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Antrax
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08 Oct 2019, 9:02 am

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I remember when "the Exorcist" came out... there were warnings we would all become possessed by the Devil.

I remember when "Earthquake" came out with "sensurround" speakers (in selected theatres only) and people were having heart attacks in their seats (????)

It's all hype intended to relieve you of your hard-earned cash.

Where the hell is Batman in all of this?


I'm too young to remember those. But, I think police presence at every theater in the country for the weekend if anything was designed to scare off moviegoers, rather than build hype for the movie.


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08 Oct 2019, 9:35 am

I saw this film in theaters two days ago. Everything was fine. There is nothing to worry about. Ignore the media hysteria.


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08 Oct 2019, 11:54 am

Antrax wrote:
Trueno wrote:
I remember when "the Exorcist" came out... there were warnings we would all become possessed by the Devil.

I remember when "Earthquake" came out with "sensurround" speakers (in selected theatres only) and people were having heart attacks in their seats (????)

It's all hype intended to relieve you of your hard-earned cash.

Where the hell is Batman in all of this?


I'm too young to remember those. But, I think police presence at every theater in the country for the weekend if anything was designed to scare off moviegoers, rather than build hype for the movie.


Scaring the hell out of you is what it's all about.


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08 Oct 2019, 2:45 pm

Trueno wrote:
I remember when "the Exorcist" came out... there were warnings we would all become possessed by the Devil.

I remember when "Earthquake" came out with "sensurround" speakers (in selected theatres only) and people were having heart attacks in their seats (????)

It's all hype intended to relieve you of your hard-earned cash.

Where the hell is Batman in all of this?


Billy Graham warned the Devil was in the very film strip The Exorcist was recorded on back in those days.


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