everyday is halloween

this is scariest movie ever made?  arguably, indeed it is.  & by its premier on 12/26/1973 this movie turned into myth as well.  i was six years old & i remember the grown-ups speaking about how frightened they were watching this film.  just listening to their talk amped the fear factor for this little budding horror fan.  but i was not precocious.  i was deep in my monster phase where the Creature Under the Bed required i do certain rituals, like turning off the bedroom light, running across the room, & diving head first into the covers before the Creature could grab my feet.  so when i heard the adults around me talk about this movie i was scared out of my gourd!  at any rate, this little clip is an edited piece from a longer piece of TV journalism about the blockbuster phenomenon of this movie & the reactions of its audience at the time of the film's premier.  it is an artifact of our pop culture & evidence that the hype of a thing may just live up to oiur expectations.  i am less interested in the The Exorcist as a movie, even tho i acknowledge the genius of its director, the late william friedkin.  i am interested in how this movie shaped popular culture as well as the history of its making.  which includes this film's massive influence on our zeitgest 50 years after its initial release.  

boo!