(2008) A Disturbing and Disgusting film (2012) One of the scariest movies of all time

Rating: 10/10 (6 May 2008)

"This movie is about a 12-year-old girl who gets possessed by the devil or some kind of demon. According to critics and audiences around the globe, this is one of the scariest movies they've seen. And it's gotten a lot of attention and went through the roof at the box office. This is my opinion: It's probably one of the worst horror movies I've seen in my entire life. It wasn't even scary. It was just disturbing and disgusting. I, like the rest of my family, didn't like it that they exposed Linda Blair to all of that stuff when she was twelve years old. She didn't even know what all of that meant at the time. I'm actually trying to block this movie out of my memory entirely. It disgusts me to even thing about it. Personally, I think that they should either have taken all of that stuff out, gotten someone else, or not even made the movie at all. I mean, it's a good story and a good script, but it just didn't serve up the scares like everyone said it would. Now, don't get me wrong, the scene where she spider-walked down the stairs was pretty intense and the scenes where you see her eye turn white and her head spin around were pretty intense as well, but all in all it's just another downer. I will never see this movie again as long as I live nor will I recommend it to anyone unless they enjoy watching 12-year-old girls do horrible things that I won't even list here."
That's what I wrote in 2008. Cut to 4 years later, and I think it's one of the scariest films of all time. It messes with your head and has some of the greatest make-up and special effects ever to be captured on film. Friedkin's direction is topnotch, and you're totally convinced that Max Von Sydow is an old man. It can be argued that it's just as effective today as it was when it was released in 1973. If there was ever a movie I'd watch again for Halloween or whenever, it would be this one. Do yourself a favor and see it. You won't regret it.