Review of The Exorcist (1973) by Scott S — 03 Jul 2013
The grandaddy of all "demon child" horror films, better than The Omen, better than Rosemary's Baby, better than Poltergeist, Linda Blair's ability to portray such a demonic entity with such realism will scare the bajeesus out of anyone with a soul.
Everything is perfect from script, to cinematography, to special effects, to acting, to music, and if you have the Blu ray you may notice some things that will scare you some more. William Friedkin's brilliant directing and some special sound editing make this one of the scariest films of all time, or as many call it THE scariest film of all time, it certainly knocked my socks off.
The soundtrack doesn't quite play as big a part of making this film really scary as John Carpenter's music does in Halloween but Tubular Bells will stick in your head forever and it doesn't matter where you hear it you'll always think of The Exorcist and just how terrified you were when you seen it.
Just a word of advice, buy some sleeping pills when you're done, just try sleeping normally after you've seen the face of the demon in the kitchen...makes my heart jump just thinking about it, a timeless classic.
This review of The Exorcist (1973) was written by Scott S on 03 Jul 2013.
The Exorcist has generally received very positive reviews.
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