The Exorcist

The Exorcist is a daring movie which runs very slowly emphasizing the plot and its characters, which is different from other films that show long creepy corridors with no sort of scare. It deals with demonic possession of a 12- year old girl and her mother' s hope to win her back from the evil inside her. Chris her mother notices unnatural behavior of her daughter such as swearing and abnormal strength. When medication seem to fail proving confusion for the doctors with unpleasant test results, two priest are called in to get rid of the evil within her body, the evil inside her is referred as a demon. Karras one of the priest is taunted for his weak faith and guilt over his mother's death. Both of them fail the first attempt and Karras believes he is not mentally fit for the second attempt. 

A film set in 1973, the director is able to set such a incredible scene of a girl trembling down the stairs is commendable, which however will be unnoticeable in this era as more techniques have evolved. Using children as main characters corrupt their innocence which is widely being used by many new horror movie.

 This close up scene of the face expression of how she would be feeling as she is possessed. The audience feel uncomfortable by the invasion of space. The camera is very still on the face as you are able to see the detail of her face which is scary and dripping with blood where her anger in her eye is clearly frightening.  

 I really liked this scene as the lightening is unusual purple and a man dressed in black portrays a silhouette. For me it creates an uneasy mood where I am left wondering what is in this house as the long wide shot establish setting an location to give an interactive view where the silhouette is made the center of attention. During this scene the soundtrack lowers its pitch to create tension which is approaching.

I think this is a very troubling scene for many viewers as it's quite gory and off putting. the use of bright green colour is sickening in which the audience are not left horrified of the scary face but due to the girl throwing up