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Originally posted by musicman27
I don't think you will particularly be scared but its an extremely fun entertaining film.
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Agreed. It's not necessarily a super scary movie, but it is a really well-made and fun horror film. I'm glad a lot of people here are liking it too!
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Originally posted by ReflectingGod
The Exorcist is such a classic. You have to think about when it was made. I really don't understand how some people don't find it scary It scares me more than anything that's came out in the last 10 years
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Agreed. Most people now may not find movies like The Exorcist scary because they have just been conditioned to different types of horror. I think the acting is pretty great actually and it is still a very creepy movie. I feel the same way about Rosemary's Baby.
Unfortunately, I think with a lot of the bigger gore-fests that have come out over the last few years (Hostel and Saw to name a couple, although I do love Hostel Part II and Saw II), or a lot of "fast, cheap thrills" type of movies really make it harder for a new generation to appreciate the older, slower building ones. I love that a movie like House of the Devil was able to capture a lot of that atmospheric horror in the last few years (although, to be fair, it was basically filmed just like a late 70's/early 80's horror film).