

Hey Kittie, I have friends who say the same thing, but I had to show them some of the sites that talk about it being based on Ol' Eddie. Still didn't convince a few of them, that's how bad that movie can mess with you. I can think of a few families down here in the south where the inbreeding has seriously destroyed the sanity of some of it's members. Could be a possibility??? Ya never know....

anything is possible in this world dude, so yeah, we never will know whether or not the story is really real or not. i think it is real. i heard about the open case thing and im like oh great haha so Hydromaxm not sure what to believe really but i kinda do believe that its real... its confusing

 

[VladtheImpaler]

I can think of a few families down here in the south where the inbreeding has seriously destroyed the sanity of some of it's members.

lol, we have those in the North too, but still south of me

but up here they dont try to hack you up, chainsaw you, or wear your skin....All they do is try to store their wheelbarrow in your garage because they think their other family members will steal it

True story

 

[GhosT_DoGG]

Is it just me that finds texas chainsaw massacre not scary at all? I usally laugh at horror movies. Some friends said it was some kind of true-story is that so?

 

[singlelongdaddy]

for a while the texas chnsaw msscre and Freaks were my favorite horror movies. im not as into tcm now but i still like it. i think i know what you mean about not being scary. i need to be in a particular state of mind for a movie to scare me and even then i dont really get scared by any movie. freaked might be a better word or disturbed. i was freaked with tcm when i first saw it. the two movies that did scare me when i was little were the exorcist and the evil dead. the exorcist rerelease was awesome. one of my favorite new scenes was the spider walk reagan did down the stairs, oh shit! http://www.mattersofsize.com/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif the latest exorcist was a little disapointing for me personally, but i have heard about the other version which was completed and they scrapped it because the distributor and director werent getting along ( or something like that ) so they hired another director to redo it. the opinion of many is that the first version is heaps better and was supposed to be released with the theatrical release as a double [words=http://www.mattersofsize.com/mosdvd.htm]dvd[/words] but as far as i can tell it wasn't. if anyone knows how to get it please let me know. im still looking. i even tried p2p but cant find it.

 

[penguinsfan]

I'd say the movie that has shocked me the most is the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I somehow got a hold of it when I was 10 years old (even though it was banned in my country back then), and it pretty much scarred me for the next couple of years.

Wow! I can't believe shit like that is banned there.

As for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, I believe I've only seen the remark recently made, not the original.

 

[singlelongdaddy]

*smack myself* i guess it surfaced after i stopped looking :roll: well i found it. i hope it was worth it. gonna check it out.