I soiled myself...

Rating: 10/10 (23 December 2005)

I am a horror purest. I have loved horror films since I was 4 years old. I have watched 1000's of horror films, while alone and in the dark. I own over 1500 horror films on video and DVD. I do not own this one...
For it's time The Exorcist was an unheard of type of film, the 70's were about good times and free love, disco was on it's way in and love stories filled the local theaters. Bill Blatty comes along with a book that transcends the normal balance of our comfort zone, and forces us to look at a realm of consciousness that we wouldn't dare. Bill Friedkin gets the script and decides to make a film that will terrorize generations of movie lovers. The story is pretty simple, a well to do child, Regan MacNeil (Linda Blair) messes around with an occult toy and accidentally summons Satan himself, (how bad could it be, right?) Once the film establishes what's happening, Friedkin unleashes a battery of the most disturbing images left on modern pop culture. The crucifix, vomit, curses, urine and spinning heads are just icings on the already melting brain activity of the viewer. I am the proud and loving father of two beautiful daughters, but if one of them ever.... I have always stated that The Exorcist is the scariest horror film ever made, and I stand by that today. I would never watch it alone in the dark, so I don't even own it. The story is so brilliant that the actors need not mention, the film is a horror GIANT, and I believe it will stay on top until some unknown director decides to take a chance and create something that no-one is prepared for, it has not yet been made. I look forward to the day that I can sit down with a bag of popcorn, turn off the lights and watch it by myself... I would probably soil myself.