Exorcist and JTR

[YomRippur]

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!

[Pcdunn]

Have you noticed it always rains in horror movies? (Usually at the funerals, come to think of it...)

[Patrick S]

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.....

[GUT]

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.

[GUT]

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.

[GUT]

Mmmm maybe a thread over in the pub about movie cliches.

[Steadmund Brand]

Are you suggesting Max Von Sydow is the Ripper.....HMMMMMM

Steadmund Brand

[GUT]

Darn phat phingers "must" (above) should have been mist

[YomRippur]

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).

[Pcdunn]

Darn phat phingers "must" (above) should have been mist

Thanks for clearing that up, Gut. (See what I did there?)

[c.d.]

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.

[Herlock Sholmes]

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

[Sam Flynn]

The photograph could just as easily be used as a trailer for 'The Lodger.'

Or, "The Insurance Man"

[Herlock Sholmes]

Or, "The Insurance Man"

Haven't seen that one Gareth

Herlock

[Simon Wood]

Hi Sam,

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

Regards,

Simon