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Rating: 8.5 stars

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The Exorcist (1973)

Directed by William Friedkin

Horror | Thriller

Most recently watched by sleestakk, philipjablon, schofizzy, ashe5k, themarc, danfinn, SIxBORG, Angjonesy, zombiefreak, Javitron

Overview

When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.

Rated R | Length 122 minutes

Actors

Ellen Burstyn | Linda Blair | Jason Miller | Max von Sydow | Lee J. Cobb | William O'Malley | Kitty Winn | Jack MacGowran | Barton Heyman | Peter Masterson | Rudolf Schündler | Gina Petrushka | Robert Symonds | Arthur Storch | Thomas Bermingham | Vasiliki Maliaros | Titos Vandis | John Mahon | Wallace Rooney | Ron Faber | Donna Mitchell | Roy Cooper | Robert Gerringer | Mercedes McCambridge | Paul Bateson | Elinore Blair | William Peter Blatty | Mary Boylan | Dick Callinan | Mason Curry | Toni Darnay | Eileen Dietz | Joanne Dusseau | Bernard Eismann | Beatrice Hunter | Yvonne Jones | Don LaBonte | Barton Lane | Ann Miles | John Nicola | Vincent Russell | Gerard F. Yates | Rita Sakellariou

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

I watched the slightly longer director’s cut, which I’d only seen once before. Still an unsettling film. The beginning of this movie, at the archeological dig in Africa, always creeped me out a lot. Still does.

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