How The Exorcist Keeps Its Distance

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William Friedkin; The Exorcist (film)
William Peter Blatty; The Exorcist (novel)
Aaron Harvey; The Evil Woods
Alexandre Aja; The Hills Have Eyes
Daniel Stamm; The Last Exorcism
David S. Goyer; The Unborn
Diederik van Rooijen; The Possession of Hannah Grace
Gerardo Valero; A sermon no one can sleep through www.rogerebert...
James Wan; Saw
Joan Frawley Desmond; William Peter Blatty Did a Great Service for the Church by Writing “The Exorcist” www.ncregister...
Lorne Michaels; Saturday Night Live "The Exorcist 2 (feat. Richard Pryor)" • The Exorcist 2 (ft. Ri...
Mark Neveldine; The Vatican Tapes
Mikael Håfström; The Rite
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Natalie Erika James; Relic
Nathan Wellman; Silence the Siren Song
Neil Marshall; The Descent
Nobuhiko Obayashi; House
Stanley Kubrick; The Shining
Rob Ager; 6 creepy things hidden in THE EXORCIST • 6 creepy things hidden...
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Ryan Hollinger; Is THE EXORCIST Really The "Greatest" Horror Ever Made? • Is THE EXORCIST Really...
Robert Eggers; The Lighthouse
Rupert Wainwright; Stigmata
Tobe Hooper; The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Sam Raimi; The Evil Dead
Scott Derrickson; The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Simon West; When A Stranger Calls
Wes Craven; Nightmare on Elm Street
William Friedkin; The French Connection

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@Yharazayd 3 года назад

covering really classic, well-known movies can feel daunting for me because i always think so much has been said about those movies already that it'd be hard to add anything new to the conversation. and, dammit, you have proved me wrong. this is the most refreshing take on the film i've seen in years, you're brilliant, thank you for sharing

@AcolytesOfHorror 3 года назад

thanks so much for the kind words, Yhara. Love your stuff too, I was just showing somebody your vid on Cherry the other day :)

@mb-zx4hl 3 года назад

oh my god our queen is here

@mhs7219 2 года назад

Love your channel 💕

@mattheww797 2 года назад

it's sad that this movie was based on a true story. I also knew someone haunted by this demon and he didn't make it. Very sad

@jairayala8309 Год назад

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@saltoftheegg 9 месяцев назад

I never thought of it that way! Great video as usual!

@mn-ru4li 2 года назад

This has been my favourite movie for the last 20 years. But quality videos like these, that go deep into the subject matter and nuances, help me love the movie even more. So thank you from the bottom of my heart. 💙

@nicolecasal3239 3 года назад

Can we just sit and have a conversation about horror movies for like 3 hours please? 🤣 great video! Put together very nicely, spoken perfectly, and so interesting!

@clairemorgan Год назад

Just excellent, thank you!

@stephanielouise1998 3 года назад

This was amazing. Would love to hear your thoughts on “Psycho”.

@AcolytesOfHorror 3 года назад

well my next one is American Psycho so... ya know... kinda? haha

@stephanielouise1998 3 года назад

@@AcolytesOfHorror close enough 😅

@KimberlyPinkney 2 года назад

LOL I always wondered why it was always white folks that got possessed. When I was a kid viewing this through a black child's eyes, I attributed horror to getting a spanking. What would my mom do to me if I were possessed back in the early 70's? The scratching above our head, HAD to be me playing when I shouldn't have, resulting in a spanking. No warnings, immediate spanking. Swear at her, a spanking. Tear up the room, raise the bed, talk in different language, piss on the floor, spew stuff... spanking. Having to call someone else in for help? My dad would spank me, which was worse. Don't even act up in school, the principal would spank you with his "Board of Education" and then you'd get it again once mom found out. Yeah, a whoopin' would have drawn the devils out faster than two priests and an exorcism. The demons would pray for us then preyed on someone else that got lectures and groundings as punishments.

@OneDoomedGameCritic 3 года назад

For such a well discussed, thoroughly examined movie like The Exorcist, this was an extremely fresh, interesting take on it.

@jluchette 3 года назад

Wasn’t it tho?

@jairayala8309 Год назад

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@dancutd Год назад

@@jairayala8309can anyone play this backwards and translate?

