Greatest Horror Movie!

Rating: 10/10 (9 February 2000)

I had the misfortune to be allowed to watch The Exorcist while I was very young. Needless to say, it scared me a lot. Although the movie haunted me for the rest of my life, it was just the horror part of it that stayed with me. But recently I read Blatty's novel and watched the movie again, and this time I came to a much better understanding about the book and the movie. The book does a superb job of explaining the inner conflict. While the movie did not focus on this conflict, it is left to the discerning audience to identify the conflict and relate it to their own lives. Notions of Good and Evil should not be limited to the realm of church and occult: They are the part of our everyday existence. The Exorcist, to me, is not about possession or salvation. It is about our inner conflicts in everyday life. One must read the book to fully understand the movie.