The Exorcism of Emily Rose

sweetkastings · Post by **sweetkastings** » September 11, 2005, 12:05 am

All I have to say is, go see it. Go see it at night with a near full theater. The girl that plays Emily Rose.. great acting. I loved the movie and am recommending to to everyone.

Sirensa · Post by **Sirensa** » September 11, 2005, 1:51 am

No way hoser, too scary!

Aevian Dreaklear · Post by **Aevian Dreaklear** » September 12, 2005, 3:10 am

All reviews I've read said this movie sucks. This is the first scary movie I've wanted to go see in quite some time. Has anyone else seen this and care to voice their opinion of it?

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » September 12, 2005, 3:35 am

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/exorcism_of_emily_rose/

Not looking too good!

Personally I think all horror movies are a waste of film.

Mr Bacon · Post by **Mr Bacon** » September 12, 2005, 3:50 am

Thanks for posting sweetkastings. Simply your viewing has finalized my decision to never see this film.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » September 12, 2005, 5:58 am

Aslanna wrote: Personally I think all horror movies are a waste of film.

I'm inclined to acquiesce.

It is the rare horror film that meets my approval. An example would be the movie Alien. It's officially categorized as a horror movie along with Sci-Fi and Thriller. Alien had the intrigue of a developed plot beyond the typical hack'em/slash'em templates. Still, Aliens > Alien

Anything else that is borderline entertaining probably leans more toward the thriller/suspense category than horror.

Momopi · Post by **Momopi** » September 12, 2005, 7:51 am

Winnow wrote:
Aslanna wrote: Personally I think all horror movies are a waste of film.
I'm inclined to acquiesce.

It is the rare horror film that meets my approval. An example would be the movie Alien. It's officially categorized as a horror movie along with Sci-Fi and Thriller. Alien had the intrigue of a developed plot beyond the typical hack'em/slash'em templates. Still, Aliens > Alien

Anything else that is borderline entertaining probably leans more toward the thriller/suspense category than horror.

You can't really compare the two as they are totally different movies. Alien was a horror/thriller movie while Aliens was an action/suspense movie. I could see where most people like Aliens more since it was faster paced.

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » September 12, 2005, 10:32 am

Event Horizon and Prince of Darkness were scarey.

Taison Earbiter · Post by **Taison Earbiter** » September 12, 2005, 1:17 pm

Event Horizon was pretty good, up until the end when it totally fell apart into a stereotypical horror movie. It had a lot of potential, but was doomed from the start with Paul W.S. Anderson directing it. He's also the man you can thank for the train wreck that was Alien vs. Predator. Supposedly Andrew Kevin Walker (the guy that wrote the script for "Se7en") did a re-write of the Event Horizon script (uncredited), but a lot of his stuff got cut in editing, curious what the movie would have been like using his script and a better director.

Also...supposedly there is going to be a SE release of Event Horizon in 2006, I think. I'd like to a see an extended version of movie with cut scenes put back in, and not just the original movie with the cut scenes on a second disc, but I doubt that will happen.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » September 12, 2005, 2:52 pm

Momopi wrote:
You can't really compare the two as they are totally different movies. Alien was a horror/thriller movie while Aliens was an action/suspense movie. I could see where most people like Aliens more since it was faster paced.

I'm going by IMDB's categories. Aliens and Alien both have "horror" as one of their categories. A simple breakdown of the two movies would be Alien is more suspense/horror while Aliens more action/horror. Aliens also has great one-liners which adds to its longstanding appeal.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » September 12, 2005, 4:49 pm

While Alien/Aliens may have horror elements I personally don't put it in that category. It's more Science Fiction for me. When I think 'horror movie' I think Friday the 13th and the like. Those sort of movies I just never enjoyed and don't see what the appeal is. But hey we're all unique!

Momopi · Post by **Momopi** » September 12, 2005, 4:59 pm

the first Exorcist and Poltergeist was prolly the best made horror movies I have seen. Even to this day, I will not sleep with the closet door open.

miir · Post by **miir** » September 12, 2005, 6:20 pm

The Shining

Kwonryu DragonFist · September 12, 2005, 6:23 pm

Bubba Grizz wrote:Event Horizon and Prince of Darkness were scarey.

Loved Prince of Darkness! Saw it on Cinema in the 80's! Damn it was scary!

sweetkastings · Post by **sweetkastings** » September 12, 2005, 9:51 pm

Its not a scary movie, but a greatly made movie.

Kylere · Post by **Kylere** » September 12, 2005, 11:10 pm

Okay my wife and I saw this movie just about an hour ago. It is a decent flick to watch, and it rehashes the dead horse level arguments about religion and still manages to be watchable.

I would not have picked it, but I am not unhappy that I decided to see it.

Jice Virago · Post by **Jice Virago** » September 13, 2005, 12:14 am

The original Alien was a horror movie, it just happened to be in a science fiction setting. The second one was action. I would put the John Carpenter remake of The Thing in the same boat, personally. Both films represent the best the whole Horror genre has to offer, in my opinion. The first Pet Cemetary movie, Hellraiser, the Robert Deniro Frankenstien, Devil's Advocate, and the 1980s Invasion of the Body Snatchers are also pretty solid horror movies.

Slasher movies are not really trying to scare you as much as they are playing into camp, so I don't lump them into the whole Horror thing. That is not to say they can't be fun to watch. Dusk til Dawn and Dead Alive are movies I always try and catch when they pop up on TiVo.

Siji · Post by **Siji** » September 13, 2005, 8:47 pm

The best part of this movie was that it was based on a true story.. the second best was the possessed woman's acting. I much prefer her acting to what was done with Linda Blair in Exorcist. That never scared me, or even looked like anything more than a kid in makeup.

As for the movie itself, wait for DVD. It's not scary though there might be a spot or two where you jump, not out of fear, just out of sound/visual popping up. It's not a bad movie, but not a great one either.