One of the silliest films ever made

Rating: Null/10 (12 April 2001)

The Exorcist has to be one of the silliest films ever made. How on earth did actors of the calibre of Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow and Lee J. Cobb ever become embroiled in it? The films fatal flaw is an over-reliance on crude special effects which were unconvincing in 1973 and are positively ludicrous today. The overall effect is like watching a conjurer perform a series of tired old magic tricks.