The Scariest Movie I Have Ever Seen

Rating: 9/10 (21 March 2017)

This movie begins in Northern Iraq with an elderly priest named "Father Merrin" (Max von Sydow) finding a mysterious object while on an archaeological expedition. It then shifts to Georgetown in the District of Columbia where a young girl named "Regan" (Linda Blair) begins to act in a highly unusual manner which eventually leads her mother "Chris MacNeil" (Ellen Burstyn) to call a priest named "Father Damien Karras" (Jason Miller) to help figure out what is going on. As it so happens, Father Karras also specializes in psychiatry but what he discovers when he visits Regan horrifies him to his very soul. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this is without a doubt the scariest horror film I have ever seen. Although it starts off rather slow it still has small pieces of suspense that manages to maintain the film until the real terror kicks in--and it kicks in hard! That said, for those who enjoy a good horror film and have never seen this movie, I strongly recommend it because it is truly excellent. Just make sure you have a good priest or therapist you can call afterwards.