Kind of Real Scary

Rating: Null/10 (10 April 2003)

***Spoilers***
I remember being thoroughly entertained by this movie when I was younger, but now I find it a bit of a bore. Although I never saw it during its heyday, when people left the movie theater, thinking they were possessed.
The priest's archeological dig, Burstyn's acting gig, and the other priest's homelife were all very slow placed scenes to me. Thirty minutes into the movie and nothing much has happened except some weird noises in the attic.
When we do finally see Blair with her gray face, red eyes, messed up hair, she looks like a kid made up for Halloween. The floating objects, the moving bed, etc. are almost laughable now. By the way, it isn't green pea soup she is spewing out--it's the mixture from her feeding tube--but in pop culture, it has become pea soup.
I recommend The Exorcist to horror fans and '70s pop culture fans only.