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	The Exorcist (1973)
		The Exorcist (1973) is the sensational, shocking horror story about devil possession and the subsequent exorcism of the demonic spirits from a young, innocent girl (of a divorced family).
		The Exorcist was notable for being one of the biggest box-office successes (and one of the first 'blockbusters' in film history, predating Jaws (1975)), and surpassed The Godfather (1972) as the biggest money-maker of its time.
		The film was enormously popular with moviegoers at Christmas-time of 1973, but some portions of the viewing audience fled from theaters due to nausea or sheer fright/anger, especially during the long sequence of invasive medical testing performed on the hapless patient.
	www.filmsite.org /exor.html (1891 words)

	LIGHT VIEWS FILM REVIEW: THE EXORCIST (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The good news is that the film now benefits from digital mastering that brings out every detail in the print, plus a dazzling, intricately mastered soundtrack that literally creeps up on you in the most unexpected ways.
		It's one of those rare films that is so perfect it manages to break down the third wall and engage the audience in its horror.
		This latest edition of "The Exorcist" is credited to Blatty, who felt that the additions were necessary to the plot and pacing.
	www.lightviews.com /exorcist.htm (877 words)

	The Exorcist - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Exorcist is a horror novel written by William Peter Blatty first published in 1971.
		The novel was made into a successful Academy Award-winning horror film in 1973, with the screenplay written by Blatty.
		The film originally contained several key sequences from the novel, which were cut prior to release by director Friedkin over Blatty's protests.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Exorcist (661 words)

	The Exorcist
		A groundbreaking film that still defines the genre 25 years later, “The Exorcist” is probably one of the most unsettling films ever created.
		Clearly it was Friedkin’s impulsive temper that made “The Exorcist” the strong traumatic film it is - one that leaves an imprint on every viewer and one that allows people to explore their own fears.
		I noticed slightly exaggerated film grain in a few scenes as a result of the compression, which could in part be attributed to our advance review copy however, especially in the light that this is a brand-new transfer of the film.
	www.dvdreview.com /html/the_exorcist.html (2113 words)

	Hollywood Unmasked - The Exorcist
		Known as the occult film that opened the door for the bevy of occult fiction flicks that would follow, Exorcist brought the public face to face with some of the most spine chilling and frightening scenes ever taped.
		The film was written and produced by William Peter Blatty and the story of its inception is in itself is as unnerving as the events onscreen.
		As do many of Hollywood's creators, The Exorcist used its creator's experiences as the basis for the story: the Ouija board was used in the movie as the primary means of communicating with the spirit world.
	www.goodfight.org /hwexorcist.html (618 words)

	Classic-Horror Review of The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen Before (1973)
		To many film fans, horror buffs or not, it is considered one of the best horror flicks, if not the best, period.
		I think Sam Raimi realized this, too, and used it for one of the launching points of the Evil Dead films (which are masterpieces of the genre, in my opinion).
		Although I was the only one to laugh at the Mary statue, as the film went on my laughter (I couldn't help it) caught on.
	classic-horror.com /reviews/exorcist2000.shtml (1132 words)

	The Exorcist Revisited
		Perhaps there lies the key: The Exorcist effectively crystallized the anxiety many parents felt at the upsetting transformation their children's generation was undergoing.
		The first Exorcist established the foreign origins of the demon by its bright opening in the scorching sands of ancient Mosul, cutting abruptly to the dark, candlelit attic where Chris MacNeil [Ellen Burstyn] first hears the mysterious sounds she takes for rats.
		Fortunately for the stuntman, the film crew had covered the steps with a thick rubber padding, but the fall was a painful and dangerous affair nonetheless.
	exorcist-revisited.blogspot.com (4664 words)

	Film \| The Exorcist resurrected
		It may not quite be hell, but Schrader has been languishing in Hollywood's version of purgatory for the past two years, waiting to see what would become of his film Exorcist: The Prequel.
		Exorcist: The Prequel was warmly greeted at its world premiere at the Brussels festival of fantastic film this weekend.
		None the less, the director is clearly bruised by the battles to salvage his Exorcist.
	film.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,5154484-101730,00.html (412 words)

	The Exorcist Tribute Zone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In fact, a stand-in named Eileen Dietz was used for a number of brief shots including the projectile vomiting effect, a scene of Regan struggling with her mother, and most significantly the controversial shot of Regan's hand driving the crucifix beneath her night-gown.
		Within weeks of the first public screening of the exorcist, reports were flowing in of fainting, vomiting, heart attacks, and at least one mis-carriage.
		One oft cited explanation for the traumatizing power of The Exorcist is the use of subliminal visual and aural stimulants, to which Friedkin candidly admitted in 1973, citing director Alain Resnais' documentary Night and Fog as his inspiration.
	www.the-exorcist.co.uk /articles/deceptions.htm (1545 words)

