With THE EXORCIST, William Friedkin (THE FRENCH CONNECTION, THE BOYS IN THE BAND) rivals Hitchcock for heart-stopping terror in this deeply horrifying masterpiece that led to religious boycotts, fainting and nauseous audiences, and a commercial success that forever changed Hollywood. Linda Blair plays Regan, a 12-year-old girl possessed by the devil. After exhausting all the options of science, psychology, and medicine, Regan's mother (Ellen Burstyn) realizes the supernatural nature of her daughter's condition and resorts to a religious solution, turning to Father Karras (Jason Miller) for an exorcism. Aided by the mysterious Jesuit exorcist Father Merrin (Max von Sydow), Karras must confront not only supernatural phenomena but also his own inadequate faith and displaced guilt over his mother's recent death, a personal torment Regan uses to manipulate him, but with disturbing results. Like THE GODFATHER before it and JAWS soon after, THE EXORCIST enjoyed tremendous commercial and critical success that directly transformed Hollywood into the blockbuster behemoth of American culture.
Running Time:2 hrs. 01 min.
Release Date:December 26, 1973
MPAA Rating:R for strong language and disturbing images.
Distributors:Warner Brothers
U.S. Box Office:$39,661,731
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Seriously, what's the point... - The Exorcist Reviews
...of the entire movie??? So the devil was just having some fun with the humans? Shouldn't there be more to it? Shouldn't the devil actually DO something besides playing with a little girl's body? Some cheap scenes plus loud screaming music are the only parts that were suppose to be "scary". Now I understand this movie was made in the 70's, and graphic technology was still primitive, blah blah blah. And that's why I'm giving out D instead of a big a** F, but come on, how can you even call it a SCARY movie? I'm sorry but I just don't see what all those movie critics are seeing, or maybe they are just too old to sustain the slightest heart attack.
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the point of the story was is to see us humans as ugly and a waste...thats the point if you read the book anyway you would know,,sounds like your not to smart.huh? to prove that evil is real....
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