The Exorcist (The Version You've Never Seen) (DVD)

The Exorcist (Directors Cut). I'm pretty sure that by now, most people would have heard about the Exorcist film, either Film, Dvd, Video or just from memories of parents. The later of this summary is what I'm basing my review on. I was one of many who stood outside the cinema in the pouring rain, of the first showing of this movie, at our local cinema in the early 70's. I thought it was quite funny at the time to listen to; Priests and Nuns outside ...
...it more. Yes at the time it was truly horrifying, and left a real chill down the spine, every time I heard a bird in our loft after that I was convinced it was the devil looking for another possession. But time moved on, and 100's of Horror films later, it all seemed a distant memory, and then I came across this DVD, the Directors Cut, it had me intreaged, what would be different and would I notice any difference. My son who is nearly 17 asked ...

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Review of The Exorcist (The Version You've Never Seen) (DVD)

"The Scariest Horror film ever", the Exorcist is still head and shoulders above nearly all modern horror films. A young girl develops an alternate destructive personality, and is slowly consumed by the new presence. With the finest doctors in America unable to cure her, her rich mother turns to the church for an Exorcism. This is a gripping story of a child at the mercy of a demon, with only a priest (and psychologist) who is losing his faith in ...
...seem a little dated now, the overall story is still as frightening as ever. Friedkin's film about the possession of a 12-year-old girl works as an essay in suspension of disbelief and on the level of titillatory exploitation. Although harrowing, its effects depend entirely on technical manipulation, and with Friedkin's pedestrian handling of background story and supporting characters, we're left more or less willing the film towards its climax. Sure ...

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