Exorcist

The 1973 version of the Movie ‘Exorcist’ directed by William Friedkin would have raised many different types of issues and debates in the society.
When the movie was released it raised issues amongst the public due to the fact that many people had ‘fainted’ and even had ‘heart attacks’ as a result of the movie being to scary. The negative debates which could have arose from children viewing this text could have scared them off in a sense that they would be horrified by what they were seeing because of them being so vulnerable.
The horror genre of the movie brought amongst the CBFC caused them to over view the movie once again in 1979 may have been against the new law of the ‘Children act’ which came into account in 1978. The movie was re-constructed so that the producers were not breaking the law by any chance and that the movie was suitable for viewing.

Contrastingly, the 2004 trailer with special effects seems to look more horrific and scary than the 1973 trailer, causing debates to rise amongst people of why the movie has not been banned and the CBFC have allowed it to have an 18 rating? The movie is just a re-release of the original yet far more different and authentic than the original version. If this movie was to get in the wrong hands of perhaps a child it would scare them off perhaps leading to many fatal accidents. The movies also would be able to influence a younger audience perhaps through a negative way that they may follow what it is they are seeing on screen.
With the low angle shot making the mother look superior in the 1970’s version and usage of a dimly set background almost at once creates tension for the audience. They are left throughout the entire trailer thinking what will happen next because of the enigma codes which have been created. The special effects give the same effects on the 2004 trailer yet, the fast pace cuts also create the heart to almost skip a beat.

Many different issues would arise from watching this text. For instance, the trailer only just gives a taster to its audience, yet the dark, gloomy and gruesome shots give off the clues to how the rest of the movie would revolve around more horrific events to unfold. These types of movies offer the audience a change of the usual storylines and something new, adding to the excitement and thrill. The issues caused over ‘The Exorcist’ in the 70’s were leading to terrible incidents. The fact that this movie is believed to be the scariest movies of all time can raise different issues amongst different types of audiences. If the movie had accidently fallen into a young child’s hands causing them to somehow view it, it would affect them in a terrible way. The different topics the movie touches on such as evil spirits and murders and death would have negative effects on a child causing them to think that it was real.