Five bags of popcorn

Rating: 10/10 (7 August 2016)

A priest (Jason Miller) in doubt of the existence of God struggles to remove a demon from a young girl (Linda Blair) when satanic horror brings out his own personal demons.
A priest is someone who devotes their life to the faith. The dual aspect of the priests within The Exorcist is between Jason Miller and Max Von Sydow, the latter being a balance to Miller's doubtful younger character - an old priest who has dedicated his life to fighting Satan. Though the story is based so heavily on Catholicism, it displays the two sides of being connected to any energy: doubt due to inexperience and assuredness from continuous reckoning. The terror is character-driven within their relation to the world within and around them, which transcends the movie beyond religion.
Horrifying experiences in life, whether they're places, people or events, often disprove previous beliefs within the person. In this manner, darkness is endless. This is the essence of The Exorcist. It is a reconciliation of the unknown. Bringing the dark to light. The very core of horror.