Stairway to heaven

Rating: 8/10 (7 February 2020)

The Exorcist is now 48 years old and even after so much time it remains to this day one of the scariest demonic possession movies ever made sure movies have come a long way since 1973 and the 80s brought us some of the most memorable and violent slasher movies of all time but before all those blood and gore filled slasher movies were made. The Exorcist shocked audiences with it's unique and interesting story of a young girl who is possessed by a demon and is slowly taken over from the inside to the point where the child is no longer recognisable and the demon has taken full control of her body and soul what made this movie rather shocking for audiences were the heavy religious theme's and the disturbing scene's of the young possessed girl doing horrible things to her own body which becomes more and more disturbing as the demon takes hold of her body and soul one scene also shows the girls head turing completely around as you hear her neck bones crack and disjoint the young child also uses a lot of very repulsive and vulgar language that also touched on religious themes it wasn't something people usually saw in horror movies back in 1973 so when this movie came along people didn't know what to make of it but while it did shock audiences it also gave rise to other unconventional horror movies and we would later end up getting other horror classics like Halloween and Friday the 13th.
I highly recommend this movie to any horror movie fan weither you enjoy slasher movies or more story based thought provoking psychology horror movies The Excorist is worth watching and remains a horror movie classic that still scares new and old audiences again and again.