The first time I went to see this film was when it was re-released for Halloween 1998. I was sixteen and managed to get into the cinema to see this. I went with my best mate and we were totally scared! I'd never seen a film like it and spent most of the film hiding, with my best mate, behind her scarf! I have since purchased it on DVD, and we watch it regularly. It's just such an interesting film, combining issues of the health service and religion. I really love the traditional music associated with the film (Tubular Bells-Mike Oldfield) and even used to have it as a ringtone on my mobile phone. I have been told by people who saw the film when it was first released, that bits have been edited and re-mastered, and that most of the REALLY scary bits have been removed completely, but I still think this is the scariest movie I have ever seen and nothing will ever match it!
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Production Year: 2001 - Horror - Director: Stephen Sommers - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Brendan Fraser, John Hannah, Rachel Weisz, Arnold Vosloo, Freddie Boath, Oded Fehr, The Rock, Tim Murdock
Production Year: 1977 - Horror - Director: John Boorman - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Ned Beatty, Richard Burton, Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher, Max Von Sydow, Kitty Winn, Paul Henreid, James Earl Jones
Excellent movie. Did scare the hell out of me when i watched it as a kid. Though its funny now, especially after watching Scary Movie. jedi_kickass ( ' _ ' )
Soho_Black 28.12.2003 10:19
I saw this for the first time a few months ago, and couldn't work out what all the fuss was about - it's not even remotely scary!
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