The Exorcism of Emily Rose


Possession takes place at 3am.....
Inversion of the time of Christ death at 3pm....
1,2,3,4,5,6.....
names....

Gives me the shivers. To be honest, the fear factor doesn't lie in the effects, althoh I wouldn't know, since I watched the entire movie thru the opaque veil of my shawl. *Shrugs. Anyway, as I was saying, it is scary, bcos it plays on ur imagination. It is scary because of the implications.

And it is freaking irritating to hear lil girls exclaiming,

"It's not scary loh!Not scary at all loh!I almost fell asleep!"

Excuse me, sista, pardon me if I'm wrong, but

Why the hell were u screaming away then?
Why the hell were u watching it thru the spaces of ur ten miserable fingers then?

*rolls eyes. Little girls, please, at least attempt to grow a brain. It is not ur fault tt u were born with a deficiency, but u are definitely in the wrong for irritating the hell outta pple with tt!!!!!!

Anyway, I was distracted, as I was saying, it is one of the scariest movies I've seen in my short 19 yrs of life. It scared the hell outta me bcos,

1. It is based on a true story.

Demons do exist. That alone scared the shit out of me. Moreover, there were references made to the bible (not that I'm a christian) but the fact that there were references, gave it credibility. I've always believed that good and evil exist to maintain a balance. There is a god, and so, there must be a devil. And becos they exist, there exist a balance, and there's this tacit agreement that neither were to cross the line to our realm. No interference. That is how peace can be retained. But then, here, evil did cross the line. There must be a reason why this peace was broken after such a long time.

So, something must have happened.

And it scares me, bcos, suddenly I feel how small, how insignificant, how helpless humans are. We are merely pawns in this much bigger game that is beyond our control. My overactive imagination stubbornly believes that there is a big fall-out between the devil himself and god. Bcos maybe the devil was asking for more allowances, maybe he asked to pay less protection fees or something, and god refused, and so, he chose to take it out on something that matters to God. And god, to keep his ground, refused to budge. I mean, if He gives in this once, then who's to say that the devil will not push his limits?

"They say that God is dead. But how can he, when the devil is very much alive?"

God is not dead, they are jus engaged in this battle of wills. The devil takes it out on "soft targets" and God did not stop him becos He wanted to expose his presence, leaving him in a lose lose situation? Maybe the exorcism did not fail bcos of the drug, it failed bcos God did not allow it. Bcos there was a bigger plan out there.

It is these implications that scares me. It wasn't the visuals, it's the freaking implications. So, if ur a Christian, and u haf a weak heart, please, do urself a favour and do not pay money to scare urself. I'm beginning to feel the beginnings of fear again as I'm writting this so I shall move on to the next point.

2. The way the movie was shot was impressive.

I like it that the movie started off with the trial and the story of emily rose was weaved into the movie as the trial unfolds. Not only was it a horror movie, it illustrates the thin line between truth and appearances. The court apparently believes the story, but they refused to acknowledge its credibility, thus pronouncing the priest guilty, and yet giving him only "time served". It speaks of the sensitivity of the courts. The superficiality. I mean, u r a law court, u shd be tokin justice, but ur merely concerned with appearances, with how the catholic community would be seen. It disgusts me that as a court of Law, u rule by pressure.

3. Wat more do I need to say? I'm still feeling the after effects.

This is one heck of a horror movie.

Even so, I can't help wondering if this whole thing was juz created by the Catholic community to raise interest in the faith.

But well, who am I to say anything? Juz my opinions. I respect all religions : )