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Dead Snow (2009)
The Exorcist (The Version You've Never Seen).
I remember the impact this film had when it first came out (and no, I'm not Catholic) and was somewhat ambivalent about rewatching it.
Recently came upon this version- essentially a super "director's cut"- and decided to give it a shot.
What a difference 35 years makes.
Compared to today's movies, this, one of the modern era's classic horror films, is decidedly low key.
It takes it's time setting up the story, in fact, the first third of the film is somewhat disjointed, as three separate threads slowly come together.
As the stories begin to align and the movie gains steam, Friedkin the director still lets the payoffs come slowly, which only emphasizes their power.
Parodied to death in the intervening decades- who doesn't immediately think "Pea soup!"- the special effects were state of the art for the time and still raise hackles.
And then there is the iconic music.
Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells- still one of my favorite pieces of music- is inescapably tied to this film, although it is only used for maybe less than a minute during the runtime.
This film is a classic, well worth the time.
Last edited by clocker; 06-25-2009 at 02:40 AM.
"I am the one who knocks."- Heisenberg
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