Summary: What an excellent day for an exorcism. On today’s Halloween podcast adventure, Adolfo and Mark discuss the 1973 William Friedkin classic: THE EXORCIST! On this week’s show: Alamo Drafthouse adventures Has Edgar Wright ever made a bad film? Halloween season movies When did we first experience THE EXORCIST? Terrifying even for a lapsed Catholic The exorcism of Roland Doe William Friedkin sounds like a more educated Donald Trump William Peter Blatty’s power as producer Friedkin making the cast and crew film in a freezer The urban myths and legends of the film production Mercedes McCambridge The power of nitroglycerin The prologue confuses first time viewers The amazing make-up job on Max Von Sydow The secret behind Captain Howdy’s subliminal messages The banned trailer Who owns a Ouija board? How the parallel stories of Regan and Damien Karras intersect The GREAT Lee J. Cobb The “Exorcist” Steps The Crucifix Scene Audience reactions: fainting, barf bags, etc. Friedkin, the sadist Campbell’s Pea Soup How Jason Miller got the role The original Damien Karras “Help Me” The iconic shot of Merrin arriving at the McNeil house “Why you do this to me, Dimi?” Angering the crew by slapping a priest Damien Karras’ story arc and crisis of faith The differences between the Theatrical and Extended cuts The Spider Walk The massive box office success of the film The disappointing sequels REPOSSESSED does not hold up FILM REFERENCES IN THIS EPISODE: THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) ALL THE KING’S MEN (1949) THE WAGES OF FEAR (1953) ON THE WATERFRONT (1954) ROSEMARY’S BABY (1968) THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971) THE STING (1973) THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974) EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC (1977) SORCERER (1977) ALIEN (1979) THE SHINING (1980) AIRPLANE (1980) THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980) THE THING (1982) THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1985) THE NAKED GUN: FROM THE FILES OF POLICE SQUAD (1988) REPOSSESSED (1990) THE EXORCIST III (1990) THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (1993) FIGHT CLUB (1999) THE ROOM (2003) SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004) EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING (2004) DOMINION: A PREQUEL TO THE EXORCIST (2005) HOT FUZZ (2007) GRINDHOUSE (2007) THE DARK KNIGHT (2008) SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD (2010) THE DARK KNIGHT (2012) THE WORLD’S END (2013) WNUF HALLOWEEN SPECIAL (2013) OUIJA (2014) BABY DRIVER (2017) LINKS: The Essential Films: essentialfilmspodcast.com SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER: @EssentialFilms, @FPMoviePodcast, @Adolfo_Acosta, @Sportsguy515 FACEBOOK: The Essential Films: https://www.facebook.com/The-Essential-Films-130585803634489/?fref=ts
