This is what cinema should be all about

Rating: 10/10 (14 October 2006)

The Exorcist is one of those films that define cinema as the art it is. It will evoke different sentiments to different kinds of viewers. Admiration and awe for the true movie aficionado. Excitement and horror for those that just want to be entertained but also are open-minded. Disgust and condemnation from those that feel it insults their beliefs (or challenges the intellect). And mockery from those that have an eye for effects and think that green vomit is unacceptable as SFX. For some people it might evoke a bit of everything. Yet, despite all the different reactions (and because of them) it has given rise to eternal debates, theological conversations, has changed the course of horror cinema (and direction) and, to the day, is the only film that has managed to threaten the human psyche to such a degree, either causing people to faint, vomit and miscarry, or democratic 'secular' states banning it for 25 years. This is cinema, not propaganda. It makes you observe, it makes you feel (to the max), it makes you think, it makes you question. For me, a true masterpiece.