Still Great

Rating: 10/10 (30 October 2019)

It's been called the 'Scariest Movie of All Time' for more than forty-five years now, so I suppose the question we first must ask is: Does the film live up to its reputation? In my opinion, the answer is more complicated than a simple yes or no. Horror has evolved over the years, and I'm sure most audiences today would find this film pretty tame compared to films like "Hereditary" or "The Witch"; I would be more keen to argue that "The Exorcist" is one of the best scary movies, not 'the scariest movie of all time.' What scares you might not scare me and vice versa, so in a sense, the Scariest Movie of All Time will probably be different for everyone (for me, it's "The Shining"), but what most people can agree upon is the craft with which this film was made produced a film that is not only scary, but emotionally compelling (draining, even), thematically rich, and still disturbing to this day. "The Exorcist" might not be the scariest movie in the world anymore (if it ever was), but it's certainly still a Five Star film.