Anonymous #2 5w

It was scary by 70s standards

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yeah but the movie is called 'the exorcist' so there's no suspense there

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Anonymous #3 5w

^^a lot of people look at a movie out of the context of its time and think it’s funny rather than scary. It’s similar to Jaws in that way.

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Anonymous amethyst_popping_bottles 5w

Yeah today the practical effects in jaws look stupid but back then it send people running out of the theater screaming

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kill bill wasn't a horror movie lol

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not in the same way. I haven't seen it in a while, but (spoilers for kill bill) I remember not being sure if she'd actually do it at the end. the title is her mission, sure, but it's not called "Uma Thurman Kills Bill at the End of the Second One"

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No, but at no point in the movie is it a mystery what's happening to her, unless you went in without knowing the title

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Dramatic irony is fine but it's not at all scary imo

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bro everyone knew the exorcist was about a possessed girl. i don’t know how young you are but nobody was shocked to learn it was about an exorcism. the only scary aspect for the generation was just the use of a child actor using vulgar language and acting heavily out of the norm for the time. it’s a good movie but scary is a stretch by today’s standards and is moderately acceptable for the time it was released

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