Stanley Kauffmann, in The New Republic, wrote, “This is the most scary film I’ve seen in years — the only scary film I’ve seen in years…If you want to be shaken — and I found out, while the picture was going, that that’s what I wanted — then The Exorcist will scare the hell out of you.”
Stanley Kauffmann（英语：Stanley Kauffmann）在《新共和》杂志中写道，“这是我这几年来看过的最恐怖的电影——这几年我看过的唯一一部恐怖电影……如果你想要恐怖的话——当画面向前推移时，我找到了它，那就是我想要的——驱魔人会把你吓个半死"。