Jonathan spooked by THE EXORCIST (1973) Movie Reaction FIRST TIME WATCHING 

Achhh, not another one who can’t take the film seriously! Ok, we’ve reached the point at which you’ve started ‘rapping’. I’m gone. ‘bye.

I like the film but not your reaction. You talk too much and want to be funny during a suspense or horror movie. Your reaction is unbearable.

I expected a lot more seriousness considering your background. That was weird.

People never understand that he's taking something like nitroglycerin for a bad heart: It's the one thing that the movie seems to fail to convey on a consistent basis.

No, we do know what Fr. Merrin's pills are and what they're for. They're very obviously nitroglycerin tablets because he very obviously has a heart condition. How the hell does NOBODY know what a nitroglycerin tablet is anymore??? Also, did you just actually have the balls to say that the makeup....still some of the most brilliant in the history of film....is "outdated"? I'm amazed that you noticed the makeup or anything else for that matter being that you blathered incessantly over the entire film.

Georgetown is a neighborhood in Washington DC, not New York.

She’s not possessed by the devil it’s a DEMON called PAZUZU

It's a real testament to the makers of this film that 50 years after its release, it can still shock and un-nerve folks. And doesn't Ellen Burstyn give a phenomenal performance? Her character's inner turmoil is palpable. And Mercedes McCambridge's vocal performance as Pazuzu is Oscar worthy. - - - - - Max Von Sydow was only in his 40s when the played Merrin. When he returned as a younger Merrin in 1977's EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC he didn't need the makeup to look older. - - - - - In the novel, Lt. Kinderman showed up at the McNeil house to arrest Regan for the murder of Burke Dennings, right as Kerras threw himself out of the window. After he saw Regan, he pieced together what occurred and actually ended up covering up the details for Chris and Regan's privacy. - - - - - Also in the novel, whenever Regan's head would "spin", it was described as an illusion that the demon would project at people in order to elicit shock and fear. When Chris saw this, she was so jarred that she fainted. - - - - - I hope you do reaction vids to the other films in this franchise ... EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC (1977) [a total shit show ... couldn't decide if it was horror film or a sci-film] THE EXORCIST III: LEGION (1990) [my favorite sequel] DOMINION: PREQUEL TO THE EXORCIST (2004) [decent prequel] EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING (2005) [idiotic prequel]

Why did this reactor keep calling him Damon? His name is Damian. lol

The priest takes nitroglycerin for angina.

Jonathan is so damn funny I love him!

He doesn’t live with his mom he’s visiting

It was scary to me as a child, but as I got older & wiser, I found what happened on set to be more interesting than a movie meant to scare. Pazuzu was used as the antagonist in the movie. But in reality is an an ancient Deity of Mesopotamia, what is now Iraq, as shown in the movie. Pazuzu is the personification of the SouthWestern Wind. He is considered destructive & dangerous, but also a protector. During filming a bird flew into the circuit box, catching itself & the set on fire burning it all down, except for Regans bedroom, it was untouched ... 9 people associated with the film died before its release. 9 is a sacred number in Chaldean numerology, the Chaldean Empire was centered in Babylon, which was in Mesopotamia or now Iraq ... People need to be more cautious about what they dabble with ...

1. I was 13 when I saw this in the theater with friends. What rating system they had at the time wasn't really followed that closely. By word of mouth, I was aware of the head spinning, vomiting and language but what freaked me the most were the demon flashes.😱 2. When the doctor is looking at Regan's skull x-ray and says, "Nothing in there" I always 🤣 3. The spider-walk down the stairs was NOT in the original release. 4. The loud banging with the medical equipment is for our benefit. 5. Father Merrin and the demon/Pazuzu had a previous encounter where he almost killed the father. Merin doesn't acknowledge the receipt of the note and tells Karras there's no need for analysis. 6. Chris MacNeil/Ellen Burstyn actually broke her coccyx when the demon makes her hard fall. 7. The demon doesn't kill Merrin. From the beginning we know he has a heart problem most likely brought on by the previous encounter. 8. Karras doesn't kill the demon. He does manage to draw it out of her and sacrificed himself for her. 9 Karras is confessing and asking for forgiveness for his loss of faith. 10. RIP Willian Freidkin😇

If you're frightened, tonight I'll sleep with you, man...

He’s taking nitro for a bad heart.

You said looks like Pennsylvania woods that was my thought the first time i seen this movie ( oh crap was this filmed in my hood 😳 Are you a PA boy too ?

"Emperor Palpatine?!" Hahaha I've seen this film so many times and never even made that connection before, but it's so right! Also I never picked up on the lesion/Legion homonym-ish placement, good catch. "Somehow, the horse-drawn carriage came back."

