Excellent: 10 Academy Award Nominations!

Rating: 8/10 (8 February 2000)

This movie will remain a classic forever. Nothing quite like this had ever been produced before 1973 and since only a handful can compare. If you have never seen the Exorcist and chose to do so - you must unlearn everything you know about horror films. You MUST transport yourself to early 1970s and forget about all the movies you have seen that have been filmed since then. If you do, you will see how excellent this movie is and how it opened up doors in the film industry. The Exorcist was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. I am not aware of any other horror film that has been able to top this.