Over-hyped, pretentious rubbish

Rating: 3/10 (2 January 2001)

The Exorcist was banned from general release in the UK until 1998, where people watched the film for the very first time at home. After seeing various clips on documentaries about the film, I was gobsmacked by the terror the trailer registered. It looked absolutely shocking. Horrifying. You hear all the hype about people fainting when they first saw this film  it couldn't really be that terrifying, could it?
I was 16 when I first watched the film from start to finish. After the video ended, I was shocked. But this time I was not shocked at how terrifying the film was  I was shocked at how such an over-hyped snooze-fest could be labelled as the scariest film ever.
All this film represented is a few memorable images  the exorcist in black, looking up at the window, and the grotesque possessed child. Shame then, that the actual film itself does not justify the attention it got. It takes more then a few turning heads and pea-soup hurling to get me scared. All the cursing and profanity adds nothing, this is nothing but a mediocre horror flick.
I don't think I could sit through the whole film again. I didn't miss anything on my first watch, and I don't think I'll be rushing to Blockbusters to rent it again. >