@myles_bennett77 4 месяца назад

@@dancutdPaul is dead

@DanielKRui 2 года назад

"Despair can be isolating, but it can have a way of banding broken people together. In this way, despair will always sow the seeds for its own defeat". Thanks for the most uplifting quote about despair I've ever encountered.

@jairayala8309 Год назад

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@mikeprice8998 3 года назад

"Horror is the loneliest genre" that's why all us loners love it

@jojovaldez2766 Год назад

Count me in. I m a loner that loves The Exorcist movie. I have The Exorcist. Original Director s Cut on DVD

@paulanthony5274 8 месяцев назад

You still watch dvds

@bestcreator4771 6 месяцев назад

Yes! 😂

@nonoasailo9690 4 месяца назад

Brilliant

@Person0fColor 28 дней назад

Hello fellow horror loving folks

@michaelmeade7585 3 года назад

As a lifelong Exorcist fan, I would like to congratulate you for a well-researched, well-written and extremely well executed video essay. You've brought up points that I never noticed before, and narrated it with a sensitivity I rarely see about this film! I will be coming back to this video many, many times; I cannot thank you enough for giving a respectful and insightful glimpse to this cinematic masterwork.

@AngeloR674 Год назад

This video isn’t good! ..Theres better ones out there ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-M0TmHK6e4SM.html

@jairayala8309 Год назад

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@MangoPigeonV 3 года назад

Me walking towards the premieres with increasing enthusiasm : GIMME GIMME GIMME-

@AcolytesOfHorror 3 года назад

hahaha

@jairayala8309 Год назад

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@brigittetilley6961 3 года назад

Loved this and super excited about the American Psycho vid to come!

@AcolytesOfHorror 3 года назад

@reikun86 2 года назад

Fun fact: When Father Karras visits the linguist, the words written in Japanese above the door is "tasukete" which translates to "Help Me." The same phrase we see etched into Regan's belly.

@Jay-qh6uv 3 года назад

I agree with everything but the end. I think the end is very distinctly Catholic and what may seem dark to someone secular or more Protestant, it’s really dead on for Catholicism, the religion the movie deals with. Karras doesn’t “beat the demon up and negotiates with it,” he finally sets aside his selfishness and his reluctance to help and performs the ultimate act of Christian martyrdom. He becomes a Catholic Saint, sacrificing his very life both for his newly renewed faith and his empathy and love for a little girl he doesn’t even know. He puts himself through pain and death to confront and vanquish evil in God’s name. It may sound bleak, but Catholicism can be a bleak religion. Look up any Saint and read about the torture they (supposedly) endured in God’s name. Look at the depictions of their bleeding, mutilated bodies. Catholicism is all about suffering, so imo, this is the PERFECT ending to a movie that centers around this religion. Karras became a Saint. His martyrdom for God is the perfect ending to his arc. It is the full, total embracing of the faith he questions throughout the entire film. He’s not just finding God again, he is LIVING Catholicism in a very literal way. It’s the most extreme way he could have resolved his questions about faith and it’s just perfect.

@markiep8477 3 года назад

My reading of Karras's decision to take in the demon and then kill himself was Karras's knowledge of and acceptance that killing himself was a mortal sin and that he would be condemned to hell. To me, that is both a greater sacrifice and far more horrifying than the sainthood you suggest.

@Jay-qh6uv 3 года назад

@@markiep8477 Again, I feel like this is a more Protestant view on things. Lots of Saints committed acts that look suicidal to us in God’s name. They faced certain torture and death but did what they did anyway, and that’s what makes them martyrs. This definition of “suicide” isn’t applicable here imo. It’s not suicide to, for instance, push someone out of the way of a car, knowing you’ll be hit, or to take a bullet for someone. That’s self sacrifice and fearlessness in the face of death. Karras isn’t killing himself because of “selfish” despair or sorrow; he’s laying his life on the line to save an innocent *non-religious* (so, from a Catholic view, a sinful) little girl. He’s effectively “dying for her sins” and committing a Christlike act of sacrifice and therefore martyring himself like a Saint.

