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 to face the devil and free the girl by performing an exorcism. Would it be enough? For me, this was the beginning of the real horror because they were about to face the devil. I felt a lump in my throat as the door opened because I knew the priests were about to enter the room that was full of pure evil and that either one or both of them would die. The evil in that room was not some sort of monster but it was the Devil. I knew their faith was strong but somehow I thought the evil was stronger. Even to this day, the impact of image of the two priests at the top of the stairs still remains with me.

It's because of the devilish reason stated above, I don't watch horror movies. You might say, "The Devil Made Me Do It."

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