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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I think it's well observed! They thought this movie would be huge, it was another comic book adaptation (even though the comic was technically an adaptation of a yet unsold-screenplay) and you just know some executive producer thought they had the next Men in Black or something on their hands.
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Okay, unfortunately I have to spoil my very silly plan for the Around the World challenge here because I need some help, but on the plus side if we find this we can all watch the only ever horror film made entirely in Antarctica: Does anyone have a bead on where we can watch South of Sanity (2012)? It is famously not very good, but if someone can find it we’ll be the only freaks who can check that particular continent off this month 
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MacheteZombie posted:Hundu, that j horror found footage flick Psychic Visuons Jaganrei has subs now Ooh, very nice.
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Jedit posted:He also died of tuberculosis just as everyone was getting sick of his poo poo. Similarly the people at Salem also didn't burn any witches because they were still English even if they moved across the pond because they were no longer allowed to religiously persecute people at home.
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MrGreenShirt posted:Oh man, I was absolutely obsessed with the toys for that movie as a kid! I still have all of these. That image doesn’t even show the Donald Sutherland figure that has interchangeable parts so you can make him as his normal human self or as a Virus cyborg.
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I think Virus was made by one of Jim Cameron's go-to effects guys which explains some things (like why it's on a boat)
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MacheteZombie posted:Hundu, that j horror found footage flick Psychic Visuons Jaganrei has subs now That's on my watchlist this month - its also available on the Internet Archive with ENG subs: https://archive.org/details/psychic-vision-jaganrei-1988-hardcoded-english
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Opopanax posted:Hmm, I am the one guy who loving hated Deadstream Wow a ghost that shouts smash that like button!!! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaaha!!
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reviews for The Exorcist: Believer are about what I expected (not very good) (I'm seeing it anyway)
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I watched the first and third one for the first time recently (I know it's blasphemy probably but I prefer the third). I guess i might as well see Believer. It can't be as bad as the second one is supposed to be. Though some people swear the second one is actually fun in a stupid/surreal/weird way at times and gives off Fulci vibes...any truth to that?
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My bad I've actually been informed that the purge will not be happening and it's just a regular broadcast of the national emergency notification. Again , there will not be a Purge.
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I realized that the first Saw and Saw X are the only ones I've seen in theatres. Wild.
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Punkin Spunkin posted:I watched the first and third one for the first time recently (I know it's blasphemy probably but I prefer the third). I guess i might as well see Believer. It can't be as bad as the second one is supposed to be. The people who maintain Exorcist 2 is "secretly good" or whatever do not have your best interests at heart. It's just really loving boring, not even into "so bad it's good" range. I'm still gonna see Believer but with the one-two punch of Halloween Ends and now this, I'm firing up my take that David Gordon Green is a hack who got lucky once.
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Gyro Zeppeli posted:The people who maintain Exorcist 2 is "secretly good" or whatever do not have your best interests at heart. It's just really loving boring, not even into "so bad it's good" range. Next you're gonna tell me that no leopards are actually spat.
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Opopanax posted:What about that Exorcist prequel, was that any good? i actually just watched Dominion: A Prequel to the Exorcist - Schrader's Version and it was pretty good! not great, but pretty good. haven't seen the Renny Harlin version but i love that it exists. one of the funnier behind-the-scenes stories.
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There should be more double features that are two directors treating the same script.
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i just remembered that Paul Schrader and William Peter Blatty were kicked out of the premiere of the Renny Harlin version for heckling lol
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There's something really charming about all the Exorcist directors outright hating or having beef with each other.
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I can never remember which one I watched or maybe both it’s such a odd film production. Fascinating! But not really worth it all lol
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Pretzel Rod Stewart posted:Okay, unfortunately I have to spoil my very silly plan for the Around the World challenge here because I need some help, but on the plus side if we find this we can all watch the only ever horror film made entirely in Antarctica: Btw it seems like you can rent it on Vimeo. That was easy lol
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:There's something really charming about all the Exorcist directors outright hating or having beef with each other. Blatty and Friedkin's "old married couple" energy was so fun too.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:There's something really charming about all the Exorcist directors outright hating or having beef with each other. i still haven't seen Exorcist II but i love that John Boorman was offered Exorcist I and was like "pff i'm not doing that," saw it make a jillion dollars, jumped on board to do the sequel, and bombed hard.
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Say what you will about the Harlin exorcist prequel, but that movie’s opening goes pretty hard.
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Punkin Spunkin posted:I watched the first and third one for the first time recently (I know it's blasphemy probably but I prefer the third). I guess i might as well see Believer. It can't be as bad as the second one is supposed to be. Nothing wrong with preferring Exorcist III to Exorcist I - it's got better actors* given a chance to just devour monologues, some really creepy atmosphere at times, and is overall a much more enjoyable experience than the original. (Not that there's anything wrong with the original, it's still great, but it's very intense and downbeat, and sometimes you just don't want a movie to make you miserable, you know?) *Not a slight on the actors in the first at all, especially Ellen Burstyn and Max von Sydow, but I mean, you have George C. Scott and Brad Dourif both making a meal of the written word here; that's gonna paper over a lot of issues you'd otherwise have with "second sequel to one of the biggest hits and most influential films of all time."
