The Exorcist was banned in South Africa in the 90s. BUT the guy who ran the video store in our town had a crush on my best friend, so we got many of the best horrors 'under the counter'. The exorcist was one of those. While horribly uncomfortable and ugly, we didn't find it scary as such. There were scarier things I suppose, like Chucky and Freddy and every day things you couldn't ward against.
Even with very little internet - definitely not at the level we research things today - there were still stories about what the Vatican kept hidden in their basements, that they knew demons and vampires were real, and we would spread these and other similarly veined stories while we (secretly) smoked and played Nirvana and AC/DC on our boomboxes. On the other hand, because we weren't catholic, we were immune. Or maybe we just figured demons didn't know where Africa was. Hollywood definitely didn't. It was an era!
When they re-released it a few years ago, it was taken in stride. The 90s gave us the best horrors with the worst effects, which just made them so much grosser and scarier. Pea-soup was good, but it didn't come close to all the other horrors available.
I love this story! I was just reading about the Vatican basement and plan on doing a video or two about it. Aside from geographical differences, our childhoods sound pretty similar. :)
Oh that sounds interesting! Is this research for a new segment?
I think more people have the same kind of life experiences than we realise. I saw photos of Iranian women in the 70s, and it was just like my parents' which was just like most of the West. There are areas where these influences don't reach, but for the most part, the world is much more the same than different.
Like almost all of the world lived through the Satanic Panic. In retrospect (and with a little research into satanism and talking to satanists) it is now quite hilarious, but like the witch hunts, I think it did a lot of damage back then. Also because real satanists weren't even the target, but anyone with a different lifestyle or a preference for black was.
I really like the way they did possession in the TV series Lucifer. I liked the way they handled all of it. Lucifer, angels, demons, ect. It wasn't a perfect show and I get the criticism it got but it was always fun.
P.s. in case you didn't watch it, "spoiler alert" the demons possessed recently dead bodies of priests and then started taking confessions. They picked out the most troubled confessors who were surely damned and killed them, then took over their bodies. But in a fun way cause it's a comedy buddy cop Castle-esq series. Worth checking out.
The Exorcist was banned in South Africa in the 90s. BUT the guy who ran the video store in our town had a crush on my best friend, so we got many of the best horrors 'under the counter'. The exorcist was one of those. While horribly uncomfortable and ugly, we didn't find it scary as such. There were scarier things I suppose, like Chucky and Freddy and every day things you couldn't ward against.
Even with very little internet - definitely not at the level we research things today - there were still stories about what the Vatican kept hidden in their basements, that they knew demons and vampires were real, and we would spread these and other similarly veined stories while we (secretly) smoked and played Nirvana and AC/DC on our boomboxes. On the other hand, because we weren't catholic, we were immune. Or maybe we just figured demons didn't know where Africa was. Hollywood definitely didn't. It was an era!
When they re-released it a few years ago, it was taken in stride. The 90s gave us the best horrors with the worst effects, which just made them so much grosser and scarier. Pea-soup was good, but it didn't come close to all the other horrors available.
I love this story! I was just reading about the Vatican basement and plan on doing a video or two about it. Aside from geographical differences, our childhoods sound pretty similar. :)
Oh that sounds interesting! Is this research for a new segment?
I think more people have the same kind of life experiences than we realise. I saw photos of Iranian women in the 70s, and it was just like my parents' which was just like most of the West. There are areas where these influences don't reach, but for the most part, the world is much more the same than different.
Like almost all of the world lived through the Satanic Panic. In retrospect (and with a little research into satanism and talking to satanists) it is now quite hilarious, but like the witch hunts, I think it did a lot of damage back then. Also because real satanists weren't even the target, but anyone with a different lifestyle or a preference for black was.
I really like the way they did possession in the TV series Lucifer. I liked the way they handled all of it. Lucifer, angels, demons, ect. It wasn't a perfect show and I get the criticism it got but it was always fun.
P.s. in case you didn't watch it, "spoiler alert" the demons possessed recently dead bodies of priests and then started taking confessions. They picked out the most troubled confessors who were surely damned and killed them, then took over their bodies. But in a fun way cause it's a comedy buddy cop Castle-esq series. Worth checking out.
That does sound like a different take. I never watched the show, heard good things. I'll have to check it out!