I’m as proud to be part of this promotion as much or more than any I’ve been involved with in the past, and that includes when I was able to give readers an XBOX 360, autographed goods, or even a PS2 (yeah, we’re an old site). This is a completely different animal.
One of my favorite movies, one I’ve only seen on the big screen twice… in its extended version and one with some new enhancements we’ve never seen before. A movie that came out when I was a year and a half old and one I have very close to me for my entire life.
The Exorcist. The big one. A rare film that no sequel, Prequel, Beginning, or time itself could ever tarnish. And funnily enough, I love the tweaks and enhancements. William Friedkin is the anti-Lucas.
Dig the details:
“What an excellent day for an exorcism!” The scariest film of all time
is coming back to the big screen for a special one-night event, courtesy
of NCM Fathom and Warner Home Video. For the first time in ten years, The Exorcist
will be in theatres along with never-before-seen on-set footage from
the making of the film and interviews with director William Friedkin,
writer William Peter Blatty and members of the original cast and crew.
See the classic that still haunts and unsettles like no other, for one
night on Thursday, September 30th.
This event will go behind the scenes of The Exorcist in a way
you never thought possible. Audiences will be treated to
never-before-seen footage shot on the set during production to learn how
many legendary scenes were created. This exclusive content shown after
the event will also include special interviews with William Friedkin
and Linda Blair. Don’t get cast out! Buy your tickets to The Exorcist Extended Director’s Cut Event today!
I am so jazzed for this. One of the most quotable, scary, effective, and classical horror films of all time has a very special feel when seen in the dark in a theater without cell phones [theoretically], the distractions of home, and the reality and comfort they bring. As evidenced by this weekend, people still have a big appetite for exorcism in the movies and nothing comes even close to the one that started it all. So, I implore you to use the link below and see if your town is participating because I’ll be there and I’ll hopefully have a nice group of pals with me. I’d like to get a nice turnout, especially since we have a cute little commercial for CHUD that’ll play before the movie. Of course, that commercial is at the bottom of this page too… but September 30th’s going to be a blast. Come support Pazuzu and CHUD.com all at once!
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My envy is as green as pea soup vomit on a Catholic Priest's face.
congrats on the ad! hope to be at the event, good job Nick
I am embarrassed for you on account of that commercial.
Is fathom still using the shitty pre-movie ads projectors? I went to the poltergeist event a couple years back expecting an epic experience. What I got was a cropped, low res shitstorm.
buyer beware; these screenings are all digital. NOT prints.
I remember ducking out of work early on a weekday afternoon to catch the 25th edition of this at my local cinema. As the credits rolled I looked around the auditorium and realized I was only one in there and watched the entire movie by myself constantly looking over my shoulder. Let me tell you that was one of the scariest experiences I've ever had.
Does this have all the same changes from the poorly-named "The Version You've Never Seen"? If so, then I think I'll just wait for the Blu-Ray. The original theatrical release is far superior.
I saw a few minutes of L Change the World at a Fathom event. I left and got my money back. If their projection method hasn't changed you should expect disappointment.
These aren't just digital screenings, they're dim, lo-res, 4×3 video screenings and they're agonizing to sit through. Poltergeist was an absolute travesty. As great as this would be under any other circumstance, avoid at all cost. Wait for the Beverly.
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Still never seen this movie.
I can sit through any amount of scary shit and be completely non-plussed – but when it comes to demonic possession or the devil I can't watch.
Yeah, I'm a pussy.
When this was released here, in the UK, in 1998 I finally got to see the film many regard as the scariest of all time. Maybe it was this label, or maybe Mark Kermode's opinion of the film as the greatest ever, that allowed my expectations to get to lofty heights – but this film, sadly, did not meet them. I'm not sure why really and I must revisit it sometime, because I really would like to know if I missed something that first time. I've read the book since, which I recommend, but even then, the irony is that the only bit I didn't enjoy as much as the rest, the investigation, is the actual exorcism. Maybe it's the raging atheist in me. But then I've always enjoyed Amityville 2 – The Possession. Maybe it was because I saw Repossessed first (perhaps that was a mistake). Maybe it's because this film wasn't made in that golden '75 to '85 period where just about all my fave films come from. Or maybe, just maybe, it isn't quite as good as some make out.
@JediBobster:
And maybe it's because you watched the shitty "director's cut", which was re-edited for the new era where every movie — even strictly adult fare like this — is reworked to make it more palatable to teens. They should call it the "Obvious Edition" or the "No Personal Interpretation Required" version, or "The Version That Takes The Time To Exlpain The Ending Better, In Case You Didn't Get It". Yes, it pisses me off.
Truly one of the most overrated movies in human history. This movie scared the crap out of me when I was seven, but I watched it again when I was all growed up and I didn't like it at all. It wasn't scary and the pacing in the first half is horrible. Then I read the book, which was pretty good. I watched the movie again and I hated it. It's like they were just speed reading the book, skipping every other page, just to get to the exorcism. A few years later, the director's cut came out and I decided to give it one more chance. I was watching it with my parents and I was thinking how shitty this movie is, when my mom said "This movie isn't as good as I remember it." and my dad and I agreed whole-heartedly. I think this is one of those movies people remember being so scary because they were young when they saw it, but it really isn't all that great of a movie. Every Halloween, everyone in the world does their "top 10 scariest movies of all time!" and it's always 'The Exorcist' and 'The Shining' at 1 and 2 and my head almost explodes every time.
YES!!!
I can never get enough of the original and best demonic throwdown in cinematic history!
I saw this when I was 10 for the first time and well… I've been a fan of horror ever since. Caught the re-release on my birthday way back when with a bunch of friends… on a Friday 13th!
I love this film (As if you can't tell by my name)!
This is for the record, since The Exorcist is one of my all-time fave films. I didn't see the original theatrical version until I was in junior-high, so I must've been about 13 or 14 or so — but only HEARD the film at the tender age of 10 (the parents and older sister watched it on HBO). I didn't sleep for a week then, and later when I finally saw it, I was thrilled that the visuals lived up to what the sound alone had placed in my virgin ears. It still is my #2 favorite film (between #1 Total Recall, and #3 John Carpenter's The Thing), and the Director's Cut/Version You've Never Seen is a total crock of shit. Get the 25th Anniversary version on DVD and listen to Friedkin's commentary — just about every thing he mentions he would never do he actually did for his "director's cut" which shows you ultimately how he had withered under the weight of such a motion picture. I do feel sorry for him, since he honestly has yet to do any better than The Exorcist, but when a filmmaker is so genuinely inspired as he was (as was Blatty with his script version of the novel). I'm sure it is difficult to live up to such expectations afterward. It's almost like Friedkin wanted to murk up The Exorcist to free himself from it.
should be more scary on the big screen. better the 2nd time around i suppose !
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