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I saw it at the Showcase Cinema in Leeds when it was rereleased, the majority of the audience were laughing, pissed me right off!
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I do like The Exorcist, and understand it's importance and history within cinema, but I'd only rate it around 8/10: Good, but not a favourite by any means. |
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The Exorcist, in my opinion and with my limited experience, is a vastly important film and should be treated as such. By today's standards maybe it is "around 8/10" but think about it, 8/10 after 40 years and when put up against the film-makers tools we have today such as animatronics and CGI? It's a heck of a score!
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For a general member of the public, they may have been shocked back in '73, but they are comparing it to the mainstream horror around on TV and in cinemas today, which is much more 'extreme', which is neither a good nor a bad thing, but I generally think that today's mainstream audiences are much more desensitized and less easily shocked than they were in the 1970s, what with global media shoving atrocity in your face from all angles every minute of the day, coupled with the rise of the internet and indie films. I do indeed see my 8/10 as a very good score (especially speaking as someone who seldom rates anything at 10/10). Age plays no part in that though. I may have possibly rated it higher had I seen it in the '70s, however I did not have that opportunity (mainly because I wasn't alive!). My ratings are always subject to change, but I try to leave icon-ism, cinematic importance, and technical merit out of all my rankings, and only rank based on personal preference... which indicates why there are films like The Wizard of Gore ranked above it on my list! |
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I haven't made a full list yet, and this is my top 49 from the top of my head, I haven't put full thought into it yet, sorry, I think the top 10 are roughly about right but it is hard to choose, there are so many good films from that decade and in general I can't pinpoint my top ten films altogether. Even after typing this I've swapped some stuff around.
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After much gnashing of teeth and scratching of chin, I've locked my top ten... 1 Dawn of the Dead 2 The Exorcist 3 Profondo Rosso 4 Halloween 5 The Wicker Man 6 Jaws 7 Suspiria (two in the top ten for Dario) 8 Texas Chainsaw Massacre 9 Alien 10 The Night Stalker (tv or not, brill) Just missing out... ZFE Phantasm Don't Look Now Perfume of the Lady in Black
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The Night Stalker is fine, as it is a television movie. Though if we ever decide to do a horror television series poll, you wouldn't consider this a part of the Kolchak series. Which prompts me to ask: after this decade, we want to do the 60s right? And after that, do you guys have any ideas of what to do next? Another decade? TV? A different genre? Doing these lists is a lot of fun for me, and I think I might be addicted. |
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Now the 60s would be all Hammer and Poe with a few Italian classics, the 50s would be big monsters and more Hammer, the current horror boon (still going strong) really kicked in around the early 70s, in fact in horror terms might be better to start from the 30s and move forward.
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