scariest movie of the 1970's

Rating: 10/10 (28 July 2006)

The first time iv'e seen the exorcist it scared me so bad i had nightmares for days,and that was in the mid 80's,during its re-release its a modern horror film depicting the possession of an average good natured 12 year old(Linda Blair)but when demons begin to possess her all chaos breaks loose,this was done before cg effects came out.the movie seemed cursed,a few people died during filming like jack McGowan and some crew members.in the new version with the added scenes there's a lot of footage not shown in the 1973 release.the cast is great,Linda Blair delivers an awesome performance as Reagan,the little girl possessed.max Von sydow as father merrin,Ellen burnsyn as Reagan's actress mother, Jason miller as the troubled catholic priest.and lee j Cobb as the inspector on the case.no movie ever topped or even matched this,many movies like;beyond the door,abbey,and the tempter all tried but failed.the sequels never lived up to the original.fact Linda Blair injured her back during filming.the spooky music on the soundtrack is very memorable,the exorcist is the scariest movie from the 70's. it needs to be viewed in its uncensored version to be appreciated. there's a lot of strong language and violence.max Von sydow,Linda Blair and kitty Wynn reprised their roles in the first sequel called the heretic exorcist 2,which was pointless,the third one was OK,the latest one was a prequel and was'nt good in my opinion.the exorcist is a horror movie one does'nt forget,a true classic.10 out of 10.