The Greatest Horror Film in History

Rating: 10/10 (4 February 2019)

There's a reason this is considered the scariest movie of all time, it pushed the boundaries of horror in ways never done before and dragged its audience down a rabbit hole of terror from which they would never emerge. Not only is its subject matter terrifying to contemplate but its happening to a 12 year old girl, a pure innocent caught in the crossfire between good and evil. The Exorcist takes every element available to it and weaponises it to strike terror into the hearts of its audience, lighting, sound and composition all turned against the viewer to create a surreal and monstrous experience. Linda Blair's exceptional performance as the tormented Regan will live on in infamy, while the film itself as an entity of pure horror cannot be unseen, cannot be unexperienced and can never be outdone.