Yeah, right.

Rating: Null/10 (7 January 1999)

Did it have lots of shock-value? Yes. Did it change the way horror movies were made? Somewhat. Was the acting good? Fair. Was it scary? No. A twelve-year old starts spewing pea soup and screaming obscenities. w00h00. Weak dialogue, and the "let's-try-to-be-shocking" attitude was insulting to the viewer's intelligence. "Psychological thriller," yeah right. PSYCHO was a psychological thriller. Exorcist was a gore-fest with some religious pseudo-brain-candy. The reason it's as big as it is, is when it was first shown it caused general hysteria. (Don't ask why, these people had low standards for what was scary.) People fainted. Paramedics were on the spot. I'd really hate to think what would happen if someone were to make a scary movie that was actually *scary*. (See: Blue Velvet.) If your standards are low enough, you might be scared by The Exorcist, but those of us with discriminating tastes needn't bother.