Top Ten Tuesdays

[Susan Foreman]

Unlike 'Rosemary's Baby' and 'The Omen', 'The Exorcist' doesn't feature the Devil - it features the demon Pazuzu, who has a basis in Assyrian and Babylonian mythology, and is the son of the god Hanbi, and considered to be the king of the wind demons

[Justin101]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Unlike 'Rosemary's Baby' and 'The Omen', 'The Exorcist' doesn't feature the Devil - it features the demon Pazuzu, who has a basis in Assyrian and Babylonian mythology, and is the son of the god Hanbi, and considered to be the king of the wind demons

That's fine as the theme this week is Demons and Hell.

[mr 420]

Haxan
Jigoku (1960)
Jigoku (1979)
Samurai Reincarnation
The Evil
The Evil Dead
Demon Knight
Demons
Hellraiser 2
The Entity

[Justin101]

Originally Posted by mr 420

Haxan
Jigoku (1960)
Jigoku (1999)
Samurai Reincarnation
The Evil
The Evil Dead
Demon Knight
Demons
Hellraiser 2
The Entity

Is Jigoku available outside of the Criterion DVD? I've never seen it, but Japanese demon films are interesting, especially those from the 50's/60's such as Onibaba.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Unlike 'Rosemary's Baby' and 'The Omen', 'The Exorcist' doesn't feature the Devil - it features the demon Pazuzu, who has a basis in Assyrian and Babylonian mythology, and is the son of the god Hanbi, and considered to be the king of the wind demons

Originally Posted by Justin101

That's fine as the theme this week is Demons and Hell.

Exactly. 'The Exorcist' fits in perfectly with the concept of Demons and Hell, but some people seem to have missed that fact:

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I decided against The Exorcist films as they will be in a forthcoming Possession top 10. Plus i don't really see them as demons as such.

Originally Posted by nosferatu42

This is how i was thinking, same as the Omen, that to me is more Devil based and doesn't actually show hell, same with Rosemarys baby etc.

Originally Posted by Justin101

I agree but couldn't think of another one

[Justin101]

It's more of a possession film, it's a demonic possession but still. I'm easily swayed, I picked it the first time around but I would happily remove it for something else if I could think of something else

[mr 420]

Originally Posted by Justin101

Is Jigoku available outside of the Criterion DVD? I've never seen it, but Japanese demon films are interesting, especially those from the 50's/60's such as Onibaba.

Not as far as I am aware, its the criterion version that I have.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I decided against The Exorcist films as they will be in a forthcoming Possession top 10. Plus i don't really see them as demons as such.

There are many things which take place in the film, but the central plot thread is the demonic possession of a 12-year-old girl (the Demon Pazuzu, to be precise).

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Unlike 'Rosemary's Baby' and 'The Omen', 'The Exorcist' doesn't feature the Devil - it features the demon Pazuzu, who has a basis in Assyrian and Babylonian mythology, and is the son of the god Hanbi, and considered to be the king of the wind demons

Whatever you call the Devil, whether it is Beelzebub, Lucifer, Satan, or something else, most Judaeo-Christian texts consider him to be the main Demon.

[nosferatu42]

I still wouldn't of picked the Exorcist.
Onibaba i really like though.