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At the time, this was scariest film every made. It has all of the tropes we find "usual" today but at the time it was pretty new. Dark lighting, creepy sounds, other-worldly events, and of course the religious core story. It was a vegitable soup of horror, and it worked.
Also don't forget all of the "subliminal" tricks in this movie. Extra sounds, 1 or 2 frames of death-masks, etc. The scene where the priest is dreaming and sees his mother coming out of the subway has the subliminal death-mask cut used and was apperently so scary at the time that some people seeing it in the theatre, fainted.
If you want to experience that for yourself, look for the original version of the movie. The Directors Cut "The Version you've never seen before" has all of the subliminal stuff hightened, so it is no longer subliminal. It's alot less scary and just kinda dumb.
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