@Vonn_Loren 3 года назад

Agreed. Taking on the pain and suffering of others -- suffering in their stead -- is seen as a virtue. When I got to that part in the video, I said aloud, "Of course it's a victory" from the Catholic perspective... Father Karras's faith is restored, and he sacrifices himself to remove the demon from this innocent girl. 'Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.' I also agree that Karras's death at the end is martyrdom and not suicide. He dies to save someone else from death and damnation, not to save himself from further suffering.

@EnnameMori 3 года назад

Thank you for articulating my favourite part of the Exorcist - all the parts that aren't with the demon. So perfectly encapsulates the possession literature I am familiar with from the Middle Ages, and how the 'possessed' were not just the stage and performance, but also the gravity well to draw community and people together.

@AcolytesOfHorror 3 года назад

oooh shoot me some recs for some of those books

@EnnameMori 3 года назад

@@AcolytesOfHorror Complicated field, and I am not sure how many you want (I tend to default to accidentally unloading my bibliography on people)... but here are a select few that cover off the middle ages, early modern, brief introduction to historical witchcraft, the divine .... etc. Brian P. Levack, The Devil Within: Possession and Exorcism in the Christian West, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2013. assets.cambridge.org/97805218/13235/frontmatter/9780521813235_frontmatter.pdf (open access) Nancy Mandeville Cacioloa, 'Discerning Spirits : Divine and Demonic Possession in the Middle Ages' - she is trying to link later witchcraft demoniacs with earlier forms of divine possession into the legal task of 'discernment.' (if you want more on divine possession, then I'll link) Stuart Clark's 'Thinking with Demons: The Idea of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe' is an oldy but a good primer for the debates that are still going on. Something for England: Erika Gasser, 'Vexed with Devils: Manhood and Witchcraft in Old and New England' Albrecht Classen covers off a bit on 'Mental Health, Spirituality, and Religion in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age.' The chapter on Petrach and Weyer might be interesting. And last, but not least an article on children and how it integrates them back into society (and I would argue implicitly, society around them): 'Diabolical Rage? Children, Violence, and Demonic Possession in the Late Middle Ages' by Sari Katajala-Peltomaa. :)

@jairayala8309 Год назад

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@boldasbecca5625 3 года назад

Like everyone else is saying, I've heard/seen dozens of analysis videos/podcasts on this movie and none of them touched on anything you mentioned in this video. What an amazing take on such a classic film.

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@jhonadavid 3 года назад

"she can pay people to help, but she can't pay people to hurt - like she hurts." sorry, that prose just bitch slapped me.

@dreadlordvellan733 3 года назад

Hey RU-vid, your algorithm is broken - it looks like Nathan's videos aren't showing up in everyone's recommended AND THEY SHOULD BE.

@MindiB 2 года назад

The novel is definitely a meditation on why God allows terrible things to happen, and how that challenges our faith (or informs our lack of faith). The film beautifully reifies that sense of isolation, helplessness, despair, and all of the existential miseries embedded in everyday life. Absolutely brilliant analysis; unique and groundbreaking. SO well-done!!!

@cannibalholocaust3015 2 года назад

The part when Chris MacNeill breaks down crying whilst begging Karras for help is maybe my favourite scene. It underscores why Blatty chose to make the character a famous actress, she’s in literal disguise to avoid hassle from the public whilst internally she’s crushed & helpless. It’s also a fairly straightforward scene but elevated by truly talented actors, you just don’t see this kinda thing much now. Absolutely heart rending & something that only clicked with me when I got little older.

@gregyear201 2 года назад

Thank you. I feel the same. It’s ironic that a mother with “no religious beliefs” desperately seeks help from a priest who has lost his faith.

@jairayala8309 Год назад

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@kirst.orsomething 3 года назад

I was looking away from the phone when the video started and 'Don't cha' by the pussy cat dolls starting playing. I was VERY confused until I saw the KFC ad rolling before your video. Masterful video as usual 😊

@kayleehuddleston2146 3 года назад

Ever since I saw the Midsommar video I knew you were gonna be one of my favorite channels.

@ccl7983 3 года назад

It’s the best horror movie in my opinion and one of the best movies of all time . Jason miller’s performance as father Damien karras impacted me in such a way because I was a Christian struggling with my faith then I regained it .

