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The Exorcist rating 
4/5 The Exorcist

   
Director William Friedkin
Writer William Peter Blatty
Stars Linda Blair, Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, and Jason Miller
Certificate 18
Running time 121 minutes
Country US
Year 1973
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Reviewed by The Fixer

THE Seventies blockbusting chiller by which ensuing horror films would be judged. Even by today's standards, this is still a taut, intense tale about a possessed twelve year-old girl (Linda Blair), and the Jesuit priest (Max von Sydow) who must exorcise the evil spirit within her. At the time it first came out, the film was praised for its special effects - in particular the infamous projectile vomiting and head swivelling. Guaranteed fear factor.

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