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    Has anyone watched this classic scene from the 1973 horror film "The Exorcist" and thought of JTR?



    The hat, the bag, the foggy night, the lamppost, the overall sinister atmosphere, etc. It evokes too much of the archetypal JTR look for it not to be anything about JTR!

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    Have you noticed it always rains in horror movies? (Usually at the funerals, come to think of it...)
    Pat D. https://forum.casebook.org/core/imag...rt/reading.gif
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    Von Konigswald: Jack the Ripper plays shuffleboard. -- Happy Birthday, Wanda June by Kurt Vonnegut, c.1970.
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    • #3
      Originally posted by YomRippur View Post
      Has anyone watched this classic scene from the 1973 horror film "The Exorcist" and thought of JTR?



      The hat, the bag, the foggy night, the lamppost, the overall sinister atmosphere, etc. It evokes too much of the archetypal JTR look for it not to be anything about JTR!
      I just watched The Exorcist the other night. Saw that scene and didn't think twice. But now that you mention it.....

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      • #4
        Originally posted by YomRippur View Post
        Has anyone watched this classic scene from the 1973 horror film "The Exorcist" and thought of JTR?



        The hat, the bag, the foggy night, the lamppost, the overall sinister atmosphere, etc. It evokes too much of the archetypal JTR look for it not to be anything about JTR!
        Now if he was wearing a top hat, all toffs wear top hats.
        G U T

        There are two ways to be fooled, one is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe that which is true.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Pcdunn View Post
          Have you noticed it always rains in horror movies? (Usually at the funerals, come to think of it...)
          Or must.

          Most movie funerals have rain, horror movies or otherwise.
          G U T

          There are two ways to be fooled, one is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe that which is true.

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          • #6
            Mmmm maybe a thread over in the pub about movie cliches.
            G U T

            There are two ways to be fooled, one is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe that which is true.

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            • #7
              Are you suggesting Max Von Sydow is the Ripper.....HMMMMMM

              Steadmund Brand
              "The truth is what is, and what should be is a fantasy. A terrible, terrible lie that someone gave to the people long ago."- Lenny Bruce

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              • #8
                Darn phat phingers "must" (above) should have been mist
                G U T

                There are two ways to be fooled, one is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe that which is true.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Steadmund Brand View Post
                  Are you suggesting Max Von Sydow is the Ripper.....HMMMMMM
                  The whole thing definitely has similarities to the Mary Kelly murder. He goes to the girl's home. He even brings along an assistant, his "Netley." The girl is lying in bed. And she is probably the youngest person (like Kelly) he has ever had to face. He engages in a violent battle, which will be his LAST. At one point, the film even shows him slashing her skin (but with holy water, not a knife).

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by GUT View Post
                    Darn phat phingers "must" (above) should have been mist
                    Thanks for clearing that up, Gut. (See what I did there?)
                    Pat D. https://forum.casebook.org/core/imag...rt/reading.gif
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                    Von Konigswald: Jack the Ripper plays shuffleboard. -- Happy Birthday, Wanda June by Kurt Vonnegut, c.1970.
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                    • #11
                      I sometimes walk by the house which now has a fairly high fence in front of it but the famous steps are still there.

                      c.d.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by YomRippur View Post
                        Has anyone watched this classic scene from the 1973 horror film "The Exorcist" and thought of JTR?



                        The hat, the bag, the foggy night, the lamppost, the overall sinister atmosphere, etc. It evokes too much of the archetypal JTR look for it not to be anything about JTR!
                        The photograph could just as easily be used as a trailer for 'The Lodger.' Mysterious figure, shrouded in fog, looking up at a building for somewhere to stay.

                        Regards
                        Herlock

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Herlock Sholmes View Post
                          The photograph could just as easily be used as a trailer for 'The Lodger.'
                          Or, "The Insurance Man"
                          Kind regards, Sam Flynn

                          "Suche Nullen" (Nietzsche, Götzendämmerung, 1888)

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Sam Flynn View Post
                            Or, "The Insurance Man"
                            Haven't seen that one Gareth

                            Herlock

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                            • #15
                              Hi Sam,

                              Was that one originally titled "The Man From the Pru"?

                              Regards,

                              Simon
                              Never believe anything until it has been officially denied.

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