@yehoshua77 3 года назад

The choice of using the entity Pazuzu as the baddie is weird in this story. Early Mesopotamians used likenesses of Pazuzu kind of like gargoyles to ward off the child-stealing spirit Lamashtu. Story would have worked better for me if Lamashtu was the possessing spirit, Catholic exorcism had no impact, and they were forced to use Pazuzu to ward off Lamashtu, but that probably wouldn’t have been a hit movie.

@AcolytesOfHorror 3 года назад

yeah horror movies have a pretty bad track record with their depictions of non-Christian religious figures, sadly

@krdiaz8026 3 года назад

According to Catholicism all pagan gods are demons, so the story would need to be drastically changed. And even if Pazuzu is actually an angel, angels don't actively take part in exorcisms. No hate against non-Christians religions, but this movie is theologically accurate from a Catholic perspective, which is why a lot of Catholics find this terrifying, while most people think it's just a horror movie. Yes, you can't get rid of a demon. He just goes back to hell. Yes, a demon chooses to stay within the possessed person. Yes, God usually allows things to get worse during an exorcism before progress can be made, and yes, it's not uncommon for people to die during exorcisms. The point of the movie is demons are like the nuclear weapons of the spiritual world. They're not to be trifled with.

@Johnny_T779 3 года назад

Yes! It pained me how little research they did! Pazuzu isn't a evil demon, he's a monstrous protector called to repel them! It's like saying that Shrek is a dangerous fiend, based only on his appearance... 🥺 Too much Disney and angels, America! Things are more complicated than that 😝!

@yehoshua77 3 года назад

@@krdiaz8026 Your comment assumes Christianity and Catholicism as truth somehow, rather than the fairy tales they are.

@krdiaz8026 3 года назад

@@yehoshua77 No, it does not. I'm not trying to convert you. I could be an atheist for all you know. I'm just saying that's what the movie is about. My comment wasn't even about my personal beliefs. An atheist could make the same point that you can understand why the movie is a masterpiece if you understand the Catholic theology behind it.

@shai2121 Год назад

i found this film incredibly touching for the same reason as cronenberg's the fly. even when he is disgusting on every level and physically rotting, she still hugs him without recoiling. even though regan is in agony, possessed by a terrifying demon and physically wasted away, they hold her hand, and touch her forehead, and give their lives just trying to save her. to me it's not about the question of finally getting rid of the demon, because we all know pain can't be eliminated. they reached out to this little girl and were there in such a dark, ugly space alongside her in her suffering. even though she still has that distance from her mother from the beginning of the film and doesn't seem able to talk to her at all about what she went through, to the point of pretending she doesn't remember, regan does remember that she had people who stayed with her through her darkest time and saved her life.

@CarbajalQZ Месяц назад

I figured she did actually remember what happened because she saw the priests collar at the end of the movie and kissed him on the cheek thinking it was him who was one of the ones who saved her.

@earthwingbomber 3 года назад

You are absolutely right about the loneliness and resignation of The Exorcist's tone and the cinematography and pacing is so powerfully constructed around that feeling. Fantastic explanation of the film, your videos are on another level and every single one has made me want to reexamine the film. You aren't an Acolyte, you're a Master!

@jairayala8309 Год назад

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@kendrom 3 года назад

That was awesome. Such a cool analyzation. I never would've noticed those things on my own. It's amazing how much feeling and thought goes into a good movie. I saw The Exorcist in 1982, when I was eight years old, and it absolutely terrified me. I'm a huge horror genre fan, and it's still number one on my list of scariest movies ever. Thank you for making and sharing this. Great video!

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@jojovaldez2766 Год назад

I 1st saw The Exorcist in 1974 after it had originally came out a day after Christmas in 1973. I saw the movie at a local drive in when I was 6 Another time when I saw The Exorcist again at a different drive in I laughed during some parts while my cousin was cringing in terror in the backseat. He still remembers me laughing though

@genveers 3 года назад

"The Spider-Walk was a mistake" - Hayao Miyazaki

@Xcty357 3 года назад

Love your channel ❤ glad to see your still posting new videos!!!

@AcolytesOfHorror 3 года назад

sure am! had some hard drive probs a few weeks ago, so that set things back a few weeks

@user-it8us8pw4s 3 года назад

"despair will always sow the seeds for its own defeat."

