Taking Sides: William Friedkin's "The Exorcist" vs. Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining"

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yes and it sucks apparently

real warm grandpa (Neanderthal), Monday, 9 October 2023 19:49 (six months ago) link

Poltergeist was way more terrifying to me as a child than the Exorcist or the Shining, because it was set in a house exactly like mine

the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Monday, 9 October 2023 21:04 (six months ago) link

also at age ten I'd read a ton of Daniel Cohen books about the supernatural and knew next to nothing about Christianity, let alone Catholicism

the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Monday, 9 October 2023 21:04 (six months ago) link

I love in Poltergeist how they're watching a football game that is moving at what appears to be 0.05 speed

real warm grandpa (Neanderthal), Monday, 9 October 2023 21:08 (six months ago) link

that cuz they’re stoned all the time, remember coach rolling that j

brimstead, Monday, 9 October 2023 21:51 (six months ago) link

two weeks pass...

Just rewatched Poltergeist and, yes, the scene of Steven and Diane rolling joints in bed and doing Donald Duck voices as foreplay is a small miracle of a scene

Dwigt Rortugal (Eric H.), Thursday, 26 October 2023 12:32 (six months ago) link


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