Mediocre horror, extremely overrated movie in overall

Rating: 6/10 (24 January 2015)

I don't know why this has 8,0 rating here. I first read the book, then saw the movie but both doesn't convince me of any genius staff in it. While when reading a book I can definitely find a lot of better horror novels out there in comparing with Blattys one - for example Bram Stokers Dracula, in the movie there is no real atmosphere whatsoever in overall. Only things worth mentioning are scenes with possessed Reagan but other than that movie has chaotic plot build up, weak dialogs and only mediocre acting. Definitely not something I need to watch again or even look for spin offs. For example if I didn't read the book I wouldn't know from the movie why there was a scenes in Iraq at the beginning and what are connections for further possession.