The Exorcist [31 DVDs of Halloween]

Let’s see… What can I say about The Exor­cist that hasn’t been said count­less times before? Most peo­ple I know con­sider it the scari­est movie of all time. See? It says so right there on the cover:

Due to what I can only guess was an extreme over­sight in parental guid­ance, I saw The Exor­cist for the first time when I was five. FIVE, bitches! Of course, I didn’t fully under­stand what was going on, which was a good thing because if I did, I’d have prob­a­bly needed ther­apy. I just remem­ber feel­ing sad for the lit­tle girl and being grossed out by the pea soup vomit .

Also, I’m pretty sure my first encounter with this movie was on tele­vi­sion and there­fore it wasn’t nearly as trau­matic as see­ing the full, unedited ver­sion that I didn’t fully absorb until my teenage years. Nev­er­the­less, it was always a weird source of pride to be able to say I had seen  The Exor­cist  before most of my peers.  On the other hand I’m kind of pissed that my hor­ror movie-watching career peaked at such an early age. After you’ve seen  The Exor­cist , every other hor­ror movie just seems “cute” in comparison.

I get chills just hear­ing it.

I’ve opted not to embed any actual movie clips, at the risk of spoil­ing any­thing on the off chance you haven’t seen it. Instead I will leave you with “Tubu­lar Bells” by Mike Old­field, also known as the theme song from The Exor­cist , one of the great­est hor­ror movie songs ever composed.

Spooky Satanic Screencaps

What is 31 DVDs of Halloween?

As a spe­cial fea­ture for the Hal­loween Count­down, I’m show­cas­ing 31 Hal­loween DVDs from my per­sonal col­lec­tion. I have a lot of Halloween-related and hor­ror DVDs in gen­eral, but for this year’s count­down I’m only going to focus on my absolute favorites–the ones I con­sider 100% essen­tial for my enjoy­ment of the holiday.

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