Even as a kid I knew this was a great film.

Rating: 10/10 (7 December 2016)

This film is interesting in every way to me. The acting is on point and the movie feels like it is based on a true story....is it?? I love how the movie starts off with a quick intro like modern movies and all the credits are at the end. The risks the film takes when it comes to what an exorcism would actually be like is why this film is so great. I love how innocent Regan and even Capt Howdy seem in the beginning. I also love how people were being institutionalized (in the 70s) over this film. It is a shocker but I feel that generation had never seen anything like until then. I think the effects of the cold air coming from the possessed girl and the twisting of her neck really were some of the scarier parts. The bed shaking and the horrible things she says just added to this film greatness. It blazed a path with a simple main theme that was just plain creepy. Great film to watch and watch again.