[Krythor]

I agree about the Exorcist. It annoys me when people say they found it funny rather than scary, but imply that most typical horror garbage isn't. I think it's a case of people trying hard to take themselves out of the movie, latching onto the absurdity for humour either out of a need for non-conformity, misplaced bravado or to prove they don't watch that old shit. They're probably the same kind of people I meet who are LOTR fans who irrationally refuse to watch the original Star Wars movies; BUT THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER ARGUMENT I guess.

The Exorcist was absurd and over the top, but what's scary about it to me is what's not shown. There's a creepy implication that the devil or whatever it is is just lurking around in the air, watching everything. It's almost a disease, which is just WEIRD.