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I thought this movie kinda sucked for the same reason I think most ghost movies suck... If you don't believe that what's happening is remotely possible, it's hard to be scared.
I don't believe in ghosts whatsoever, therefore I think most ghost movies that try to be scary suck. (I like The Frighteners, but that's almost more like a ghost-slasher-comedy sub-genre, so I found it very entertaining. Still not scary though.)
I think the same holds true for The Exorcist. If you don't believe that some unseen demonic entity can take over a person's body, it's hard to find the film scary. And since this film wasn't going for anything but scary, I felt like it came up WAY short. On the flip side of the coin, true believers that DO believe a demon can possess them... Well, hell yeah. I can see how this movie would scare the hell out of them and get them filing right back into church.
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