Not what I expected...

Rating: Null/10 (30 October 1998)

I recently saw the Exorcist for the first time on video and was surprised by the fact that it was not as scary as I imagined it to be. Perhaps it helps if you have had more of a Christian upbringing, which I didn't. In fact I was more worried about having it confiscated in Heathrow airport after buying it in New York. As a film it is very good but not the sort of film that people of may age (20) have been brought up on. We're from a generation that are used to Friday the 13th etc... Obviously the Exorcist is infinitely better than that, it's just totally different. It re-opens in cinemas in England & Wales today (it was in Scottish cinemas in the summer to fill the World Cup movie void) and I'm seeing it for the first time on a CINEMA screen at Midnight tomorrow (Hallowe'en) at the UCI Cinema in Cardiff Bay. So to everyone in Wales and England that has never been able to see it due to it being refused a video certificate then now's your chance. You won't be disappointed.