10 Horror Movies To Scare The Crap Out Of New Parents
1. The Exorcist
When anybody asks me to name one film that chills me to the bone, it would be The Exorcist. Even more so now as a parent, the horrors of watching a mother helplessly look on as her child is possessed by an ancient evil is painful.
Based on the 1971 novel by William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist sees two Catholic priests desperately try to save youngster Reagan as she succumbs to a spirit controlling her body - the malevolent Pazuzu. The Exorcist features some of the most iconic and parodied scenes in horror history, and yet it still manages to be effortlessly shocking almost 50 years on.
It's gory, it's sinister, and it exemplifies the sheer terror that can grip any parent - but also the lengths they’d go to to ensure their child’s safety at any cost.