A deleter, huh? Good lord, so easily bruised.

Fr. Merrin takes nitroglycerin pills for a heart condition.

Fantastic viewing. Interesting and fun reactions. 😁👍🏼

Please react to another masterpiece. Director Ridley Scott's first film Alien its a 1979 movie. Pleaseeeeeeeee❤❤❤

bad heart , he took nitroglycerine .

Aye, you're a cocky one, ain't ya? 😹

Recommend rec,.. silence of the lambs,. Alien and aliens,,,12angry been men

Was looking forward to a new reaction to my favorite horror movie until you got to the armchair dance during the Tubuler Bells walk home. I moved on

My favorite "zombie " film is Chernobyl diaries

I wish i was that cat 😏

How does this guy actually watch movies while he is telling stories? Don't talk so much during the dialog scenes. We are tuning in to get your reactions to the films. If you are missing half of it what's the point?

I live for this movie reaction. Everyone is so flippant and makes funny comments at first. Then everyone's demeanor changes.

The attention span of a gnat, If it was nerviousness you need to find another movie to react to.

In 1973 I was 17 and had to travel about 65 miles to a northern suburb in Chicagoland, in the snow, and there were so few seats that I didn't sit with my friends. The Theatres were opening at 8:00am and had continuous showings even though, it was difficult getting in and seeing it. I had nightmares for months.....believe me this was NEW and it was scary as hell, and there wasn't anyone disputing that it was scary. Because I was scared it prompted me to read the book the film is based on.

If you’re going to do a movie review, watch the actual film, leave the cat alone - and then you wouldn’t have to apologise for missing lines. You’re a bad reviewer anyway - I stopped watching when you did the rap over the opening music.

Sorry. Can't take the nin- stop talking.

unbearable reaction.. You talk too much.

Why is this guy talking about other things and not watching the movie? Glad I'm not on his Patreon. It would be a waste of money.

I’ve watched a couple of reactors who inexplicably don’t like Det. Kinderman. He’s a warm-hearted, gentle man trying to solve mysterious events and even a murder. I find him to be the one of the genuine, emotional hearts of this movie (which is in my top 5 of all time). I feel like the dislike must come from a complete misreading of the actual content.

When people talk about the makeup in the Exorcist, they only mention Regan. Max Von Sydow, who played the old priest, was in his early 40s when the Exorcist was filmed. I thought his makeup was the best. Max passed away in 2020 at the age of 90.

Thanks for watching y’all! Do you notice how fidgety my hands are?? I was NERVOUS lol

"Are they listening to old voicemails?" Yes. They had voicemail in 1973 😂 I jest. But you should watch the original The Evil Dead too

The make up is not outdated it’s still some of the best make up ever and that’s without any CGI it’s fantastic

People always seem to think that when Regan comes downstairs to the party she says: 'youre going to die up there', shes saying it to Burke Dennings, but he already left the party at that point. Shes saying it to the astronaut.

Nice reaction. Just a casting note, that wasn’t the grandfather from Princess Bride you saw as Demi’s uncle. You’re thinking of Peter Falk, the guy who famously played detective Colombo in the tv show Colombo. Demi’s uncle is actually played by a Greek actor named Titos Vandis.

How are you paying attention to the film when your taking about something supernatural you experienced save it for after the film

This is like watching 'Somebody Show Phil A Movie' -- PS: The pills the old priest is taking are nitroglycerin tablets, placed under the tongue to help with chest pain related to heart ailments.

You need to behave like a grownup. I had to stop this video during the doofy impromptu rap (the scene featuring Chris MacNeil's stroll on Halloween afternoon, while the _Tubular Bells_ song is heard on the soundtrack). Not going to waste my time on this nonsense. You obviously have zero patience for quality cinema. A movie like this, a marvelous thriller and an Oscar contender, will be wasted on someone who acts like he's twelve while watching it.

the tablets Merrin takes are nitroglycerin tablets, taken by people with angina or heart conditions. which plays out later during the exorcism.

Especially where horror movies are concerned CGI has cheapened the genre. Assuming that older movies are not as good as today's is a serious stupidity. Watch this again without the snide remarks young man.

Georgetown is not in the northeast. It's outside of Washington D.C. I think that is considered the mid-atlantic area.

I enjoyed some of this reaction, but dude stop trying to compete with the movie for attention, and as for your vocal soundtrack....could do without!

Ahhh…you didn’t show us your reaction to the spider-walk down the stairs.

As someone who grow up Catholic/ went to Catholic school- I’ve always been confused as to way people are so against movies like this. It is good (The Church) battling evil.

