Remembering: The Exorcist 🍿
Happy Halloween! Seeing all these awesome costumes everywhere got me thinking about the scariest movie I remember watching as a kid.
When I was pretty young, the scariest movies around were A Nightmare on Elm Street and the Friday the 13th series. All the kids would watch them (most of us without our parents knowing), and we’d scare ourselves to death, then lie awake at night unable to sleep. But the scariest movie I ever saw as a kid was probably in early middle school, when I watched The Exorcist for the first time.
I had a TV with a VCR in my room, and we rented it from somewhere (probably Blockbuster). I remember sitting cross-legged on the floor, watching it at night. I was completely entranced and so absorbed in the movie that something happened and I screamed. I had never screamed involuntarily in my life, but I did that night.
Today, I don’t even remember what scared me so badly, but I know it was intense. After that experience, I didn’t watch many more horror films. They’re just not my cup of tea. I prefer action movies, comedies, and historical dramas.
That one movie might be the reason I got turned off horror films entirely. Now I can watch them with no real reaction besides the occasional ill-timed jump scare, and honestly, it doesn’t bother me. Some are so ridiculous that I roll my eyes at the few glimpses I catch when other people are watching them.
Anyway, since it’s Halloween, I thought it’d be fun to start a conversation. Let’s talk about movies from our childhood that left an impact. They don’t have to be horror films, just anything that affected you in one way or another. It could be a positive impact or, like mine, a terrifying one. Go nuts and share your stories!
