Scary? or funny? (The Exorcist (DVD))

Member Name: Andyc

Product:	The Exorcist (DVD)
Date:	06/07/00 (20 review reads)
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Advantages: It's The Exorcist!

Disadvantages: Shows it's age.

I saw the Exorcist about a year ago, when it was re-released in the cinema for Hallowe'en. Naturally I'd heard more about it than I'd actually witnessed so, a few friends and I gathered together at midnight, for this special viewing!

Well...... to be honest I was expecting it to be more scary. Yes, it's now 27 years old and the horror genre has moved on, but I think the most scary thing is thinking about the writer. If you haven't seen it, pause for a second during the film and think about the imagination that thought this stuff up...... disturbing. That said, some of the more 'horrific' scenes were so bizarre I found myself laughing, but then perhaps I'm just a bit sick!

I think The Exorcist has also been hindered by it's own fame. It's been parodied so many times the take-offs are uppermost in your mind when you see the famous scenes for the 'first' time. Leslie Nielson has a lot to answer for!

That said the acting is fantastic, Linda Blair belies her, then, tender age by turning in a wonderful performance. The story is gripping if not particularly fast moving and the directing..... oh, a marvel to behold. I know it too is an Exorcist related cliche, but the shot of the house with the fog rolling in...... sublime.

If you haven't seen this film, it is a must see, if only for the fact that it is SO famous. The effects still hold-up today, but it does show you how far film making has advanced, in such a short-time. Shame the stories aren't up to as much nowadays.

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