First time viewing your channel. Here are a few tidbits you may (or may not) know. Father Merrin, played terrifically by Max von Sydow, was in his early 40s when he played this part! You were guessing at what he was taking; it was nitroglycerin for his heart problems. The demon didn't kill him; his heart failed. The demon's name is Pazuzu and Father Merrin had done battle with it before in Africa. If you will recall, the priests said "...and it damned near killed him." The demon's attacks in the novel were way more vicious. It especially targeted Karl (the butler) because he was a Holocaust survivor. It targeted (and was ruthless) against Father Karras constantly attacking his sexuality. In the infamous crucifix scene, Ellen Burstyn suffered major back injuries. When she was knocked across the room, she had wires attached to her back. She was pulled too hard and that scream she emits is REAL. I believe shooting had to shut down for a while. Hope you enjoyed the movie. You also need to watch Exorcist III - Legion. Almost as good as the first one.

That’s not Peter Faulk, from Columbo/The Princess Bride.

33:48 She absolutely carried the film for me! All performances were great, but Ellen Burstyn deserves some special praise 🎬🍿

Excellent film and performances.

Again the neck twisting was an elusion If not where did the body of. Karras mother come from?

Lots of subliminal messaging in this film. Fyi, at 27:06 turn the picture upside down and you’ll see what Regan really drew

It’s Parkinson’s that makes you shake not Alzheimer’s that makes you lose your memory

EGYPT, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN...LOL NON OF THE ABOVE. XD

If you aren't a believer this movie is a joke, much like you treated it. If you are a believer and in touch with the spiritual reality, the evil is authentically portrayed and is scary. Hence, the 70s people made it number one on the list of horror movies

This was not good. The reaction, not the movie. I do see a good number of bad comments on your review. All I can say to you is look at what others have said, watch your reaction and you can work on being better at this. Try to be more invested and “watch and listen” to the story. Perhaps this line of work is not for you.

33:33 Max von Sydow? Sadly he isn't. Even considering the fact that Max lived to be almost 91 years old and played Merrin, a man 'bout 30 years older: Von Sydow was 43 years old at the time of filming. He was 44 years old at the Iraq sites in (late?) spring '73, wich were filmed later. BTW the director's cut - this is the better version.Have seen it later and the '73 cut in the cinema around 1990... Greetings. 🙂

I'm getting a kick out of watching the reactions to the end of the movie. I find it interesting that most people say the same thing when Damien jumps on Regan and goes to town, "But she's still a little girl!" After all that havoc, they still see her as innocent. I love that and wish we could all extend that grace to one another.

Cut the rapping out, Nellie. We get it that you're bored. Two and a half men conversation between Charlie and Jake: Charlie: its Jaws! Its a classic of modern horror! Jake: what's so classic about it? Seeing how much middle aged guys can hate each other? Charlie: its building suspense! Feel the schoolboy:s breath on mu neck. Anf its so close to me! Jake:why not just use the shark? Charlie:You have to use your inagination. Jake: i aim to. I'm imagination JAke: i am. I'm imagining a scary movie Thats what i mean by everlasting horror.

You asked if Max Von Sydow was still alive. He just died recently at age 90. He was relatively young when he did this movie. Great makeup job to look old 😉

You don’t show her seeing the demon image in the first exam, you hack up the first frightening scene of her being thrashed around in her bed so you don’t hear the demon voice come through her, you watch the directors cut but you inexplicably edit out the news of Burke’s death and the spider walk. Dude, really?

You made a comment about the makeup in this movie maybe not being so great, so I thought it would be fitting to inform you that the actor who played the elderly priest and exorcist, Max Von Sydow, was actually only 44 years old at the time the movie was filmed yet no one ever seems to realize he is a relatively young man until thay are told his actual age at the time of the filming.😮😊

I love black cats…I have some as well!

The Unholy Trinity: Rosemary’s Baby, The Exorcist, The Omen. 😊

The image that Fr. Merrin sees in the desert is the demon that is possessing Regan. It's name is Pazuzu, king of the evil spirits of the air.

FYI. THOSE PILLS WERE NITROGLYCERIN PILLS, FOR A HEART CONDITION.

You mentioned after Karras sacrifices himself to save the little girl that you were not going to cry even though it’s clear that you weld up from your stunned reaction. No worries, many cry during that scene. I certainly did when I first saw the rerelease on the big screen in 2000.

Please stop going on about a bowl

I still think the makeup stands up today. It’s her face that is scary and no movie even comes close. It’s all so fake now.

