Not Scary.. At Least For Me

Rating: 1/10 (4 August 2013)

I think it really depends on who you are and what your beliefs are in regards to religion/demonic possession etc. How easily you're offended or scared by obscene language/shocking or disgusting visuals. The major themes, the idea of pure evil corrupting the innocence of a child, struggling with faith and sacrifice etc. Then you might find this movie shocking/scary
I dunno, I know that when this was released in the early 70's all of the things I listed above were much more controversial topics, and feel that to a certain extent they were kind of floating around in society and in the minds of people attempting to individually grapple with these kind of issues in their own ways. To have all of this stuff thrown at you, would have been at the very least jarring and possibly horrifying, and at the worst personally terrifying
If you're an atheist, that laughs at the superstitious/moralistic sensibilities of traditional society being offended, have grown up seeing truly disturbing stuff online and in books etc. Then chances are you're just gonna end up either bored, or laughing.
The only thing I found even slightly creepy was the few glimpses of Pazuzu (the white faced devil) that you get when he flashes on the screen for a second or two.
Good special effects, fine acting, decent direction, but if you're unable to connect with the subject matter then none of that will matter. It's like somebody making a horror movie about a jar of pickles; If you don't have an irrational phobia regarding pickles you won't find it frightening/shocking in the least.