Ok so this is based off of a conversation being had with my friend, but do you all believe the movie was inspired by acutal events, or do you believe such a thing is not possible?

I'm not saying it is or isnt true, but if it is true that's some freaky stuff.

Here's a link, with the story behind the young boy it was based off of...

http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0137.html

as well as a google search with diff. links to takes on the actual story...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=real+story+behind+the+exorcist

anywho, what do you all think?

Laura

Some of the events are entirely possible, it's just the reasoning behind them that are a little rediculous.

Then of course some of the events are completely bogus, i.e. your head does not spin posessed or not, nor can you break fundemental rules of nature and existance.

Spinn!

I totally believe that people can become posessed by demons, but, as JEDI-Salvation said, some of the things, like a head rotating 360 is, well, impossible. And the flying furniture - I don't know about that one either.

As for an actual event inspiring the movie? Maybe. There have been a lot of exorcisms performed in the past...

yeah I read that most of the events were blown out of perportion. that the boy was just spitting and had his eyes closed and that that event was turned into vomitting. That the boy was growling low and that was turned into screaming in a deep satanic voice. So I've heard that many things are over exaggerated.

Then I also read that the time the exorcist took place that the people living in the home didnt have children (whether or not that was to protect the child in later documentation or if that just shows it's a hoax is unknown). They have said other exorcisms have taken place, and that during that time one did take place but not in the area they said. Hm well it's interesting never the less.

I would hope something like that isnt possible and I guess they could have also confused "evil acts' as the devil appearing. Like when they refer to killers of the past as "devil like" etc. Hm who knows


Laura

The Exorcist's credits say that the movie is entirely fictitious, so I think it's fake.

And I don't believe you can be possessed...except by your own mind.

Krok's possessed by a dirty finnboy.

Oh, wait, Krok IS a dirty finnboy.

*queue in conversation about what it's like to be possessed even though none of us knows what it's like" :p

Really, I think it may be based off of events that happend in the past.

What really sticks in my head as the story that inspired the Exorcist, was the possesion of Emma Schmidt. Now im not so sure that it is real, but The Exorcist sortof... steals some idea's from it. Mainly the vomiting, the distorted face, and others.

However, I also think at the same time, The Exorcist blows it out of porportion.

Truly, we cannot know if these events happend, or can happen if we die.


PS: Check out the story of the possesion of Emma Schmidt in
Haunted Heartland.

Never seen it, know the gist of it. Events probably not real.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'll head back to my military bunker and don my asbestos armour. Those green jets from Mars aren't very promising.

real or not, ouija boards are still dumb.

I'd say it is 'based on actual events' or at least inspired by them.
But then you could have a movie about a one-legged trombone playing vampire who falls in love with a pink spotted hampster and say it was 'based on a true story'
Most movies that say 'based on a true story' are generally way off.
Monster comes to mind, a movie with minor changes that would've made a huge difference.

Woops, meant to edit my post, wasn't paying attention and quoted the whole thing instead -_-
THose who have the power, feel free to delete this

/me possesses Deadman

Its all possible.

The Universe is stranger than we can imagine

if(getThingFlags(source) & 0x8){
  do her}
elseif(getThingFlags(source) & 0x4){
  do other babe}
else{
  do a dude}

Mreeehhhh Worship Ruthervain
Ach, dammit not again, get outta my head!
What's that? You want me to kill who?

*scary voice* Killlll.... All.... the admins....

cept Detty

if(getThingFlags(source) & 0x8){
  do her}
elseif(getThingFlags(source) & 0x4){
  do other babe}
else{
  do a dude}

Or you could just... you know... delete it yourself.

Anything is possible. Only closed-minded people believe differently. If you can believe in God and heaven, then I don't see how you can't believe in these events.

I watched a show on this a couple weeks ago, it was quite interesting, and I believe it.

Theres a difference between blindly rejected something and looking at the facts and then objectively rejecting it.

My friend's grandma once tried to perform an exorcism on him. She slapped him on the head and screamed "DEVIL LEAVE THIS CHILD."

Seriously.

Ok, give me facts that absolutely disprove it.

That was an interesting story. About Ouija boards, I heard alot of paranormal stuff about it.