A horror masterpiece...

Rating: 10/10 (8 October 2009)

I think that The Exorcist is The scariest movie of all time, and the best horror film ever made. it is about, an Actress in Georgetown Washington, D.C., Chris lives with her twelve-year-old daughter Regan (Linda Blair), her personal assistant Sharon (Kitty Wynn), and two housekeepers. There are mysterious sounds coming from the attic of the house, which Chris thinks could be rats. Regan slowly begins to exhibit strange behaviour, undergoing behavioural changes much like depression and anxiety. She turns up in Chris's bed one night, complaining that her own bed was "shaking".The strange happenings in the McNeil house begin to increase. Regan says that she has been playing with a Ouija board and claims that she has the ability to communicate with a spiritual entity all by herself. A nearby Catholic church is desecrated, a statue of the Virgin Mary painted. Chris her mother sees dramatic and dangerous changes in the behaviour and physical make-up of her 12-year-old daughter. Regan has brutally changed both in the way she looks and the way she acts, with violent outbursts on everyone who comes in contact into contact with her. Her worried mother gets in contact with a priest called Father Karras who comes to the conclusion that maybe Regan is possessed. At the same time Father Karras, a priest and a psychiatrist,is losing his faith, and he has deal with a sick mother who needs medical care he hasn't the money to provide for her.
Meanwhile, Father Karras's mother falls ill and, due to a lack of money, she is placed in a old hospital to a ward full of mental patients. Father Karras is distraught when he visits her and she seems to blame him for her situation. Later, she dies under these conditions. The church calls in Father Merrin to perform the exorcism, with Karras When Merrin arrives at the McNeil house, Regan bellows his name from upstairs, as if she knows him, and she makes strange animal sounds. He warns Karras about talking with the demon. When they enter Regan's bedroom, she begins speaking with a string of obscene words. Merrin and Karras recite the ritual of exorcism and Regan creates strange phenomena such as levitation, telekinesis, an abnormally long tongue, and strange vomiting. She constantly curses the priests and laughes evil laughter and verbal abuse. I have watched this film quite a few times now. And it is just as good as the first time.