| | Exorcist DVD (7 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Horror DVDs, Recommended Movies, Classic Videos, Essential Cinema, Religion, Blockbuster, Horror Classic, Disturbing, AFI Top 100 Thrills, Demonic Possession, Devil/Demons, AFI Top 50 Villains, Clergy, Hell | | Starring | Ellen Burstyn, Max Von Sydow, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Lee J. Cobb, Jack MacGowran, Titos Vandis, Kitty Winn, Mary Boylan, Eileen Dietz, Robert Symonds, Vasiliki Maliaros, Gina Petrushka, Wallace Rooney, Rudolf Schundler | | Director | William Friedkin | | Cinematographer | Owen Roizman | | Composer | Jack Nitzsche | | Director of Photography | Owen Roizman, Billy Williams | | Editor | Bud Smith, Evan Lottman, Norman Gay, Jordan Leondopoulos
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Additional Footage; Bio/Filmographies; Soundtrack English; Academy Awards; English Subtitles; Dolby Digital 5.1 Re; Behind The Scenes This is the movie that you can't stand to watch and yet can't turn away from. THE EXORCIST is a horrifying, riveting film based on William Peter Blatty's best-seller (he also wrote the screenplay). In the ultimate transformation plot, a 12-year-old girl (Linda Blair) becomes possessed by the devil. Soon the once-sweet child beomes a murderous, vomit-spewing, bed-twirling hellhound. A dedicated but naive priest attempts to exorcise Satan from Regan's body--and in the process is forced to confront personal demons of his own. The theatrical release led to outrage, fainting, nausea--and huge box-office receipts. The result was two cash-in sequels, the second directed by Blatty. Arguably the scariest motion picture ever made, William Friedkin's THE EXORCIST was unleashed on an unsuspecting American public in 1973. The film quickly became a nationwide sensation, leading to religious boycotts, fainting, and a huge box office return. Oscar nominee Linda Blair beat out hundreds of other child actors to land the role of Regan MacNeil, a 12-year-old who is possessed by the devil. After exhausting all other practical options, Regan's mother, Chris (Ellen Burstyn), acknowledges the supernatural nature of her daughter's condition and recruits Father Damien Karras (Jason Miller) to stage an exorcism. Aided by the mysterious Jesuit exorcist Father Merrin (Max von Sydow), Father Damien must confront not only the supernatural phenomena in front of him, but also his own inadequate faith and displaced guilt over his mother's recent death.
Friedkin brings William Peter Blatty's Oscar-winning script to shocking life by establishing a realistic, everyday tone before allowing the terror to creep in. The performances of Burstyn and Miller further help to ground the supernatural events. Like THE GODFATHER before it and JAWS shortly after, the breakout success of THE EXORCIST helped to transform Hollywood into the blockbuster behemoth of American culture. Theatrical Release: December 26, 1973
Ellen Burstyn suffered permanent injury to her spine during shooting of the scene in which she is knocked across the room.
Director William Friedkin punched Father William O'Malley during the shooting of Father Karras's death scene to elicit a better performance. Exorcist Quotes/Excerpts: "What an excellent day for an exorcism."--Regan (Linda Blair) to Father Karras (Jason Miller)
"Why you do this to me, Damie?"--Regan (as Father Karras's mother) to Father Karras Exorcist Reviews: "...The first modern, F/X-heavy shriek-o-rama....[Miller and Burstyn] give harrowing, nuanced performances....Strikingly new amid [its era]..."
-- Ty Burr, Entertainment Weekly "...The EXORCIST is still one of the scariest and most adult horror movies ever..."
-- Mike Clark, USA Today "...At once a religious parable, a study of tortured adolescence and a warped satire about a single-parent family, it hasn't dated in the slightest..."
-- Geoffrey Macnab, Sight and Sound
This is the only Robert Symonds video. Exorcist | Studio | Warner Home Video | | Orig Year | 1973 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  1428  | | CD Universe Part number | 1262707 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | May 15, 2007 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Running Time | 220 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Dolby Surround AC-3 Sound; Dolby Noise Reduction; Collector's Edition; Letter Boxed; Widescreen; 25th Anniversary Special Edition |
Exorcist Movie Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews more than 5 star
its one of the best movies i ever see
Submitted by a reviewer (saudia arabia) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No I DARE YOU TO WATCH THIS MOVIE ALONE!
And then sleep with your foot hanging
over the bed all night. I've seen many
scary movies in my time, BUT THIS ONE
IS STILL THE SCARIEST! This movie will
stay in your mind, for many years to
come, especially when you turn the lights off to go to sleep! BOO!
