The Exorcist?

Question

At what age did you watch The Exorcist?. Which one did you watch? The old 1973 one or the 2001 one?. I was 8, I heard about it because my mom told me she watched it with my grandma when she was 6 and she was traumatized, then my dad watched it in the movie theater, so I wanted to watch it, somehow I convinced my mom to buy the new version on 2001 (the dvd). She didnt let me watch it for weeks, I just stared at the hardcover and read the description. I never thought that the movie was going to be so horrible, I mean, the hardcover didn't look like it, and they didn't show anything in the trailer (that was freaky). So a couple of weeks after I bought it, I convinced her, and I watched it with my mom and dad, HOLY SH!T. I was 8 back then, I slept under my bed's sheets until I was 12, Im 14 now. I don't plan on watching it again.

Answer 1

I watched the old one when I was about 15, scared me to death. Thought I was gonna get possessed. I played with the Ouija board a lot until I saw that.
I watched the 2001 version when it came out- scary!!! That is probably the scariest movie -to me -of all time.

Answer 2

I was 11 and my mom told me about a movie that my dad saw in the theatre that made them sick to their stomach and that i should never watch it. well if you tell a child that they shouldnt do something, then they really want to. well i told some friends at school about it and a girl said that she had it. i went over to her house in the daytime and they put the movie in, i sat there and cried and cried my eyes out and they wouldnt turn it off or let me leave, they just laughed at how scared i was! i went home and didnt sleep for about a week and if i did fall asleep i would wake up suddenly with night sweats! it has been 12 years since i have seen that movie and i am still terrified of it. there is not a day that goes by that i dont wake up and think that girl is in my room, or get out of the shower and think she is standing there. i have been completely traumatized since that movie! i can handle ALL the gory, slasher movies, but that one has scared me for life!!!!

Answer 3

I saw the original when I was 14...have to say not only wasn't I scared, but I remember laughing at some of it...it's still a bit over the top nowadays, but back then it bordered on the absurd, and I was always a bit cynical...saw it on vid years later, thought it was perhaps a little better than I originally remembered it, but frankly I think it's a very overrated movie

Answer 4

I watched in when I was 8 also, I was a little bit scared too, I must say, but now I would like to see the new version as well, nice movie

Answer 5

I thought it was the funniest horror movie I have ever seen.

After watching Nightmare on Elms Street and all those other horror movies. This limped very sadly.

I was scared immensely though the Excorcist III: Legion.
Now that was a scary Exorcist movie.

Answer 6

I watched the 1973 version when I was about 10. I still don't want to see it ever again.

Answer 7

I read the original book when i was about 11 or 12 my dad gave it to me. When I saw the movie I did not think it was scary at all. the book was much much more graphic, and scary. The movie was laughable in comparison. That is just my opinion though.

Answer 8

age 17, by accident. As part of a field trip for catholic high school, we were to go watch Heidi. But the projectionist put the wrong film on, so we watched the first 30 minutes.

Answer 9

I watched the Exorcism of Emily Rose and was scared of the dark for weeks. I still get the creeps about that movie. I will NEVER watch it again!!

Answer 10

i watched the 73 version when i was 9, it scared me so bad that i had nightmares of satan standing over me while i slept, and i would not leave my bed till daylight. it was horrible. i watched the movie because we heard in church how awful it was........and they were right...LOL now i can watch anything and it doesnt scare me in the least, but i will never forget those weeks after seeing that movie.