It's About Faith

Rating: 10/10 (4 October 2007)

I saw this movie for the first time in my life like 4 years ago, the afternoon of Halloween. It was a hard experience, i was only 12. In spite of that, this was a unforgettable experience who makes me ask to myself. William Peter Blatty's "The Exorcist" was and is promoted as the "Scariest Movie of all Time!", and yes, is one of the scariest movies that anyone can see, but not in the way that much horror films make you fright, the real scary thing is about the spiritual, the good and evil, is about your believes.
The story is about Damien Karras, a middle aged priest who live a life full of questioning, but he have some doubts about his believes and his life. For other side is the famous actress Chris MacNeil, who lives a divorced life with her child Regan. Something weird is happening to Regan. Her behave is a novelty, she never said bad and incoherent words. Never make strange moves and never feel harassed. Is she getting crazy? She needs a doctor? She needs a operation? I she possessed? ... Her mother don't think this things ... but something is happening and is really serious.
Much who have live in that time or love horror films knows about this one. This film, although, is exclusive in the horror genre, because this movie not have the typical horror (Of course that have some gores and disturbing scenes) but is the meaning that give you the scare and disturbs you, at least for a little while, and this is the reason of why "The Exorcist" is a must see. The movie develops each character in a psychological and spiritual way. The scare is their same frights, they same fears. Damien Karras have a spiritual problem, and this is develop more to any fact that happen in his life (The death of his mother, the solitude, the supernatural and question about good and evil), this is one of the most important characters (Even more than Regan). Is of course the mother of Regan (Fabolous Ellen Burstyn, if you remembered her in "Requiem for a Dream") and the conflict of religion, she don't believe in God, but doesn't matter of that, she needs help. Is of course Regan MacNeill (Outstanding Linda Blair who appear then in spoof "Reposessed" ) the center of the attention, where their action of possessed offers us a view of the evil represented in a body possessed by a supernatural force. And at least is Father Merrin, who is another perspective of view of religion and believes, that too reflects in Father Karras. Each of their feelings are essentials to understand, and most of all, feel this movie.
Is the fight of good vs. evil without mercy, as is in real life, of course that "The Exorcist" is about supernatural, but that is th question of believe in God or not. Believe in the devil or not. There is evil in the human beens, but is very worth to watch a supernatural view, that, of course, is the topic of much horror films, but here is an encounter between reality and fantasy, can you noted this in the views of Karras and Chris thoughts. And of course there is the religion, but Please! ,note that this is not a religious film is a spiritual film, the religion subject is another fact that is necessary to analyze as a Cultural phenomenon, but you have to know that the Religion represents faith and believes too. Is for this that "The Exorcist" is a great must see movie. You don't have to love horror films to love this. It's a spiritual as disturbing experience that you never going to forget.
"The Exorcist" was a phenomenon in 1973 as in it's re-premier in 2000 and undoubtedly, going to cause the same effect, not for a long time ... Always going to be remembered. After its original release, the film begin with 2 sequels ("The heretic" but that was just a waste of time and "The Exorcits3" that was in a big part, better that "The Heretic" of course), the third sequel was "The Beginning", a prequel for the original film. And the success covers too in comedy field with marvelous, misunderstood "Reposessed", with the same Linda Blair as a possessed married woman (This film is essential although you don't believe it, for Linda. This was an scape for the suffering that this movie made to her, maybe you heard about the this phenomenon affect too to it's young actress. She was damned for a long time named as a sick child, but you think again, Linda was very prepared for its character and "Reposessed" was a scape for her, a way to laugh out the devil and all the suffering that she lives in her adolescence).
This is not a film of fun, is a poetic but hard and disturbing which going to puncture you in your hide fears, and going to makes you wonder about your believes. You could find more disgusting films with more gore effects, but this is a horror film that, besides of scare you, that scare is a fear about question and believes.
*Sorry for the mistakes ...well, if there any.