Besides the performances, which are uniformly strong, what's so terrific about "The Exorcist" is how it's in no hurry to get to the meat of its horror. Unlike today's horror movies, it isn't exploitative. It's about its characters.

| Original Score: A | Oct 3, 2010

I went prepared to be scared, and woke up sleep-walking two nights in a row after I saw it. Isn't that what horror movies are supposed to do?

| Original Score: A+ | Apr 12, 2009

| Original Score: C+ | Oct 29, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 7, 2008

The movie's eerie quietude is gone.

| Original Score: B | Jul 30, 2007

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 14, 2007

| Original Score: A- | Apr 25, 2007

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: 4/4 | Sep 30, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 19, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | May 14, 2003

...Still a thrill to watch after all these years, so full it's hard to absorb in one showing, so affecting it will still keep you awake at night. But maybe for different reasons.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 8, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 29, 2003

It's a little longer and a little more concerned with story. Its bark has grown though, and there's still no serious challenger to its title of 'The Greatest Horror Movie Ever Made'.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 8, 2002

It weaves a frightening spell right from the get-go.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 15, 2002

| Original Score: 4/4 | Oct 11, 2002

An expanded DVD version of the classic tale about demonic possession and exorcism.

| Aug 21, 2002

If you want to know what the 1970s were all about, this is probably required viewing. ...frankly, a reissue of "Earthquake" in Sensurround would have been a lot more fun.

| Jun 10, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 7, 2002

Is it better for the additional material? That's debatable. Is it still the scariest film of all time? Watch it for yourself and try to disagree.

| Original Score: A | Oct 24, 2001