I got hold of the book and can't wait to start reading. But I hear alot of people telling me how they had nightmares for weeks after watching the movie. Just wanted to know if the book is equally scary. I haven't seen the movie.
2007-01-30 21:38:43 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
OMG the book is scarier! Actually it's the scariest book I've ever read. When you watch the movie, you see stuff and maybe not that bad but when you're reading the book, you're going with your imagination and it stuck in your head! I watched the movie before I read the book, the worst thing was, I couldn't stop reading it. Good luck... he he
2007-01-30 21:45:22 · answer #1 · answered by Speck Schnuck 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you were born before 1980, then watching the Exorcist would be a terrifying experience!
If you're born after 1980, then you are desensitized to this movie because there are more scarier movies than the Exorcist now. And since the movies now are computer generated, it doesn't leave much to the imagination anymore. That's why most horror movies today are so generic and copied over and over and over.
2007-01-31 05:45:16 · answer #2 · answered by Agent319.007 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say that the book would be scarier. I have a high tolerence to the whole 'fear factor' but no matter how good the movie is, nothing can be as creative and frightning as your imagination.
Curl up in your bed, put on a small light to read your book with and enjoy
2007-01-31 05:43:16 · answer #3 · answered by motorfidd 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the book was equally scary when I read it in the 70s, there have been so many terrifying books written since then I'm not sure the exorcist would have the same impact today
2007-01-31 06:03:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on your imaginative potential.. it could be either :). The movie is more explicit though and violence is at it's best. The book can also offer you scary sensations, if you read it in a medium lighted place.. lonely.. at night.. boo ! :) kidding
My suggestion is first read the book (it's surely more detailed).. then see the movie.
Enjoy !
2007-01-31 05:46:31 · answer #5 · answered by s_chimera 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read before you watch the movie. It was real scary for me but i don't get nightmares. Just tell yourself it's just a movie. No one is dead for making that movie!
2007-01-31 05:44:14 · answer #6 · answered by Troy Girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The novels are always better than movies. A movie is the directors interpretation. Books are up to the reader to interpret.
2007-01-31 05:44:10 · answer #7 · answered by Phillip 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well i havent read the novel but i'd think its scarier than the movie, the movie isnt scary at all
then again i do love horror movies :)
2007-01-31 05:46:27 · answer #8 · answered by rawrrrr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't read the book, but the movie was not scary!
2007-01-31 06:24:35 · answer #9 · answered by Motti _Shish 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know, but the "edited" version of the movie I can't even watch. Its not the face of Linda Blair's character, its that voice! Gives me the creeps, the first time I saw that I had a nightmare about it too, ugh....gives me the willies!!!...
2007-01-31 05:46:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