- The exorcism scenes are actually by far the worst part of The Exorcist, with the religious mumbo-jumbo and over-the-top makeup (especially the tongue...?!). To quote French and Saunders, "Well, that's just one special effect too many, I'm afraid."
- In other words: it's not your fault, Max von Sydow, but every scene your character is in sucks (c*cks in hell).
- That being said, the 90 minutes in between are pretty great.
- Spiderwalk! I had somehow totally forgotten about it.
As for my pick for the best shot(s)... I had to choose a moment from the hospital scene, because that's where the real horror happens:
The only way this could've possibly been more shudder-inducing is if they had stuck that thing in her eyeball instead.
Those hospital scenes really are horrific. As I said in my post, they brought back images from "A Clockwork Orange" for me.
ReplyDeletethat blood spray. SHUDDER
ReplyDeletethis spiderwalk of which you draw attention was not in the version i saw. and i'm really glad it wasn't because I love that the devil never leaves the bedroom. subtext! :)
ReplyDeleteI almost chose this exact scene--it makes me squirm like no other scene in the movie.
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