#244 | The Exorcist (film)

KnockBack: The Retro and Nostalgia Podcast

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Society & Culture, Leisure, History

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🗓️ 17 October 2022

⏱️ 105 minutes

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There's something about the time The Exorcist came to theaters, in that it almost certainly made the experience a hell of a lot more frightening than it would be today. When this film launched in December of 1973, one can imagine going to see it, being completely horrified, and then sitting at home. No internet, no cable TV, no phone to keep you busy. Just whatever's over the air and your landline, and hopefully no intrusive thoughts. Based on a novel released a couple of years prior, The Exorcist is a world-class example of Catholic horror told through the eyes of a tortured family that seems to have it all and a troubled priest who knows more than he should. What makes it so scary is that, like so many works of religious-themed horror, it feels like it could happen, at least in some sense. And, well, our recent viewing has left us with much to say on the matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Knockback, the retro and nostalgia podcast is brought to you by Well You.
0:04.2	If you want to learn how to support our show, go to patreon.com slash last stand media.
0:15.5	Greetings and salutations. Welcome back to Knockback. My name is Colin Moriardium.
0:19.0	Join us always by my brother, Dagen Moriardium. Thank you for joining me today, my friend. How are you?
0:24.0	How are you, Reagan McNeil? Dagen McNeil. Dagen McNeil, my friend. How's life?
0:31.5	I get that movie just ruined peace soup for me. Mom's delicious pea soup recipe.
0:36.8	I like ham hawk. Oh, you like pea soup? You enjoy pea soup? When I was living with her,
0:41.6	when I was waiting for the house to get ready for those months, she was making pea soup pretty often.
0:45.6	And I was like, this is dope, dude. I like peas. Peas have a bad reputation, but I don't really
0:49.6	understand why. Good vegetable. Absolutely great vegetable. Yeah, mom's pea soup, whole made with
0:55.9	the ham hawk in there, smoky, salty, just delightful. I can eat pea soup now for at least a couple
1:02.4	of weeks. It's going to be that period of just kind of forgetting about it has to wash over me a
1:07.6	little bit. It's interesting because you messaged me after watching it and you're like, why did you
1:11.6	make me watch this again? And I was so happy to watch it because I love this movie. And we're
1:18.0	going to obviously talk about 1973's The Exorcist, but we'll get into all of that day. Do you
1:22.3	have anything you'd like to stretch your legs with before we begin our show today? Here's something
1:26.3	that's been frustrating me this week, but the more I think about it, the more I realize that this
1:30.5	has long been a frustration of mine. And I don't know if you've ever heard of this before. I don't
1:35.1	think you have this problem, but let me break it down for you quickly. I'm a pretty good
1:42.0	speller. I always have been in school. Just I always got spelling, just learning spelling,
1:47.7	spelling tests. I could look at something, memorize how it's spelled. And I guess just
1:51.2	through reading over the years, I do a bit of writing, right? I'm a man of letters.
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