Still the best?

Rating: Null/10 (25 October 1998)

I first saw this film about 17 years ago. It had a profound effect on me. I couldn't sleep with the lights out and all that, but bear in mind I was only 14! As a result whenever I watch a horror flick I always compare it to the Exorcist and the way it made me feel. Of course I realise that I was a child at the time but the thing about the Exorcist, for me, was that it seemed real, as if it could happen, and that was the scariest thing about it. Today's films seem to rely on special effects too much and don't really have a good story. This is why I believe the Exorcist will never be beaten, as far as I'm concerned, in the horror stakes. As I write this it is due for re-release and I for one will be going to see it where films are meant to be seen, in the cinema.