You were thinking of Parkinson's, but he was taking nitroglycerin for chest pain. Trust me, anyone who had a parent with angina recognizes those tiny white pills. Treatment for a symptom of bad heart disease. I didn't get to see this until I was around 14, on HBO. But I saw Exorcist II: The Heretic in a theater. Your impression of Dr. Sheldon Cooper rapping was unsettling. My favorites are this, Halloween II (1981), and A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. There was no such thing as voice mail yet, and telephone answering machines were just starting to appear. In 1973, people fainted, vomited, had heart problems, stormed out of the theater, ambulances were called. Damien died a hero. He invited the demon in then killed himself to protect Regan, taking the demon with him. A martyr's sacrifice. I disagree with you about the makeup. I think it still holds up. The only CGI in the entire movie is where they erased the wires for the spider-walk down the stairs, added to the extended cut in 2000.

A black cat.. with a scary movie?...you know that's worse!

Congratulations! You are the one millionth reactor I've had to tell that those were heart pills! 😈

The bed rose very clumsily at first when the stage hands pulled on ropes to raise it. Then the effects director counter-weighted the bed, so it would “want” to rise, and the men had to pull down to prevent it being pulled up by the weights. The result was a bed that truly seemed to float like a feather, ethereally, weightlessly. A magical practical effect.

drinks , smokes , goes to bars ! the average catholic priest !

I saw the exorcist in the theater when I was a child in the 70's and it scared the living hell out of me it was ground breaking for sure I was 5 years old when this came out in 73 my mom took me to see it

Speaking of the makeup: Did you realise that Max Von Sydow, who played the elderly Father Merrin, was only 40 years old when he made the movie? They needed a young man who could withstand falls and hours-long exposure to the intense cold of the refrigerated set. This is a singular, ground-breaking movie which seemed to blow up everyone's minds when they originally saw it in 1973.

You should wait till the end for your reaction

33:35 He died 2 years ago. Going by his age in this film he lived until 127.

Bro,you did better than I did in 1979,for my first viewing. I was 9, and had my thumbs in my ears and my palms over my eyes.

You did an awesome Job brother but you cut out a lot of pieces

It was nitro for heart issues.

I saw this when I was 16 at the drive in.... the drive in had to be the scariest place to see it..... also there were tons of rumors about how the film was haunted..... that the demon that appeared on the screen wasn't filmed........they really made it scarier then it is now, nobody had heard of the behind the scenes etc...... this version didn't play tubular bells .. the association make the tune scary.... being 16 I went to bed at night for weeks waiting for my bed to start jumping...... it is truly the scariest movie ever made.....

Certain parts felt slow because they were slow and had been edited out in the theatrical cut. The original flows better and is much more compelling.

Nice job, Jon! You made it though one of my favorite horror classics. The fact that this film still holds up to this day says something about the quality of the film, the casting, the setting, all of it. Amityville is another great classic horror flick to check out. There are 2 versions though. I personally like the original. Happy watching! 🎃

Merrin died of heart failure. Those were nitroglycerin pills he was downing like tic tacs. The movie was more suspense than actual horror. Those medical test scenes were really true to life. CAT scans and MRIs had years to go before they became standard. Even Ultrasounds were not invented yet. The attack in a possession are always to upset the witnesses. The Host is never hurt too much. If the Host was killed, and there is no WILLING host, it goes straight to Abaddon. This was what happened. That

Old voicemails? Answering machines were barely a thing then. LOL. Liked ur reaction. I grew up very religious myself. This terrified me and gave me nightmares for years. Not sure I ever fully recovered. LOL. New to your channel. I'm a fan now. 🙂

To make Regan's room cold enough so the actor's breath would be visible, four industrial air conditioners were used to bring the temperature on set down as low as 40 degrees below zero .

Parents decided to forgo a babysitter... my younger brother and I joined them for a drive-in movie experience. Yes, it was the year of it's original release.

Ash is quite obviously BAD LUCK. Movie got worse as he sat in your lap. He’s doing his job as a black cat, at any rate. And where is the spider crawl??

This movie completely freaked me out when I first saw it! I was literally shocked. And I was raised catholic so you know; they make us terrified of the devil and demons of course. But that’s when you’re raised to believe in that. I have to say that I loved that you needed your cat to give you some kind of comfort. You are so cute! Sorry had to say it. Thank you for your reaction!!🥰⭐️🙌🏼

There were three books everyone was reading in the early 70s, The Godfather, JAWS and this. The movies made from these the books could have easily been Hollywood crap. They weren't.

you wouldn't believe how hard it was to get voicemails in 1973

"Hunky dory" ending? On behalf of the three dead characters I'd say not quite lol.

the amazing thing about this movie is that Lina Blair a child actor did all her own acting except for the cut where she hacks at her privates.