@xXxChainsawxXx13 3 года назад

Really fresh perspective. I agree with you about the bleakness that washes over one while you watch the movie. More than being terrified, I was left feeling this emptiness inside and everything seemed so morose, but the ending helped a bit with that. I also agree with another comment about the problematic use of non-Christian deities in Western horror.

@DeidreL9 3 года назад

So well observed. It reminds me of the slowness in Picnic At Hanging Rock, though with that film, it’s very dreamlike….but in both, the quiet and slowness lulls us. Lulls us into feeling quiet inside, then the shocks that come are so dramatic, and it’s partly because we are right there, paced with the film. It’s also very real, because that walk from a to b, that beginning of the day, that late night…it’s all long, unedited, no music. Without the horror it would be ultra realistic and gaunt. I’m still terrified of this film, it’s that good. I loved this, thank you so much!

@intjdragon8227 2 года назад

Finally, the best part of this movie is addressed. The Exorcist has been my favorite film since I was 13 or 14 mostly for a lot of the points discussed here. One thing that I think should be mentioned, also, is that the sound of this film adds to that open world crafted through the cinematography. I don't think I've seen hardly any other films that are mostly devoid of incidental music, and where that silence is filled in by sound of the world it is in. I've seen this film countless times, and each time I'll pick up on the sound of the wind or the sound of a car horn in the background that I've never noticed before. All of these subtle atmospheric noises contribute heavily to this idea of distance playing a key role in the film. That said, very well done video.

@AcolytesOfHorror 2 года назад

the audio design especially in that opening sequence with Merrick is AWESOME

@fakhrayes2403 3 года назад

i just watched too many horror films with exorcism in them lol

@martyb6070 2 года назад

I just wanna say that your "frolicking demons everywhere" comment finally put into words something about this movie that deeply unsettled me and did so very effectively but I never knew why. Just the implication that there are invisible demons capering in the backdrop of human suffering is chilling and this movie somehow captures that feeling

@jonharrison9222 Год назад

Blatty said that Karras’s self-sacrifice to him was proof of the divine; a local exception to the general rule of selfishness, overcoming the selfish gene and so on.

@BonfireOvDreams 3 года назад

As always, great analysis. Enjoy Berserk!

@AcolytesOfHorror 3 года назад

I am!

@boldasbecca5625 3 года назад

@@AcolytesOfHorror omg please tell me this is for a future review!!

@hatsunekiku5640 3 года назад

you know its a good damn day when new aoh is uploaded

@AcolytesOfHorror 3 года назад

it's an especially good damn day for me, because that means I'm finally DONE with a video, phew (wipes sweat off brow)

@hatsunekiku5640 3 года назад

@@AcolytesOfHorror i will say that the creeping dread of watching father karras walk up those stairs is comparable to me seeing i only had a minute left in the video! great work as always!!!

@bhbluebird Год назад

The Exorcist movie was always existentially dark. Nobody won, the mother and daughter merely survived.

@naranara1690 11 месяцев назад

In defense of the infamous director's cut scene, I think it stands out as something exceptionally horrifying compared to scenes where little is seen. Less is often more, but a little more can be an effective juxtaposition. We see Reagan blitz the stairs upside down and hiss with a mouthful of blood, only for her mom to mouth out "oh my God," like she's too afraid to scream, and then it's never brought up again. That'll stick with you in a film like this. edit: The jumpscares in St. Maud are exactly the same. They permeate an already eerie, bleak film, and make your heart sink.

@digitalchapel Год назад

15:00 I see what they mean about the Exorcist having a bleak ending based on these points, but that existential uncertainty is what makes the concept of hope so much more profound. bonus, the ending in the book promotes this idea of Karass' spiritual fulfillment and the tragic idea of fate. (I guess it works for Christians for a reason!)

@AustinNGrayson Год назад

Blatty actually complained relentlessly about the ending of the film. He said that it wasn’t obvious enough that good vanquished evil (it’s a temporary victory which I prefer immensely) which is why the ending of the “director’s cut” is so happy to a degree that it just comes off as ridiculous. If you weren’t aware the director’s cut is actually Blatty’s cut. He was eventually able to convince Friedkin of relenting and letting Blatty’s film be released. His cut is truly awful. To me it is just a sloppily made film and it is that for two reasons. Because of Blatty’s overbearing faith that he seems to force on others and him not understanding that books can almost never perfectly translate to film. This seems to be a common problem with authors. Some understand how different film is from novels as an art form and some just don’t and are almost angry about it for some reason.

