Suspenseful, Scary, and Interesting

Rating: 8/10 (13 April 2006)

A scary and suspenseful thriller about a young girl who becomes possessed by the devil and is in need of an exorcism, in a movie that will scare you into become religious.
12-year-old Reagan is the daughter of a well-known actress named Chris MacNeil and has a happy life despite her dad not being in the picture. Her happy life is shattered when Reagan begins to experience strange things. Reagan'room becomes cold, she starts cursing, and when her mom sees her body moving back and forth on the bed yelling "Make it Stop, it burns". Chris knows something is terribly wrong.
Reagan sees many doctors who have said this and that but nothing has cured the girl. As Reagan's problems progress, her voice changes into an eerie man-like voice and starts torturing her body and hitting people. She is put in straps to restrain herself. Chris keeps telling Reagan to stop and Regan responds "I'm not Reagan, I'm the devil." The doctors recommend a controversial treatment, an exorcism.
Father Damien Karras is a poor priest who is suffering and feeling guilty over his mom's death. Karras observes Reagan and believes it isn't the devil, but when Reagan mentions his mom's death, Karras then believes it is in fact the devil since the girl had no knowledge of his mom's passing. Karras cannot perform the exorcism and enlists Father Lankester Merrin, an aging priest who almost didn't survive his last exorcism, to help rid the young girl of the evil inside her. Will they succeed? Will Reagan be normal again? Find out in this thriller.
My parents continually said to me, "don't see it" and "you'll get nightmares", but I saw it anyway. Before watching this, I had already known that it was mostly fake. So when I rented the VHS version it was the 25th anniversary special edition video. So it interviewed the original cast and people that worked on the movie, showing all the tricks and how they did it as well as some deleted scenes not used. As I watched the movie I became entranced and a little bit bored, but it was still scary and realistic film. It is a must see if you want a good horror movie to watch. As for any nightmares, I slept like a baby.