Newly Released Scenes OK to be Left Out

Rating: 9/10 (9 October 2000)

The newly re-mastered, director's cut of the Exorcist that was just released this year (2000) was overall very good, however some of the newly released scenes were OK to be left out. The movie was more suspenseful when the viewer's imagination had to figure out some of the background AND because of the additional background some of the scenes plodded along making the scary parts not as scary. I've seen the original movie about a dozen times and it was neat to see the 2000 version up on the big screen. I screamed but I also laughed at points when I doubt the director intended me to laugh!!