@nope5445 Год назад

If you read Blatty's novel, it was Karl that placed the crucifix under Regan's pillow.

@georgenelawson9917 2 года назад

Lots of this reminds Mr of Halloween especially at part when you talking about bands walking home and walking him and walking home lol. That's like Laurie in Halloween they follow her from home walking to Myers house then walking to school then leaving school and going home then leaving home and going to where she gets picked up then walking across the street towards the end lol. Obviously the older priest is kind of like Dr Loomis going after a evil like Loomis did with Michael lol. And that evil possessing a child is like what happened to mivhael. Though we don't get confirmation if he's possessed but he acts at times he is like after killing his sister he seems to be in a trance. ANF in the novelization its more obvious of this with you hearing kid Michael screaming no at stabbing his sister internally and a voice that told him to do it was saying yes. Obviously the demon evil being is Michael in Halloween lol. Like you said this shot at a distance and takes it time which is halloween. Obviously a slow burn. Lots of people saying nothing really happens til the last act lol.

@jayrob5270 Год назад

There is graffiti on the stairs that Karras throws himself down and we can only read the last word "pigs" so I assume it's something about the police but it reminds me of Jesus expelling demons into a herd of pigs that then kill themselves. I wonder if that word was put there on purpose by the film makers?

@RobertEllis-e7p Год назад

Simply calling The Exorcist a horro movie is selling this movie short. It really is a very realistic portrayal of the classic theme of good versus evil. Is is more like a psychological trhiller or a Theological thriller, not just some "horror" movie.

@kitty0chan444 2 года назад

“And.. yeah I’m not showing that on RU-vid” Ah yes…. That.. that scene

@aModernDandy 3 года назад

Who is that Priest at 0:26 ? He looks like he could have some good comments on The Exorcist.

@Sammydx1 Год назад

In the novel. He gives the bum his only dollar....

@TheDiabeticGameMaster 2 года назад

Been loving this channel. Just found you from a comment you made on somebody else's video. And I think u might be better then whoever they were. Can't wait to keep coming back here every new upload. And I love that you chose to say Garwin I'm the Green Knight video. Subscribed.

@Georgi_al7 3 года назад

Great video Nathan & Phoebe!! I loved the focus you gave to this analysis and the eerie feeling you captured in the video. 🙌🏻 Hope you're doing great. Also thanks for the heads up for the next video! It gives us a chance to rewatch/watch these movies and really get the points you discuss in the videos 🙆🏻‍♀️

@care59801 2 года назад

This is why I love the movie so much. It truly is brilliant.

@keithg3919 3 года назад

Studying with Ellen Burstyn gave way to some very interesting stories during the making of this film.

@EonBlueReviews 3 года назад

Damian as a name serves a few meanings in the book. For one his name means "to subdue" in Greek origin. The novel references Saint Damien, the patron saint of people suffering from leprosy. Lastly Damien wears a St. Nicholas necklace which depicts a patron carrying a child across a river. At the end of the movie, the demon tears off Damian's necklace which is when it possesses Karras. Piecing together all this maps out how Father Karras would ultimately end Regan's suffering by drawing out the sickness that was the demon, then subduing it becoming a martyr. Which would metaphorically take the child (Regan) across the river.

@nicolecasal3239 3 года назад

Yesssssssss! Let's goooooo!

@AcolytesOfHorror 3 года назад

!!!!!

@LAL7887 3 года назад

It's always a good day when Acolytes of Horror is posting a new video :) also the likes are at 666 and it's too fitting I don't want to ruin it lol. But I will. For you

@AcolytesOfHorror 3 года назад

wow, loving me more than Satan. That's true dedication

@WesCoastPiano 3 года назад

Correction: the theatrical version is the Director's cut, the other cut is what William Peter Blatty the author requested.

@troywalkertheprogressivean8433 3 года назад

i also thought it was interesting, at least in the movie, how the demon apparently did not interact with the others in the house.

@danhill3302 3 года назад

Best channel on YT

@nathan8268 3 года назад

The part about everyone working to contain something that doesn't want to leave really made me think!

