The devil made me do it.

Rating: 10/10 (29 July 2000)

I can just imagine how this film was the scariest film ever seen when it first came out. Imagine, in 1973 a movie coming out about a 12 year old sweet little girl who is gradually becoming possessed by the devil, and starts spitting out the most vile and embarrassing profanities, that would even have the average movieaudience turning red now. A priest getting green vomit in the face. Physical decline. And thrown in a lot of psychological and emotional pain for some of the characters, played by an extremely well performing cast. Although a movie like this wouldn't shock as nearly as much today, it still hardly seems dated.
Most of the "possession" movie have been inspired by this classic, from "Evil dead" to "Fallen".
Sequels differ in quality, with the dreadful "Exorcist 2-the heretic" and the almost worthy "Exorcist III - Legion".