Live Watch-Along: The Exorcist (1973) — Crafts, Faith, and One Spicy Demon

Supertobertacular reaches its unholy conclusion with a live Halloween watch-along of The Exorcist. Start the 1973 horror classic with Beth and Michelle’s countdown, then join them as they paint layered wooden Halloween crafts, negotiate drying times and missing brushes, react to Regan’s possession, and wander wherever the movie, or their increasingly chaotic conversation, takes them. For Michelle, this is a first complete viewing of a film she has long avoided. What once sent audiences fainting from theaters now feels less traditionally frightening than profoundly sad, particularly in the physical and medical trauma inflicted on a twelve-year-old girl. Between demonic manifestations, invasive procedures, struggling priests, questionable parenting suggestions, and a director who placed his actors in genuine danger, Beth and Michelle consider faith beyond religion, the ethics of filmmaking, and whether every possessed child should simply be repossessed. This is not a traditional review or a carefully edited discussion. It is a real-time craft-along filled with tapping brushes, wandering cats, Appalachian background noise, coughing, cursing, unexpected musical detours, and one extremely committed spicy demon. Queue up the movie, gather something creative to work on, and celebrate Halloween inside the warm, strange chaos of the blanket fort. Apologies to the sound quality, as we are remodeling a 1950’s den to studio standards and had a lot of reflective surfaces. Things are changing here at the PeaPod and hopefully going forward we will be changing for the better. Stick with us as we grow and evolve!