The Exorcist: The Beginning

[White Knight]

All I know is, the First one is based on a True Story, thats it.


Theres Something Strange, in the Neighborhood, Who are ya going to Call? [b]"A PREIST!"[/b]

[ironman]

The devil lost.......the battle continues....that's how life goes..Hollywood always needs to make more sequels.....

[Crusader_4]

[quote name='ironman' date='Aug 22 2004, 10:39 PM'] It'll probably be Hollywood carp...the first Exorcist was made based on a true story.....the kid got into some crazy demonic stuff, they were Lutheran. Lutherans didn't really have any solutions to attack this problem, so they called on a Priest that could do exorcisms. Anyhow, the whole family ended converting to Catholicism, that's the real deal. I believe the name of the documentary is called "In the Presence of Evil" I haven't researched this whole thing much. All of the information I'm telling you, was told to me, by my friend. She's a very good source, maybe I got some of the names wrong on what the documentary is called, but that's the just of the story. [/quote]
Ironman,

From the sources i have heard what you have stated is true as well. It was a Lutheran boy, but after much avail i believe they went to the St. Louis Jesuits if i am correct.

[ironman]

True...that's how it goes

[DemonSlayer]

If it doesn't have any traces of anti-Catholicism, I'll consider watching it.

Edited August 25, 2004 by DemonSlayer

[BeenaBobba]

If anyone's interested in reading the USCCB's review of this movie, you can do so [url="http://www.usccb.org/movies/e/exorcistthebeginning.htm"]here[/url]. As for me, I doubt I'll see this movie in the theaters. I might rent it when it comes out on video though. From what I've read, it looks sort of lame. I doubt it even holds a candle to the original, which is by far the scariest movie ever made. I hear there's a lot of "cheap thrills" in [i]The Beginning[/i], which doesn't surprise me, considering that most horror movies these days (apart from many of M. Night Shyamalan's brilliant works) are cheesy flicks with little substance; ergo, they rely on gore and "cheap thrills" to lure audiences. Very rarely do you see a horror film devle so deeply into theological issues as does [i]The Exorcist[/i] (the first one).

God bless,

Jennifer