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VHS : The Exorcist: 25th Anniversary edition
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: The Exorcist: 25th Anniversary edition
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starring: Jason Miller, Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn
directed by: William Friedkin
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780790736327
Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, Letterboxed, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790736322
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: November 10, 1998
Running Time: 175 minutes
Sales Rank: 55032
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: December 26, 1973



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Director William Friedkin was a hot ticket in Hollywood after the success of The French Connection, and he turned heads (in more ways than one) when he decided to make The Exorcist as his follow-up film. Adapted by William Peter Blatty from his controversial bestseller, this shocking 1973 thriller set an intense and often-copied milestone for screen terror with its unflinching depiction of a young girl (Linda Blair) who is possessed by an evil spirit. Jason Miller and Max von Sydow are perfectly cast as the priests who risk their sanity and their lives to administer the rites of demonic exorcism, and Ellen Burstyn plays Blair's mother, who can only stand by in horror as her daughter's body is wracked by satanic disfiguration. One of the most frightening films ever made with a soundtrack that's guaranteed to curl your blood, The Exorcist was mysteriously plagued by troubles during production, and the years have not diminished its capacity to disturb even the most stoical viewers. Don't say you weren't warned! --Jeff Shannon



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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Best Version of Exorcist
OK, you've all seen this classic unless you've been living on Mars since 1973. And don't bother even watching, much less purchasing any of the sequels. But this slightly extended version attempts to add a few more minutes to elaborate on Linda Blair's central Regan teenage character before she "involuntarily spirals down" into complete possession. After all, the primary viewer empathy should have always been on Regan and viewer association with the Chris MacNeil character. But instead, the director spent too much footage on incidentals, like Lt. Kinderman, Burke and both Father Karras & Dyer characters. (Nobody actually blamed Karras for sending his mom to an ole-folks home, since she was obviously a whiner anyway.) Concentrating on Regan's own and her mother's ordeal would have been more than sufficient, allowing for a shorter 100 min. story. However, the Exorcist is a classic due to its real-life pace ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - An absolute classic! Still holds up strikingly well.
It's difficult to look back on a film "classic" and try to review it through today's eyes...35 years later. It's always tempting to say, "Those effects were great...for 1973" or "imagine how that affected an audience...three decades ago." You almost feel like you have to make excuses for the film.

But I am happy to report that in a very recent, pre-Halloween viewing, THE EXORCIST has withstood the test of time nearly unscathed. Yes, some of the effects (there are actually fewer than you would expect) are not up to the standards of today. The clothing is often hilariously tacky. Technology is primitive.

Yet William Friedkin's classically styled direction of William Peter Blatty's effectively unsettling novel still has the uncanny ability to give us the creeps today. Often (VERY often) imitated, but not yet equaled, THE EXORCIST is simply brilliant.

If you don't know the story: ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Loving it!
I always liked this movie. Before I saw it I was told that it was really scary. I watched it and was laughing my but off!! The old graphics and plot put together made it kind of funny. But the make-up done in certain scenes was scary.


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Over-blown classic.
The Exorcist starring Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair is considered the best horror film of all-time, I have to disagree. The Exorcist is scary but the language and bodily fluids are a bit much, it's like enough already! The acting is excellent but overall this movie doesn't live up to the hype, sorry.



 

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