The Best Movie of It's Genre! What Is In Second Place?

Rating: 10/10 (6 February 2011)

I always cringe a little when I read some people's review of the 1973 classic the Exorcist. There is simply no second place movie in the horror genre that even comes close to this ultimate classic. The Omen?, Rosemary's Baby? The Amityville Horror? the Blair Witch Project? The Exorcism of Emily Rose? Psycho? The Rite? Not even the sequels Exorcist II, III, Exorcist The Beginning 2004 hold up to the original. There is nothing currently even close in second place!!! I have often thought how modern computer technology in 2011 could improve the 1973 classic. Other than inserting additional subliminal images, it might be close to impossible to improve on what was depicted in the 1973 movie for the following reason: What an audience member saw in the 1973 movie ACTUALLY HAPPENED. William Peter Blatty and William Friedkin physically created what the audience saw. It would be difficult to improve on reality. I admit, the head spinning 360 degrees might be improved upon slightly. This is really *only* part of the 1973 film that could stand some minor improvement; the movement looks a little 'mechanical'.
Again, I ask: What is in close second place to the 1973 Exorcist? A better question is: What has surpassed the 1973 classic? In almost 40 years, there is nothing to even come close to surpassing the original Exorcist. Without belaboring the point, I respectfully rest my case. Purchase the BluRay release and turn off all the lights and turn up the sound... This movie is simply a brilliancy without peer at this time in movie history.