	The Exorcist (1973) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		One of the reasons The Exorcist always scares the bejesus out of me is because it treats an epistemological subject very seriously, even when the one character you'd expect to step forth willingly, young priest Father Karras (Jason Miller), does his best to dissuade Ellen Burstyn that her daughter is possessed by a demon.
		I think The Exorcist is one of the best "lit" and photographed films of all time.
		There are semi-subliminal single-frame shots in this film: when the priest is dreaming of his mother coming up out of the subway, there is a single frame shot of a face (Eileen Dietz), painted fl and white, grimacing.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0070047 (925 words)

	TheExorcist.com
		William Peter Blatty's novel, "The Exorcist," was based on a number of newspaper articles published in 1949, telling of a 13-year-old Mount Rainier, Maryland boy who had been freed by a Catholic priest of possession by the devil through the ancient ritual of exorcism.
		The Exorcist is a disturbing 121-minute film that leaves its audience pained, drained, and entertained.
		After his work on "The Exorcist," MacGowran opened a stage revival of "The Plough and the Stars," but the project was cut short due to his untimely death in 1973.
	www.theexorcist.biz /theexorcist.html (1732 words)

	The Exorcist (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Exorcist is a 1973 film, based on the novel by William Peter Blatty first published in 1971.
		The film was directed by William Friedkin and starred Max von Sydow as Father Lankester Merrin, Ellen Burstyn as Chris MacNeil, Jason Miller as Father Damien Karras, Jack MacGowran as Burke Dennings, Lee J. Cobb as Lieutenant William Kinderman and Linda Blair as Regan MacNeil.
		Night Shyamalan said that the scene in the film with Burstyn in the attic with the exploding candle was one of the scariest scenes he had ever seen.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Exorcist_(film) (4629 words)

	The Exorcist -A Hollywood Jesus Visual Film Review
		And second, the only ones in the film that could deal with it were "pastors." It is not a so-called Satanic film that is anti-Church.
		The Exorcist shows this in such a realistic manner that you sometimes forget it's a film you're watching.
		Billy Graham over looked the fact that this film was not made to gross you out or to make you scared of entering a dark corridor, it's about the challenge of faith, and how good ALWAYS wins, even if it may not seem that way.
	www.hollywoodjesus.com /exorcist.htm (2159 words)

	The Exorcist : film review
		The single greatest horror film of all time, The Exorcist, is back where it belongs: on a movie screen for the two or three generations that have not had the chance to experience all the thrills, chills and drama the proper way (myself included).
		You almost feel like you are watching a documentary, which brings a heady degree of realism to a story few would sanely consider the stuff of fact (although, as most of us know, the story was based on an actual exorcism conducted in the late 1940's).
		The worst addition to the film lies in the elongated ending of the movie, one that ever so slightly lessens the tension and overall impact of the film's conclusion.
	www.musicomh.com /films/exorcist.htm (790 words)

	The Exorcist Movie Review by Anthony Leong from MediaCircus.net
		Indeed, when "The Exorcist" was originally released on Boxing Day in 1973, Warner Bros. was so concerned about the film's intensity that they only released it in a handful of theaters nationwide.
		Despite negative publicity generated by the film's controversial content, as well as statements made by the film's more vocal opponents (including the Reverend Billy Graham, who 'felt the power of evil buried within the celluloid of the film itself'), "The Exorcist" became the surprise hit of the 1973-1974 winter movie-going season.
		It is here that the additional footage actually adds to the film, escalating the queasy atmosphere of the story and providing additional pathos to Regan's circumstances, as she is coldly poked, prodded, and injected in a futile attempt to identify what ails her.
	www.mediacircus.net /exorcist.html (1294 words)

	The Exorcist (1973) - Channel 4 Film review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		But more than that, there is something in the manifest seriousness of the film's approach that keeps it going.
		Regan's actress mother (Burstyn) may be an agnostic - she may also have unwittingly invited the devil into her home as she is conspicuously a single mother - but the film never doubts for a minute that the path of righteousness lies within an understanding of the Bible.
		After seeing this for the first time, you may question whether it is ultimately a masterpiece of profound, mystical significance or largely a work of shallow technical trickery.
	www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=103228 (270 words)

	Orlando Weekly - Film Review - The Exorcist
		It happened when the "Star Wars" trilogy returned three years ago, and the feat may be repeated with the resurrection of "The Exorcist," the devil-in-Miss-Regan horror potboiler that prompted long lines, public vomiting and heated controversy in 1973.
		A cavalcade of blenderized Catholic theology, horrifying special effects and blasphemous outbursts from the mouth of a 12-year-old child, the film -- director William Friedkin’s interpretation of a novel and screenplay by William Peter Blatty -- yielded 11 Oscar nominations and $160 million at the box office.
		Those who have never seen "The Exorcist" may be surprised by the quantity and quality of its legitimate frights.
	www.orlandoweekly.com /film/review.asp?rid=1546 (713 words)