@wingflanagan 3 года назад

"...unless you hate yourself enough to watch the director's cut...." Right on, brother. This and _Amadeus._ Both ruined by their "director's cuts". Occasionally, studio notes actually help.

@AcolytesOfHorror 3 года назад

What's weird is, the original WAS his cut. William Peter Blatty spent like 30 years complaining about it, especially the more pessimistic ending, until I guess Friedkin finally saw things his way

@badingott 3 года назад

The exorcist is indeed the pathologic of horror movies.

@cookiemonstera9218 3 года назад

your shit is so so good. chefs kiss.

@shortfuse3776 Месяц назад

Thank you so much for the flashing lights warning! Great video. Keep up the good work!

@RideAcrossTheRiver 4 месяца назад

"Ha ha, so ... they sent YOU." Very clever non-specifically specific gaslighting that weary Merrin would recognize, but Karras, too lost and naive.

@davidkoenig8592 9 месяцев назад

Watching this video after your Passion of the Christ one. You really pulled out some things of The Exorcist I haven't heard elsewhere and I am pretty well versed/studied on this film. It is one of my favorites and in my view, it is ALL about Father Karras.

@chantee5327 4 месяца назад

Whoa! Nathan! This is dope. Never thought I’d run into an old acquaintance via a horror film Reddit that lead me to a pretty successful RU-vid page. Congratulations! BRB gotta go binge your vids!

@fitzhamilton 3 месяца назад

“The two priests’ belief wasn’t actually enough..” Yeah, which is why this film, like most horror films over yolks, over levens, the power of evil. It’s actually a type of satanic anti christian propaganda. Faith isn’t that hard, in fact it isn’t hard at all, it’s very easy. It’s just accepting the gift, the grace of hope love and being.. Indwelling from the ontological source of all goodness himself. Who, if you love him, isn’t distant in any way, at all.. If you love him, you’ll love everyone, everything, even your solitude in which you will never be truly alone.. In fact, you’ll learn to love even the scourge and temptations of the demons, who are in light of love’s forgiveness pathetically pitiful more than anything else..

@NicholasMosher-wv1bx Месяц назад

Fr. Karras' possession was actually inspired by an actual priest Involved in an alleged possession cast in 16th century France. It took place in a nuns' cloister in Louden France. It had to do with a wicked priest who did things to those poor women. There was another priest who happened upon this peculiar instance, and decided to do something. Unfortunately, this priest was ignorant enough to challenge the demon(s) to come into him. He was there after tormented by them then found dead.

@buzdanger Год назад

Really enjoyed your analysis here. One disagreement I would have is of your view of the bleak outlook of faith the film presents. If you take the film from a position of faith, dying doing what is right only gives a sure fire ticket to the Kingdom of Heaven, a place far better than the world we humans live in. If you read the book the end is very much Karris finding his faith. Also theres a whole argument to also be made about the Church standing in as a father to Regan and husband to Chris. Both movie and book certainly have something to say about divorce. Just some thoughts- really enjoyed the video!

@maltesetony9030 2 месяца назад

@00:41 "Totally unique"? Can something be "partly unique"?

@KenFlo1000 2 месяца назад

Never heard such a thorough explanation. Brings a whole new perspective. Liking the content.

@Gitfiddle Месяц назад

I’ve watched this 3 times. The walking scenes give me a feeling of internal dialogue happening within the characters. We spend much of our time separate from those we love. In fact most of our day is working and dealing with strangers or coworkers. As we walk or drive home or to lunch break etc we are alone with our thoughts. Absorbing what happened during the day and thinking and planning what’s next. We are mostly alone all day. Mostly alone. Sometimes with family and friends. These characters are distant from themselves and others. We get the impression of the deep internal world that we all live in daily. And in the end we fight our battles alone. The sadness of loneliness and despair is so intense in the Exorcist. We need others in the end to battle evil. We can’t do it ourselves.

@peterfalconer 4 месяца назад

Not only was this an excellent essay on a less-discussed aspect of this wonderful film, I never noticed that about the disappearing/reappearing crucifix!

@Terry-Cybil 3 года назад

That certainly is something to mull over. Evil may be relentless, but it only wins when good people choose to turn a blind eye.

