Madhouse

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Awesometastic!

9/10

Haha, that is a pretty cool movie, and one I almost never hear people talking about. I also liked the "Curb Your Enthusiasm"-tribute. :D As for musicals, yeah, they're pretty fruity in general, at least as movies. I like it more when I'm in a theater, though the last time I watched a musical live was when I was around 10, maybe. Regardless, Les Miserables is quite a bit better than your average movie, bad Russell Crowe-singing or not.

at the weekend i saw brazil, the original texas chainsaw, the exorcist, blood diamond and the first 45mins of crouching tiger hidden dragon

The Exorcist is bloody brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. Easily the best acting I've ever seen in a horror movie, across the board. Simply brilliant. Might I add I was scared ****less for two weeks after the first time I watched it? Probably because I was a christian at the time, and I took the movie pretty seriously. These days, I merely enjoy it as a flawless horror story with sublime acting. :)

Heh. I thought that movie was hilarious.

Yeah I didn't think The Exorcist was that great... I started watching it with high expectations but I was let down. Maybe it's just because it's really dated now.

I've heard that opinion before, and I have no problem with people finding it hilarious. After all, what scares one person is laughable to the next. Personally I am more scared of supernatural/psychological horror movies than the slasher/torture ones, so The Exorcist suits me well in that regard. In addition, though, it has sublime acting by Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Jake J. Cobb and Linda Blair, and that fact can't be denied.

It's surely dated. When it was re-released in cinemas around...10 years ago (?), people laughed at every inopportune moment, annoying me quite a bit, though some of the laughs was from getting scared without wanting to admit it. As a 70s movie, though, it rests safely among the cream of the crop....well, IF you like this subgenre, that is.

I love The Exorcist. It scared the crap out of me the first time I watched it, though I wasn't nearly as terrified the second time.

I like supernatural horror more than slasher horror too, and because of that I had wanted to see The Exorcist for many, many years. I finally got around to it in my mid-twenties, I was sorely disappointed. I found a lot of the acting pretty poor actually and a lot of the movie just flat out dull, except for the possession scenes which I found hilariously funny.