{"id":368457,"date":"2021-11-17T17:04:09","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T14:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-the-exorcist-terrified-audiences-in-1973\/"},"modified":"2021-11-17T17:04:09","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T14:04:09","slug":"why-the-exorcist-terrified-audiences-in-1973","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-the-exorcist-terrified-audiences-in-1973\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why &#8216;The Exorcist&#8217; Terrified Audiences in 1973"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a413191b455d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a413191b455d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-the-exorcist-terrified-audiences-in-1973\/#Watch_%E2%80%9CWhy_Was_%E2%80%98The_Exorcist_So_Scary_to_Audiences_of_1973_No_Spoilers%E2%80%9D\" >Watch \u201cWhy Was \u2018The Exorcist So Scary to Audiences of 1973? (No Spoilers)\u201d:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-the-exorcist-terrified-audiences-in-1973\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-the-exorcist-terrified-audiences-in-1973\/#More_videos_like_this\" >More videos like this<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Why &#8216;The Exorcist&#8217; Terrified Audiences in 1973<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;\u2018The Exorcist\u2019 was the Christmas hit that rocked Hollywood. Here\u2019s why audiences in 1973 found the film so scary.&lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;\n\n\n\n                &lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> \"&gt;\n            &lt;img width=\"800\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/the-exorcist-audience-reaction.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Exorcist Audience Reaction\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/the-exorcist-audience-reaction.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/the-exorcist-audience-reaction-768x401.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/&gt;                                    &lt;p&gt;\n                    &lt;span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\"&gt;Warner Bros.&lt;\/span&gt;\n\n                        &lt;\/figure&gt;\n\n    &lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;\n    &lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Meg Shields\u00a0\u00b7 Published on November 17th, 2021 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    &lt;em&gt;Welcome to The Queue \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video essay about why William Friedkin\u2019s 1973 horror film The Exorcist was so scary to audiences in 1973.&lt;\/em&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr\/>\n<p>There are certain films with a reputation that proceeds them; infamous offerings of pop culture of history that radiate a certain ominous energy. This is especially true of the films that caused mass hysteria: fainting spells, ravenous movie theater attendance, and a word of mouth typically reserved for urban legends and local folklore.<\/p>\n<p>The 1992 mockumentary <em>Ghostwatch\u00a0<\/em>fooled audiences in a near repeat of the infamous <em>War of the Worlds <\/em>radio broadcast. The cascading tragedies in the wake of\u00a0<em>The Poltergeist\u00a0<\/em>made audiences believe in curses. But few films riled up moviegoers quite like <strong><em>The Exorcist<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>William Friedkin<\/strong>\u2018s 1973 film (which <em>he\u00a0<\/em>doesn\u2019t consider a horror film) is frequently cited as the scariest film ever made. The film tells of 12-year-old Regan MacNeil (Linda Blair), an all-American girl who suddenly adopts an explicit and violent new personality. As her mother (Ellen Burstyn) runs out of rational explanations, she turns to her last hope: an exorcism.<\/p>\n<p>If you grew up in a world where\u00a0<em>The Exorcist\u00a0<\/em>was already a classic and a frequent subject of parody it can be difficult to understand just how scary the film was when it was unleashed on contemporary audiences. Theaters kept smelling salts on hand, audiences set record attendance records in the dead of winter, and new stations <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>ped over one another to broadcast the madness every step of the way.<\/p>\n<p>The video essay below digs into the film\u2019s wild cultural impact, assembling several clues as to why Friedkin\u2019s film caused such a stir, from keeping Regan\u2019s makeup under wraps to the uneasy cultural mindset of post-Watergate America.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch_%E2%80%9CWhy_Was_%E2%80%98The_Exorcist_So_Scary_to_Audiences_of_1973_No_Spoilers%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>Watch \u201cWhy Was \u2018The Exorcist So Scary to Audiences of 1973? (No Spoilers)\u201d:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Was \u2018The Exorcist\u2019 So Scary to Audiences of 1973? (No Spoilers)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W30gYVW-2K0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This video essay on how contemporary audiences reacted to <em>The Exorcist <\/em>is by <strong>CinemaTyler<\/strong>.\u00a0The Brooklyn-based creator has been providing some of the most in-depth analyses of auteur-driven cinema on YouTube for some time now. You can check out their YouTube channel <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/cinematyler\">here<\/a>. CinemaTyler\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2GHPiTlqcPA&amp;list=PLGciYgiR4atFzyLnEhhIN-Uo24DGtrKzz\">scholarship on Stanley Kubrick<\/a>, particularly\u00a0<em><strong>2001: A Space Odyssey<\/strong><\/em>, is noteworthy, and absolutely worth seeking out.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_videos_like_this\"><\/span>More videos like this<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<pre><code>    Related Topics: Horror, The Exorcist, The Queue, William Friedkin\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/meg.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Meg Shields is the humble farm boy of your dreams and a senior contributor at Film School Rejects. She currently runs three columns at FSR: The Queue, How&#8217;d They Do That?, and Horrorscope. She is also a curator for One Perfect Shot and a freelance writer for hire. Meg can be found screaming about John Boorman&#8217;s &#8216;Excalibur&#8217; on Twitter here: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheWorstNun\">@TheWorstNun<\/a>. (She\/Her).        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<pre><code>    &lt;!-- START RECOMMENDED READING 1 --&gt;\n                                &lt;section class=\"recommended py-5\"&gt;\n            &lt;h3&gt;Recommended Reading&lt;\/h3&gt;\n\n\n        &lt;\/section&gt;\n            &lt;!-- END RECOMMENDED READING --&gt;\n\n\n\n\n&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a> async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"&gt;&lt;\/script&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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