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I think it's well observed! Oh yeah man my buddy and I as kids had most of them so we almost finished the build a figure. It was dope. The little virus monsters were cool and were a good villian for my action figure play time battles lol
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In a vacuum Exorcist III was the bestorcist. (It's my favorite, anyway.) But there's a case to be made that the first one is how we ever got "serious" horror films. And it was pretty great!
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I will not claim it as a misunderstood classic but I think Exorcist II is enjoyably weird As far as the prequels go, I’ve only seen Dominion. That one at least has ideas in its head, but Paul Schrader seems to have had little interest in actually making a horror film and it suffers for it when the actual possession stuff takes center stage. Still need to see the Harlin version at some point, if only out of morbid curiosity
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I dearly love Exorcist III for many reasons, but the scene near the end where Nicol Williamson shows up at the insane asylum to exorcise Jason Miller just feels so out of place. And famously, that’s because it WAS. The studio bigwigs were supposedly seeing the dailies and liked what they saw, but eventually said “Hold on a minute! This *is* an Exorcist film, right? Where is the Exorcism?!!” So they made them shoot that scene and tack it on the end. That’s the story I remember, anyway.
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I think every Exorcist movie is good with the exception of Harlin's version of Dominion. Yes that includes Exorcist II, I really dig all of that weird "brushing of the wings" stuff which I think is probably key to enjoying that movie. If that aspect doesn't click for you then it's probably gonna be a miss.
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I just remembered that James Earl Jones is a bug scientist in that one. And he lives in a rope access cave. There's a book for that one, isn't there? I bet it's way better
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Yea James Earl Jones is the bug scientist who was once a boy who had Pazuzu exorcized from him, and now he researches the bugs and their connection to Pazuzu. Come on, how does that not sound like a good time?
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MrMojok posted:I dearly love Exorcist III for many reasons, but the scene near the end where Nicol Williamson shows up at the insane asylum to exorcise Jason Miller just feels so out of place. It’s rare that I agree with studio notes but I think it was the right decision to have that dramatic, climatic, exorcism. Not that I think you can’t have a movie about exorcisms/possession in a more abstract sense. Or that the really low-key grim original ending doesn’t feel at home with the tone of III. But the admittedly obviously shoehorned in exorcism has such great visual panache and that amazing George C. Scott “I believe” monologue. A more satisfying conclusion even if the film isn’t really looking to give you any sort of “happy” ending.
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Pretty sure Scott's I Believe monologue was in there regardless, it's just the other priest going in and getting wrecked that was added. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong.
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MrMojok posted:I dearly love Exorcist III for many reasons, but the scene near the end where Nicol Williamson shows up at the insane asylum to exorcise Jason Miller just feels so out of place. Yeah, that whole subplot was a late addition and all those cutaway scenes feel very out of place. I agree that the film needs that big climax but it doesn't entirely work and the lead up to it entirely doesn't work. The 40% that's the George C Scott and Brad Dourif stuff works exceptionally well, the 40% that's a slasher works pretty well, but the exorcism stuff feels comparatively underwhelming.
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Basebf555 posted:Pretty sure Scott's I Believe monologue was in there regardless, it's just the other priest going in and getting wrecked that was added. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong. I thought the entire exorcism scene was added and the original ending was Kinderman going directly into the jail cell after saving his family and unceremoniously shooting Karras point blank. Like zero exorcism, special effects, anything. Edit: think I found the original script and yes, none of the ending after the scene with the possessed nurse was originally there, including Scott’s monologue WeaponX fucked around with this message at 20:48 on Oct 4, 2023 |
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WeaponX posted:I thought the entire exorcism scene was added and the original ending was Kinderman going directly into the jail cell after saving his family and unceremoniously shooting Karras point blank. Like zero exorcism, special effects, anything. Yup, there's a workprint of that scene, and it's as hilariously blunt as you think it is.
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I like the studio mandated exorcist scene in exorcist 3 because the priest peeling himself off the ceiling is gnarly as heck. Also, had no idea Hellraiser Bloodline is getting a work print release, really interested in seeing what are the differences.
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I support the studio mandated exorcism yeah. It just leads to so many awesome moments and monologues (something the film is full of). There's enough cutaway scenes of that priest, and it's just such a fantastic spiritual horror battle...sure it was a sub plot but the minute I saw that motherfucker marching towards that cell I was like oh yeah buddy it's on I support that original ending in a vacuum but what we got instead was just so awesome
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