tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post2187511696083935853..comments2024-01-09T06:37:41.791-05:00Comments on The Horror Digest: I Read a Book!Andre Dumashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07170879111034420803noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-60000681883087096842010-10-30T19:54:18.855-04:002010-10-30T19:54:18.855-04:00It's always interesting to read a book and com...It's always interesting to read a book and compare it to the movie. Sometimes it's better, sometimes it's not. And, vice versa. I think Stephen King's books are really good. Though, I think the majority of his movies are pretty questionable (and so long too!). Nice commentary, thanks for sharing! :)Film Gurlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14456832870906868109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-39899093426774757002010-10-28T07:38:01.963-04:002010-10-28T07:38:01.963-04:00I read it a few months ago and have had half a pos...I read it a few months ago and have had half a post written since then. I is a slacker.<br /><br />But overall, I pretty much agree with you. It's much more heady than the movie, giving even more time to Karras' doubts. It works well on the page and yet I do think the film did a near-perfect job of translating it to screen.<br /><br />Speaking of, I did the dumb thing of watching the movie two days after I finished the book. Why do I always do that to myself? It naturally detracts a little, since you're still so close to the material that nothing is too surprising. Ah well.<br /><br />But amen/high five sistah on ending the 'book is better than the movie' argument. Can't stand it. Let them stand alone. <br /><br />Oh, and yes! Pazuzu is a little bitch in the book. Such a little bitch.deadlydollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061028044836745499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-4169933230813310532010-10-27T20:15:00.638-04:002010-10-27T20:15:00.638-04:00Thanks for the review! I've been going back a...Thanks for the review! I've been going back and forth on whether or not I should read The Exorcist. Now that I know there's definitely something in there I would enjoy reading about (different or not from the movie), I think I may purchase this soon!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-46503454536863796092010-10-27T17:46:07.698-04:002010-10-27T17:46:07.698-04:00Crikey, I forgot to mention that I read Legion bef...Crikey, I forgot to mention that I read Legion before reading the Exorcist.<br /><br />Haha if you find Kinderman annoying just wait! Actually to be honest he was much more annoying in The Exorcist. He seems to have toned down his interrogation methods a bit and his tricky ways are much trickier and neat. You come away genuinely liking him. I loved Legion. It has a wonderful detective story thing about it and some of the murders are much, much cooler than depicted in the film.Andre Dumashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07170879111034420803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-89018540678536989862010-10-27T17:28:30.989-04:002010-10-27T17:28:30.989-04:00I just read this book too and thought it was prett...I just read this book too and thought it was pretty good. So much of the scares in the movie rely on visuals and audio and I thought that meant the book wouldn't work as well, but the funny thing is, I ended up thinking the book was scarier, but for the first half, BEFORE Regan gets possessed. All that stuff with the noises and furniture being moved around or that part where Regan said Captain Howdy was chasing her...that was some seriously creepy stuff. And it didn't help that I kept hearing loud noises directly above my bed that kept getting dismissed as squirrels in the attic, just like in the book :(<br /><br />Do you plan on reading Legion next? I'm a little worried cause I know Kinderman is the main character and he's pretty annoying, haha.Mikey Saragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06928178715048836468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-65154365931367826662010-10-27T15:48:31.724-04:002010-10-27T15:48:31.724-04:00Same thing happened to me with Silence of the Lamb...Same thing happened to me with Silence of the Lambs, I didnt know which was better, the movie or the book. They were both equally excellent! <br /><br />I have this book sitting in my shelf, I think I will be reading it next! Currently reading Goeth's FAUST.Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-51562407484257733032010-10-27T12:17:12.305-04:002010-10-27T12:17:12.305-04:00I shamefully have not yet read the novel. And I pl...I shamefully have not yet read the novel. And I plead guilty to doing the ol' "Book Vs. Movie" schtick on my blog, though I fully recognize the differences between what it takes to tell a story in both mediums.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15675220785164388203noreply@blogger.com