I don't know if this has been asked before but right now I was texting with a friend and he told me that The Exorcist has been one of the most scariest movies he has ever seen and that he didn't sleep the night he watched it. Also I remember my aunt saying she wouldn't watch it alone. I was ten when I first watched the film and I wasn't scared by it.

So my question is was anyone scared when they watched The Exorcist for the first time?

Yes, especially by those demon faces randomly flashing throughout the movie

Yes. Very. I was young and I had nightmares for days.

I'd probably still get scared if I watched it today.

If anything it's hilarious. All those bad special effects...

When I first saw it I was about 10 too, and I had nightmares for weeks.

But these days I'm fine watching it.

No. One of my favorite films of all-time. Such a fantastic achievement in filmmaking.

I just watched it for the first time a few months ago and its so overrated

No

It was scary in the period it was made in

I get more scared by Paranormal Activity with the eerie atmosphere

The film literally traumatized me for years. I had nightmares, kept imagining it happening to me or family members, a mess. The fact that I was a kid and a hardcore Christian probably didn't help.

But now horror is my favorite genre of movies and I've seen all the "exorcist" variants that have been ever released. Deep inside I'm trying to recreate that intense fear caused by that movie, but it's not working anymore.