I have a funny story about this one...

Rating: 10/10 (22 October 2003)

So, I'm in one of my film classes at USC and check the syllabus--today's film is THE EXORCIST. Now, I've never seen THE EXORCIST and had barely remembered even hearing anything about it prior to that week.
Well, one of the Theatre Freaks in the class (hey, I was one of them, too, so I can call 'em what I want) admitted that her father, a preacher (or some such), quit the church after seeing this film, he was THAT disturbed by it. She refused to stay and watch the film, even though old professor Too-Many-Facelifts was supposed to finish the second half of the lecture when the film was over.
So, I'm thinking, "Great. And I hate scary movies. Maybe I should sit this one out, too."
Chickensh*t that I am...
But the first lecture was already over, the film was starting, and I figured if it got too hairy for me I'd crawl right over movie theater seats, right over the chick who played "Six" on "Blossom" (Hey, I told you I went to 'SC, whaddaya want?) and make a bee-line for the door.
Do you know that I laughed my way through the entire film?
Tears were streaming down my eyes when old girl's head started spinning... ...and when the film ended and the lights came back on, the first thing the prof. (who used to be a Jesuit priest, mind you) says is, "Who WAS that who was laughing? What is wrong with you?"
So, of course, me being me, I raised my hand, still chuckling, and explained.
You see, due to the fact that I was raised a strict-catholic schoolgirl in the midwest (yeah right), I hadn't been allowed to watch THE EXORCIST, but I had seen a little Leslie Nielsen flick called REPOSSESSED...
For those of you who don't know the film, it's a spoof of THE EXORCIST, starring Linda Blair as an adult. If you're like me (a chickensh*t), but, like me, are an avid film buff and must see all the 'classics'--I highly suggest that you watch REPOSSESSED first. It makes the original a lot easier to take in. ...Then again, I'm the one who laughed my way through SE7EN (Seven), so maybe I'm just a little--twisted.