The Exorcist

The Exorcist definitely still holds the power to scare its audience. That movie had me hide behind my backpack the whole time watching it. This movie was named the scariest movie by Entertainment Weekly and it was on the top 100 Scariest Movie Moments. Many parts of this movie were scary. The scariest parts of the movie were the scenes with the possessed child. She was a great actor who portrayed her character very well. She was able to put her feet in Regan’s shoes and show her audience that she was really possessed. The movie earned ten academy nominations and won for the best sound and best adapted screen play. This movie was a big hit in the 1970s.

The director had some really creepy costume design which made Regan look sinister.  In this picture seen here, you can see how she looks evil and creepy. The irises of her eyes are gone making it seem like she is a demon. She also has so many cuts on her face to show that the demons are getting to her and attacking her spirit from inside her body. This picture is perfect to scare children on Halloween! It has everything you need to scare a little soul.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qG5V2iBvFs

This video shows Regan’s disturbing head spin.  Regan just attacked her mother and the demons are now talking to her. This is freakishly scary because it is impossible to do that. The directors made that scene look so real, that it scared the living daylights out of me. The demon voices in this scene are really gruesome.  It so ghoulish, that it gives me the Goosebumps when I hear Regan talking like that.

This picture here shows Regan walking down the stairs like a demon would walk. I don’t think this would work anymore because that part wasn’t scary. Many of the kids in my class laughed at how she came downstairs. I laughed as well. This wouldn’t work because, that scene looked so unrealistic. The scene seemed something you would find on America’s Funniest Home Videos.  Surprisingly enough I found out that this scene was cut from the movie that you would see in the theaters but it was kept in the unseen version of the DVD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUT_935gMM0

Finally, the scene where Regan is getting an exorcism was another creepy one. I liked how everything got so cold all of a sudden. That reminded me of a different horror movie I saw where when something creepy would happen, it would get cold. This scene was really scary because we saw everything from the priest’s mother being one of the demons, to the other priest dying, and the demons leaving Regan’s body. This scene had a lot going in it that made me hide behind my backpack again.

I thought this movie was so terrifying. It gave me Goosebumps though out and I could feel the little hairs on the back of my neck stand up. I would never watch this movie again because it was that scary. 

Supernatural

According to supernaturalism, a supernatural order is the original source of all that exists. It’s the  supernatural order which defines the limits of what may be known. Something that is supernatural is above, beyond, or transcendent to the natural world — it is not a part of or dependent upon nature or any natural laws. The supernatural is also commonly conceived of as being better, higher, or more pure than the ordinary, natural world around us. Many movies use the supernatural concept to scare their audience. In my opinion, I believe there is no supernatural yet. I say yet, because I have never encountered a situation which would make me believe in the supernatural. Many of my friends believe that the supernatural is real, but when I hear their stories, I find it hard to believe. I wasn’t in their shoes at the moment, so I don’t know if they are lying to me or telling the truth. The movie “The Exorcist” was based all on supernatural. The main character, Reagan, was possessed by demons or the devil and the movie showed how she was part demon, and part human. I don’t believe that will ever be true because there is no way someone’s spirit can be possessed. Many people believe that the supernatural can be explained by science. One factor of the supernatural is that there is no general agreement to what natural world really is. The supernatural is highly related to spiritually and religion. According to Wikipedia.com, by definition anything that exists naturally is not supernatural. However, the movie Paranormal Activity, which is a documentary, many of the situations they are in seems real. This is where the “yet” part comes in. While watching “Paranormal Activity”, I couldn’t figure out a way those characters would be able to edit the movie to make it seem all supernatural. The plot of the movie seems so fake to me. Katie is being followed by a demon, Micah taunts it. They get an Ouija board. All of these things were seen in “The Exorcist” as well. Because the movie is a documentary, I want to try to believe it. But because the movie has almost the same plot as numerous movies out there, it becomes hard to believe in the supernatural. By nature everything is explained and measured entirely. The supernatural would not fit into that explanation and measurement. We ask if there is evidence for the supernatural, but then the question of what is natural could also be asked. The show called “Supernatural” seems real, but all of it is unreal. The show uses many effects to achieve the suspense effect. Sound effects from the show also make the supernatural real.  Because I haven’t seen anything supernatural, I don’t think the supernatural exists. 

Falling in Love with Horror Movies

I first fell in love with horror fiction and horror movies in my English 4 class when we were watching scary movies. At first, I would always get nightmare and I would always stay away from scary movies. In my opinion, Psycho and the Silence of the Lambs are not very scary, I’m gonna take baby steps and start easy. Alfred Hitchcock directed Psycho in a way that the movie was less scary and more dramatic. I liked the way Hitchcock directed the whole movie in black and white because that added to the suspense. I also liked the way that Hitchcock didn’t use much gore. I hate gory movies. I can not stand watching them; I get nightmares when I do. Hitchcock stayed away from that and made the movie interesting. Also, I like the way that Hitchcock used his camera techniques to make the movie better. Those techniques helped me understand the movie better. For example, the shower scene wouldn’t be the same with all those quick cuts and those close up shots. Another thing I liked about Psycho, was the plot itself. The plot was very clever. I also like how Hitchcock used his characters. My favorite character was the mother and Norman Bates.
I also like the movie The Silence of the Lambs. That was a great movie. Although it had a bit more gore in it, the movie was still a good one. My favorite part of the movie was when Officer Starling found Buffalo Bill. It was cool how she knew she was at Buffalo Bill’s house when she saw that bug they found in the other girl’s throat. I also liked the way Demme used a lot of point of view shots. By adding those point of view shots, I was able to see what the actor was looking it. I was able to put myself in that character’s shoes for a moment. Along with Psycho, I liked how the director used his characters in this movie too. My favorite character was Officer Starling. She was a great actress and she knew what she was doing. I liked the character of Lector too. I liked him because he was a nightmarish type of character.  The anticipation of trying to find out what happen to the senator’s daughter made the movie very interesting. I love watching the thrills and chills of every horror film.
I enjoy watching scary movies because I want to know what is going to happen next. I also like watching horror movies because it is interesting to watch the journey the characters are going though. I like to watch how they overcome the situation they are in. Special effects make scary movies great! They add so much to the movie to make it fun to watch. If the effects are done right and the scene is flawless, I would watch the movies multiple times. Horror movies set itself apart from other movies because they are all unique. Not many horror movies are like the other. For example, Texas Chainsaw Massacre series is not like the Saw series.  Watching horror movies gives me Goosebumps and nightmares but I still enjoy watching them.