@MimzyKuppycakez 3 года назад

I could just talk horror with you forever your takes are always so lovely to listen to! 🥰

@ErinJeanette 11 месяцев назад

Holy crap I never realized Chris set the cross down on the table and then it disappears before that scene... Wooow that's creepy. But it did dawn on me the exorcist doesn't even work. Brute force does.

@DanielKRui 2 года назад

I'm also intrigued by your comment at 11:00 "if you hate yourself enough to watch the director's cut" (which according to EmpireOnline is "not the director’s cut as most of the changes were made at the behest of writer/producer William Peter Blatty, who has fought for this version since 1973")... in the context of your video it seems that the extended version detracts from the themes you've pointed out. Do you feel that way towards the extended version as a whole?

@stephenbastasch7893 9 месяцев назад

Great review - just one thing - Karras did not kill himself - per Blatty, he altruistically sacrificed himself to save Regan, like when a soldier throws himself on a grenade to save the other guys.

@GuNi1 3 года назад

amazing video mate, keep it up

@kharkarus 3 года назад

I've come to dearly love your videos. I'm super fascinated but all these personal insight into what makes all these movies themselves. Hope you get more and more attention, eventually.

@bluethunder7391 10 месяцев назад

Because it is called " Stablishing a character" . Something that movies today doesn't do anymore. That's why at the end you feel sad that Karras died, because you felt his struggles.

@nogoodnamesleft4814 3 года назад

I would LOVE to see your analysis and interpretation of Mandy(2018).

@damiancantalini 2 года назад

Hear me out for a second. Everyone accepts that father Karras sacraficed himself to rid the demon. Watch again. The demon fooled him and forced him out the window while in control of his body right before exiting it presumably to repossess Regan. Nooo! He cries as he realizes he lost and is flung from the window. When they move. Demon goes with. That's my peice.

@Dizzybee123 3 года назад

Love your vids, thanks for the upload!!

@EatBaklava 10 месяцев назад

This was a very cerebral and well thought out take on this flick. I very much enjoyed it

@xiao668 3 года назад

Engagement

@RJ_Ehlert 3 года назад

I really appreciate this new perspective and insight into this film.

@ilovebutterstuff 3 года назад

Excellent analysis. I never noticed the 'background' 'foreground' element before.

@Elisabeth_9 3 года назад

Thank you for the interesting view on The Exorcist, I am going to watch it again.

@3l3ments001 Год назад

12:34. Stunt lady. 😮All these years I thought that was Linda Blair.

@redbarchetta8782 3 месяца назад

Still to this day it's stands up well. Just an amazing movie period. And no one but the demon won at the end. Pazuzu wanted to do what was done.

@hillbillyjackwagon 2 года назад

The bleakness you see in the faith message is actually a prime Christian principle. Religion and effort are no match against sin and the demonic. Only the sacrificial love of Christ can save, and this movie perfectly encapsulates the difference. Loved the review!

@markg0410 Год назад

For me, this is the scariest movie of all time. As a 53-year-old man, I still have the occasional nightmare because of this film.

@mariadiangeloakakyokajiro3428 6 месяцев назад

I finally refound your channel. I had subscribed or watched through a different account a few years ago. I remember when you came out with your Midsommar video and I got attached. I really love this analysis on this movie. As someone surrounded by death throughout life my favorite quote or snippet that connected deep within me was “The Exorcist (it) isn’t really about the fear of death so much as the despair of decay”

@podpoe 3 года назад

Awesome video!

@jamesnash6101 Год назад

I have seen this movie many times. But I never connected the cross under the pillow. And then it was carried downstairs by the mother, and placed on a nightstand. And when it disappears, the next thing you see is the daughter stabbing herself with it upstairs on the bed in the bedroom. The question is this, how did the cross get upstairs in the bedroom?

@Gitfiddle 3 года назад

Thank you for an original take on the best horror movie ever made. I think Karras thought death was worth saving this one last little girl. I’m not even sure he thought he was going to heaven. I think Karras lost his faith which makes it an even greater sacrifice and not Christ like at all.

@AcolytesOfHorror 3 года назад

Well, he does have that last little moment before he dies where his friend gives him his last confession, so I do think that implies he goes to heaven. But I agree that he totally thought death was worth it!