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The Exorcist

1973

William Friedkin

Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, Ellen Burstyn, Jason Miller ...

7.7

102,668

Horror 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 ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"If movies are, among other things, opportunities for escapism, then The Exorcist is one of the most powerful ever made (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"Scary? As hell"	POS
United States	Jack Mathews New York Daily News	"The movie that launched a new era in horror films, and which, for one generation, remains one of the scariest experiences of their lives."	POS
United States	The Washington Post	"'The Exorcist' is a museum piece, something to be enjoyed for its historical value, its datedness and its almost quaint shock value"	POS
United States	Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune	"Even after almost three decades (...) it's a thriller that really thrills, a shocker that really shocks"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Is the film a provocation about the nature of good and evil, or horror claptrap? To me, it's always been both (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"The climactic sequences assault the senses and the intellect with pure cinematic terror."	POS
United Kingdom	Philip French The Guardian	"'The Exorcist' continues to excite, divide and disturb"	POS
United States	Lou Lumenick New York Post	"William Friedkin has always been a provocateur, a master of the shock. But his very lack of subtlety is both the strength and weakness of 'The Exorcist'"	NEU
United States	David Crow Den of Geek	"'The Exorcist' Is still the scariest movie ever made"	POS

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