“the Devil Made Me Do It”

I don't like scary movies but all the hype about The Exorcist movie wore me down and I just had to see it. It was so intense; it scared the hell out of me. Even after the movie had ended, it stayed on my mind and I couldn't get to sleep until it was morning. The sound effects and imagery of the girl’s head turning were very frightening. As I was watching the movie, I couldn’t help but think if I could become possessed like that by the devil or even my sisters. Here was this normal, innocent looking girl until she becomes possessed by a demon. The devil became real for me and it hit close to home and for many of the others in the theater. As I exited the movie, I could see other movie-goers had the same frightened and shaken look I experienced in the movie. The reality that the possessed character portrayed was powerful enough to affect me and the other movie-goers and this helped to make the film a success.

While the entire movie was disturbing, the most frightening part of the movie for me came when the two priests were at the top of the stairs about to enter the room of the possessed girl as they were about