BY CHRISTOPHER STAMM
GUEST MOVIE REVIEWER
The Exorcist: Believer (In theatres now)
When I was 12, my parents pulled the trigger and got cable, and with that package came HBO, so I could watch movies unedited at home. I was excited, my parents not so much. As a proud member of Generation X, I was often left to my own devices while my parents went out and did their thing. On one such occasion, I was told clearly, I was NOT to watch The Exorcist, which was the Saturday night HBO movie.
So, of course, I watched it. Now, as a kid, you don’t always know right away when you have messed up, but boy howdy, I knew immediately that I had made a critical error in judgment. As a cradle Catholic, The Exorcist messed me up. Its slow build, its shocking (by 1970’s standards) graphic nature and flat-out scary tone, ensured I attended Mass without complaint for some time after my viewing.
Over the years, there have been a few sequels that ranged from oh-so-very-bad to at-least-it-was-entertaining, so when I heard a direct sequel with some of the original cast was being made, I was intrigued. Then came a fairly decent marketing campaign and I was actually a little excited to see a solid scary movie, because let’s face it, they are few and far between.
So, I plopped down my free pass, grabbed my popcorn and soda, and headed into the theatre.
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