Submitted by Lance (Lawrenceville NJ)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No SIMPLY THE SCARIEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME!!
As far as I'm concerned this is the only true, scary movie ever produced! This movie pulls you in like no other! The first time I seen it, I couldn't sleep for a month! It is a masterpiece years ahead of it's time and one of the best films ever made! A must have!
Submitted by SHAWN WILSON (North Carolina)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Stands as a great Horror Movie Standard
The Exorcist is and was one of the best horror movies ever made. Being made in the 70's, it was constructed without the help of the computers and special effects of this day and age. Perhaps the commentator from Stephensville, TX should learn to read and write properly before trashing people from the 70's as "too ignorant to understand it". I am willing to bet that this reviewer hasn't a single clue as to what the movie is really about! Just go back to the video games kid...
Submitted by chvollmer (Lexington, KY)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1973...They could've done it later.
This film was released back in 73 or 74.But it was not a great time to release a film like this.What were the people made it thinking.They could've made it later.In the 70s,people were so ignorant and can't take stuff like that.But at least,that the new version is worst was released in 2000.This movie is now better these days.
Submitted by a reviewer (Stephenville,Texas)
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Exorcist DVD Region 1
Snap Case
Dual Side - Single Layer
Collectors Edition
Special Edition
Anamorphic Widescreen -
1.85
Letterbox -
1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital Mono - French
Additional Release Material:
Behind the Scenes: "The Fear of God: The Making of THE EXORCIST"
Alternate Audio Tracks: Sound Effects Tests
Introduction: William Friedkin - Director
Trailers:
1. Original Theatrical Trailer
2. TV Spots/Previews
Audio Commentary:
1. William Friedkin - Director
2. William Peter Blatty - Source Writer
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus
Text/Photo Galleries:
Production Notes
Storyboards
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Dario Argento and Lamberto Bava co-wrote this horror film, a huge European hit upon release. The film centers on two young girls who go to a brutal zombie movie and begin to notice happenings in theater mirroring the action on screen. Soon, half of the audience have been turned into blood thirsty zombies, forcing the remaining patrons to defend themselves from the unholy beasts. Stylish, gory, bleakly funny and reminiscent of George A. Romero's films, DEMONS is a hugely entertaining horror movie. Argento also produced and Bava, son of the legendary Mario Bava (BLACK SUNDAY), directed.
Italian horror mastermind, Dario Argento produced and co-wrote (with director Lamberto Bava) this nightmarish film set in the Metropol, a huge, cathedral-like Berlin cinema. Two girls are given free tickets to a special screening in an isolated movie theater. The film, a violent horror movie, exerts a malevolent influence over the theater patrons who are transformed - one by bloody one - into a horde of crazed demons. The musical score features Motley Crue, Scorpions, and Billy Idol. The film was inspired by a disquieting phrase ascribed to Nostradamus.
| | Repossessed DVD (1990) Full Frame
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This spoof of "Exorcist" genre films sports original star Blair once again claimed by the devil and ex-exorcist Nielsen battling a pair of phony TV evangelists in order to put a stop to a spewing fountain of pea soup.
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| | Seventh Sign DVD (1988) Widescreen
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When six Biblical omens portend the world's end, a young woman discovers she and her unborn child play a terrifying part in the Apocalypse.
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An terrifying assault on the eyes, Benjamin Christensen's 1922 documentary is a landmark film of witchery, possession, and sadism. Originally released under the Swedish title HAXAN, this eerie, unusual film experience uses seven chapters to illustrate a history of myths and beliefs regarding the occult. The film uses animation, creature effects, nightmarish sets, reenactments of satanic rituals and intense sexual imagery to weave a tale that ranges from being darkly humorous to severely disturbing. The original version ran 104 minutes and exists both in black and white and in a tinted Swedish Film Institute version.
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A shy co-ed travels from home and discovers a chilling land of unholy rituals and black magic. Drawn deep into the dark countryside, she and her classmates find themselves at the center of a deadly, centuries-old rite and trapped deep beneath the evil spell of the Prince of Darkness.
This film aka BEYOND THE DOOR III) follows a group of American students to Yugoslavia. They meet up with their professor (Bo Svenson) to bear witness to a sacred pagan ritual. When they realize that they're the ones to be sacrificed, they run for their lives and escape by hopping a train. But there's another problem: this train is possessed and is determined to reunite these kids with their horrifying fates! This train thirsts for blood and soon the students begin dying horrible, gruesome deaths. One girl, however, seems marked for an eternity as Satan's bride. With their method of escape turned against them, they must find a way off this train gone amok!
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