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The Exorcist
1973
With THE EXORCIST, William Friedkin (THE FRENCH CONNECTION, THE BOYS IN THE BAND) rivals Hitchcock for heart-stopping terror in this deeply horrifyingmasterpiece that led to religious boycotts, fainting and nauseous audiences, and a commercial success that forever changed Hollywood. Linda Blair plays Regan, a 12-year-old girl .. Read more
| Starring | Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Max von Sydow |
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| Director | William Friedkin |
| Genres | Horror |
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The Exorcist
With THE EXORCIST, William Friedkin (THE FRENCH CONNECTION, THE BOYS IN THE BAND) rivals Hitchcock for heart-stopping terror in this deeply horrifying
masterpiece that led to religious boycotts, fainting and nauseous audiences, and a commercial success that forever changed Hollywood. Linda Blair plays Regan, a 12-year-old girl possessed by the devil. After exhausting all the options of science, psychology, and medicine, Regan's mother (Ellen Burstyn) realizes the supernatural nature of her daughter's condition and resorts to a religious solution, turning to Father Karras (Jason Miller) for an exorcism. Aided by the mysterious Jesuit exorcist Father Merrin (Max von Sydow), Karras must confront not only supernatural phenomena but also his own inadequate faith and displaced guilt over his mother's recent death, a personal torment Regan uses to manipulate him, but with disturbing results.
Like THE GODFATHER before it and JAWS soon after, THE EXORCIST enjoyed
tremendous commercial and critical success that directly transformed Hollywood into the blockbuster behemoth of American culture.
| Starring | Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Jack MacGowran, Kitty Winn |
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| Director | William Friedkin |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 57 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 58 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 12 mins |
| Certificate |  DVD LOVEFiLM Instant |
| Collections | 100 Horror Films, 100 must-see movies |
| Genres | Horror |
| Language | DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English Blu-ray: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, English, Romanian Blu-ray: English |
| Released | Production year: 1973 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 16 Aug 2010 To Rent: DVD: 25 Oct 1999 |
| Watch now | £2.49 |
The Exorcist (1973)
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Spectacularly ludicrous mishmash with uncomfortable attention to physical detail and no talent for narrative or verisimilitude. Its sensational aspects, together with a sudden worldwide need for the supernatural, assured its enormous commercial success.
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The Exorcist - Directors Cut
Touted as “The Scariest Horror film ever”, the Exorcist is still head and shoulders above nearly all modern horror films.
A young girl ... read more » - 296062
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A great film, not just a great horror
The trick in this film is to find the balance. The balance between wetting your pants at parts that are unintentionally funny and the parts that make this so ... read more »
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Classic Direction
Classic horror movie
It is very difficult to find such classic movies
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Slow start - But well recovered.
Slow start - but once the film kicks off its gripping and keeps you on the edge of your seat. The film is quite funny and entertaining in some parts (for people... read more »
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The Exorcist back to haunt small screen
- 17 Nov 2009
Horror classic The Exorcist is coming back to possess a new audience - it's to be remade into a new TV mini-series. The 1973 film, about a young girl who is possessed by a demon, was directed by William Friedkin and based on William Blatty's book of the same name. Now, 36 years after the movie's release, the author reveals a small screen version is in the works - and Friedkin has agreed to take charge. Blatty refuses to go into further detail, but tells horror film magazine Cemetery Dance, "Bil Read more
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The Exorcist
With THE EXORCIST, William Friedkin (THE FRENCH CONNECTION, THE BOYS IN THE BAND) rivals Hitchcock for heart-stopping terror in this deeply horrifying
masterpiece that led to religious boycotts, fainting and nauseous audiences, and a commercial success that forever changed Hollywood. Linda Blair ...
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