So, So, So Overrated

Rating: 7/10 (30 October 2006)

I will admit this film is good, but it is not, I repeat is not the greatest scary movie of all time. That loving honor should befall to much greater films like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974, of Course), Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter, Pet Sematary, Dawn Of The Dead, Hellraiser, SAW, The Devil's Rejects, and what I consider to be the best horror film of all time Carnivale of Souls. There are many others that are better I just named the ones that are at the top of there game. The Exorcist has huge gaping holes of logic missing that you could only believe and fall into it's trappings if you were a catholic. I am not. I find the movie to be painstakingly slow and uneventful. I guess if you find jump cuts and loud noises to be scary then this movie is for you. I also hate how William Fredkin is so prissy about everything, like he is the grandmaster of cinema, sorry that spot goes to Wes Craven who himself made a far, far better film only a year earlier and in a shorter amount of time and with a lot less money. That film was of course Last House on the Left. I suggest seeing that as it will shock you far more and it is indeed grounded in reality unlike this turd of a film. I do however think that Jason Miller is a fine actor and I wish he could have gone on to a better career than he had. Sad that this film is what he'll be remembered for. Sit this one out.