Terrifying!! :=8.

Rating: 10/10 (14 October 1999)

Simply put: The Exorcist is THE modern horror masterpiece, bar none. Don't believe the MooCow?? Just ask the millions of people who, moore than 25 years later, STILL refuse to watch it on tv or on video. The Exorcist helped re-define the modern horror moovie from the psychological angle, and sports some of the moost famous, disturbing, and downright disgusting scenes ever put to film. Ellen Burstyn stars as Chris McNeil, an actrees in DC who'se daughter, Ragen (Linda Blair, in her only good performance ever) just may be host to a demon named Legion - or is she just schitzophrenic?? Max Von Sydow, in a glorious performance, leads the team of priests, each with a past, to take on the demon. There is a darkness to this film that few other films have ever even come close to capturing, and the intelligent, captivating screenplay is superbly handled by Director Friedkin & his cast. Friedkin previously directed The French Connection, but then all but vanished, except for a couple of little-seen, unknown moovies. There are sooo many excellent scenes in this film, the MooCow has difficulty selecting just one, but perhaps the scene where Fr. Karras get the tape-recorded voices translated - mooocho creepy. In fact, the MooCow is getting scared now thinking of the film... :=8( Anycow, this is the perfect moovie to put on late at night, and snuggle up with your cuddlebunny to. DVD version is even moore glorious. Cud be the best horror film ever made. MooCow says go get it now!! :