One blog away from me going off on a mother fucking tangent. But let’s give this movie its fair and due diligence. By today’s standards, most people aren’t gonna find it that good I’m afraid. Hell the remake was a valiant effort I must admit with Ryan Reynolds. Here’s the reason I write about this movie. It’s part of my original horror trilogy with The Shining and An American Werewolf in London, so I have to pay it homage. And back in the day, this movie was scary. They took their time with plots and made the small scares seem much larger. And that is cool. We live in a world where the audience loses patience and focus far too easily, yet they will sit there for 90+ mind numbing minutes watch Paranormal Activity, waiting to see a footstep or to see a door close. OOOHHHH, sooo scary. Fuckheads!
This is based off of a supposed true story that took place on Long Island, NY. Basically this newlywed couple buy this house despite the housing agent giving them full disclosure about the murders committed previously in this house. I want to note that this was the inspiration along with poltergeist for the very first story in the very first The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror. That just goes to show how important this movie is. ANyway, the family was the house exorcised, but some weird shit happens to the priest exorcising the house, so they have to set a second one. All along the house is slowly trying to possess George, and the kids as well i believe. I few good chill scenes, and the ending is pretty god damn creepy, and you are left with a great movie for it’s time. By 1979 standards, this movie is probably an 8, by 2013 standards, it’s probably a 6, so I am averaging them to what I consider a fair way of handling it. I give it a 7 and I’m content with that. The one we have all been waiting for is coming up next.
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