Top 7 Supernatural Films that Haunt Us
Steve Barton
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The Exorcist (1973)
Haunting?! Sweet Jesus H. Christ, when you say “haunting supernatural movie,” could there be another? Believe us when we say we do try to keep The Exorcist off these lists, but it fits so well on so many of them. If you want to talk about supernatural movies that still, over 40 years later, haunt us, then look no further than The Exorcist. Sure, we all still go back and give it a viewing once a year or so, but it’s still with great trepidation that we press that “Play” button and expose ourselves to the horrors we know we’re about to experience. The Exorcist hasn’t lost a step in four decades. It’s as effective today as it was when it opened in theaters the day after Christmas in 1973 (how fucking festive). It is indeed the one true haunting that we cannot seem to shake. Pazuzu dug his claws into us, and it doesn’t seem like we’ll ever get them out.
Carrie (1976)
They keep trying to recapture that moment, that Carrie moment, but it just cannot be recreated. No offense to the beloved Angela Bettis (who is one of horror’s most amazing assets) or Chloe Grace Moretz, but it can’t be done. There was something magical between Sissy Spacek and director Brian De Palma in that original imagining of Stephen King’s novel. In fact, Carrie was the first of over 100 television and movie projects based on or adapted from King’s writings. So you know there was something incredibly special going on here. Carrie was the original tortured student. She was “Jeremy” as Pearl Jam sang of him. She was all the unfortunate friendless, directionless, antagonized souls we see lashing out at society today. Carrie is absolutely more pertinent now than it was when King wrote it or when the film was released. Indeed, this is an instance of foreshadowing that no one could have expected. Perhaps, with all that our society has become, Carrie haunts us more today than anything.
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