It's aged badly

Rating: 7/10 (6 March 1999)

Having seen 'The Exorcist' recently, and knowing beforehand how horrific it was supposed to be, I have to confess that I laughed all the way through. It has aged terribly in the last twenty-five years. It is slow, loosely plotted and far too "seventies" for a nineties audience to really appreciate. I'm sure that, at the time, it was a mould-breaking horror. Now it's just a relic that illustrates the sensibilities of a seventies audience and the censors. Sorry to all those fifty-somethings who saw it and screamed the first time round - I just don't see what there is to scream about.