	Real or Reel?: The Exorcist
		In this, another feature article in a series on myths about films, I discuss the oft-seen tag on films: “Based on (or Inspired By) A True Story!” It is a fair question to ask for some historical accuracy when a film (or book) is touted as having been based on real events.
		The “real story” behind The Exorcist is a long and complicated one, but I’ll give the short version and direct readers to all the gory (and not-so-gory) details for further reading.
		Of course, the film was not a documentary, but Blatty strongly suggested that the film stuck more or less to reality.
	www.radfordreviews.com /articles/RealorReelTheExorcist.html (1037 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - 'The Exorcist' - The Film
		Initial filming in Iraq for the film's prologue had already set Friedkin back a number of weeks, due mainly to the short amount of time they were able to film in the immense heat.
		The Board felt that after incidences of hysteria in cinema screenings, the film was too powerful for them to risk it being viewed by children in the home and suggested that Warner Home Video should resubmit the film for BBFC approval.
		Despite such impressive support from Richard Burton (as another exorcist) and Oscar-winner Louise Fletcher, the film failed to ignite the imagination of audiences to the degree of the original and is often regarded as an embarrassment by all concerned.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/getwriting/A709706 (4274 words)

	The Real Story Behind The Exorcist
		The script for The Exorcist was written by William Peter Blatty, adapted from his best-selling 1971 novel of the same name.
		In it, he described the inspiration for the film: a 1949 Washington Post article he’d read as a grad student when he was at Georgetown University.
		Investigative journalist Mark Opsasnick investigated the case and concluded that the Mount Rainier story, as popularly held (and which Blatty used as a basis for the novel), could not be true.
	www.csicop.org /specialarticles/exorcist.html (951 words)

	Part I - The Haunted Boy: the Inspiration for the Exorcist
		Adapted from William Peter Blatty’s best-selling 1971 novel of the same name, the film was released by Warner Brothers on December 26, 1973 and immediately played to packed movie theaters across the country.
		Blatty prints a censored version of the exorcist’s response, revealing for the first time the existence of a diary kept by an attending priest that recorded the daily events of the ongoing exorcism.
		Blatty decided to ease the exorcist’s anxiety and change the lead character from a 14-year-old boy to that of a 12-year-old girl.
	www.strangemag.com /exorcistpage1.html (2451 words)

	DVD Review - The Exorcist III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Blatty has given the film a very odd pace, letting scenes go on for a long time and then smash-cutting on a line of shocking dialogue to the next scene.
		As the story goes, when 20th Century Fox saw the finished film, they were shocked at the lack of violence, but even more so, the lack of an exorcism in the film.
		(The previous laserdisc release from Fox was full-frame.) The film is presented in anamorphic widescreen transfer and is letterboxed at 1.85:1.
	www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/the_exorcist_iii.shtml (1409 words)

	Slant Magazine - Film Review: Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
		Schrader's version features the same basic plot as Harlin's, recounting Merrin's (Stellan Skarsgård) traumatic encounter with Nazis during WWII and his later demonic troubles at an archeological dig in 1947 East Africa where a buried Byzantine church has been unearthed and where tensions run high between the local tribesmen and British army.
		Schrader's film is heavy on philosophical inquiries into the nature of evil (is it a force created by man or God?) and the repetitive nature of history (look at those British officers behave just like SS foot soldiers!), and its mood is one of muted contemplation rather than cacophonic mayhem.
		Despite its more intellectual impulses, Schrader's Christian ghost story—also populated by a fresh-faced missionary (Gabriel Mann) trying to bring Jesus to the dark-skinned heathens, a bland platonic love interest (Clara Bellar) for Merrin, and lots of convulsing natives—nonetheless retains Harlin's caricature-laden portrait of Africans as exotic pagan-worshipping "others" and a fondness for bargain-basement CGI hyenas.
	www.slantmagazine.com /film/film_review.asp?ID=1604 (340 words)

	The Exorcist Film Review - Time Out Film
		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.
		It would all be forgiveable, somehow, if the film was at all likely to alter anyone's perceptions one jot.
		But all The Exorcist does is take its audience for a ride, spewing it out the other end, shaken up but none the wiser.
	www.timeout.com /film/64110.html?cinema_id=380 (191 words)

	"The Exorcist" / a review from Christian Spotlight on the Movies (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		That said, this is not a film for children or the squeamish.
		The Volunteer Film Reviewer address the shocking nature of the content but supports the film for treating the demonic as "real." However he goes on to say that the content may drown out the "God triumphs over Satan" message.
		I see no way to read this film as a victory of God over Satan...those that do focus only on Regan and the fact that she is no longer possessed at the end of the film.
	www.christiananswers.net.cob-web.org:8888 /spotlight/movies/pre2000/theexorcist.html (1380 words)

	The Exorcist
		The video SE includes: the film in clamshell box, 52 page book on The Exorcist, Soundtrack (without Tubular Bells") with unreleased music from the film, 8 lobby cards, and a 8 1/2 X 10" film still.
		This expanded 75-minute featurette is a new documentary produced by the BBC specifically for the film's 25th anniversary edition, featuring more than 11 minutes of never-before -seen footage.
		I decided that Christmas day would be the perfect time since it marked the beginning of the 25th anniversary of the movies' release (it was released on December 26, 1973).
	www.houseofhorrors.com /exorcist.htm (1517 words)

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