When I think of horror movies, the first movie that comes to my mind is "The Exorcist”, a movie that set many standards and scared people a hell lot!
The movie is adapted by the 1971 novel of the same name by 'William Peter Blatty'. The basic story of the movie is that the daughter of a successful movie actress is supposed to be possessed by a demon which is thrown out of her body by two priests through exorcism, which is the climax of the movie. Both the film and novel took inspiration from a documented exorcism in 1949, performed on a fourteen-year-old boy.
The movie boasts of excellent special effects and horrifying stunts of that era (1960-1975,in which many such horror movies were released).However, the USP of the movie is its performances. Linda Blair does an outstanding job as the girl possessed by the demon. Ellen Burstyn powerfully portrays the frustration, anger and affliction of a mother. Jason Miller as the priest is impressive.
It has many unbelievable and outstanding scenes (considering the fact that it was made in the 1970's), be it the 'spider-walk' scene which is supposed to be one of the spookiest and most horrifying scene of the movie (it just lasts for a few seconds and wasn’t there in the 1973 version because it was considered technically ineffective), or the 360 degree head spin, or the shaking bed. If you have been keeping tracks of bollywood horror movies, then you are surely going to find some or the other work plagiarized from this flick! The movie is said to have given new standards to the class of horror movies. Another remarkable thing about this movie is its background score. Its fresh, soft & very well presented in the movie. The script keeps you gripped (except a few scenes, which are basically used to establish the feel), from the beginning till the end...even though you know the whole story. This part of ‘THE EXORCIST’ series is considered to be the best although many other parts have been released till date.
In the end I must say that if you like horror movies, you can’t afford to miss this one, for sure!
Written By: Rishabh Shukla
The movie is adapted by the 1971 novel of the same name by 'William Peter Blatty'. The basic story of the movie is that the daughter of a successful movie actress is supposed to be possessed by a demon which is thrown out of her body by two priests through exorcism, which is the climax of the movie. Both the film and novel took inspiration from a documented exorcism in 1949, performed on a fourteen-year-old boy.
The movie boasts of excellent special effects and horrifying stunts of that era (1960-1975,in which many such horror movies were released).However, the USP of the movie is its performances. Linda Blair does an outstanding job as the girl possessed by the demon. Ellen Burstyn powerfully portrays the frustration, anger and affliction of a mother. Jason Miller as the priest is impressive.It has many unbelievable and outstanding scenes (considering the fact that it was made in the 1970's), be it the 'spider-walk' scene which is supposed to be one of the spookiest and most horrifying scene of the movie (it just lasts for a few seconds and wasn’t there in the 1973 version because it was considered technically ineffective), or the 360 degree head spin, or the shaking bed. If you have been keeping tracks of bollywood horror movies, then you are surely going to find some or the other work plagiarized from this flick! The movie is said to have given new standards to the class of horror movies. Another remarkable thing about this movie is its background score. Its fresh, soft & very well presented in the movie. The script keeps you gripped (except a few scenes, which are basically used to establish the feel), from the beginning till the end...even though you know the whole story. This part of ‘THE EXORCIST’ series is considered to be the best although many other parts have been released till date.
In the end I must say that if you like horror movies, you can’t afford to miss this one, for sure!
Written By: Rishabh Shukla
