The exorcist, best horror movie ever made?

Rating: 10/10 (1 June 2011)

The Exorcist, considered as 'the scariest movie ever' by a large number of people. This gives a lot of expectations about what The Exorcist should be. Especially for someone born after the film. We love The Exorcist, we have seen a lot of horror films but we consider The Exorcist as the best horror film. I first heard about an exorcist on TV, I became curious about what it was and looked on the internet. While I was searching on the internet I found out that there was a movie about it, The Exorcist. I bought the movie, watched it and learned more about an exorcist.
The Exorcist starts with a group of people searching for artifacts in Iraq, the archaeologist father Merrin finds a small stone resembling a strange grimacing, bestial creature. Some strange events happen and Merrin thinks he has brought something evil in the world. Far away, in Georgetown Chris Macneil (an actress) hears strange noises in her house and strange things happen with her daughter (Regan). She changes from a nice and cute girl into a girl whom hates everyone and curses all day long. One time on a party she pees, in front of some people, on the ground. Chris goes to the doctor but they can't find what is wrong. Meanwhile, Father Damien Karras a young priest at Georgetown University doubts his religion when his mother dies from a terminal illness. Chris Macneil thinks her daughter is possessed by the devil. When all medical explanations are exhausted, a doctor recommends an exorcism, suggesting that if Regan's symptoms are a psychosomatic result of a belief in demonic possession, then perhaps an exorcism would have the effect of ending them. In desperation, Chris consults Karras, since he is both a priest and a psychiatrist. During a period in which Karras observes Regan, she constantly refers to herself as the devil. Karras initially believes her to be merely suffering from psychosis, until he records her speaking in a strange language which turns out to be English spoken backwards. Despite his doubts, Karras decides to request permission from the Church to conduct an exorcism. The same father Merrin who found the strange creature is an experienced exorcist, he comes to Georgetown and together with father Karras they conduct an exorcism. The spirit taunts and threatens the two priests both verbally and physically (he uses the voice of Karras his mother to frighten him). Father Merrin eventually gets a heart attack and dies, father Karras succeeds in driving out the spirit from Regan's body. He absorbs the spirit himself and throws himself out of the window, he dies and the spirit leaves. Chris leaves Georgetown with her daughter and leaves the trauma behind.
I think the movie was very good, especially for that time (1973). The special effects were good, example of that is; the scene where Regan comes down the stairs like a spider. The film was very good constructed and formed for that time, it was a new type of genre in the film industry, it was the beginning of horror in the film history and it was and still is one of the best horror films ever made.
The storyline of the movie was also good. You get a good impression of how it happened and you can really find yourself in the movie. The film maker wanted the people to really think about the film and used good techniques for this. He gave the characters a lot of emotion and made the movie sad in some aspects, of course the main sad part is about Regan, but also father Karras is very sad because he lost his mother. This made the movie better and it helped to keep the watcher's attention throughout the film.
In conclusion, you could say that The Exorcist is a really good film for the time it was made and still is a very good film. It is the base of any horror film and helped the genre to develop. I would really recommend the film to you, because you will be entertained throughout the film. The filmmaker used good techniques to keep the watcher attracted and made the movie scarier which is the principal of a good horror movie.