OVER-RATED...but influential!!!!!!

Rating: 4/10 (30 December 2002)

Ok i can understand why this film caused all that controversy on its initial release, but come on, SCARIEST FILM EVER! Its not in the least bit scary now, the only bit that affected me in the slightest was the head rotating bit(i havent seen the spider walk version so cannot comment on that). The actings nothing special, the film is so slow that the suspense just dissolves into thin air. I find myself watching it for a few laughs now. The crucifix bits bloody funny, as is the bit where she pee's herself! The confrontation between her and the priests is equally laughable, 'your mother sucks co*ks in hell'?!? Thats not scary, just silly!
This is coming from a fan of the horror genre, and despite all this i guess the Exorcist did influence many of the supernatural thrillers of today, most notably 'Stigmata' (which i think is much better film, almost a remake of the exorcist, and had 'The Exorcist' been made now im sure it would have been as good as Stigmata).