Are you thrilled by horror movies? The market is awash with several horror thrillers are worth watching. Hollywood in particular has been good at energizing our imaginations with some masterpieces of this kind. These have kept us glued to the screen watching these frightening movies. To the lovers of horror, lets us review the Exorcist, as part of our daily dread reviews. This has been touted as one of the most horrific productions of all the time.
The American horror movie released in 1973 was an adaptation from Peter Blatty novel that had been released in 1971 by the same title. The novel traces its roots from a case in which Ronald Doe was exhorted of a demon in 1949. The film builds its story around a mother who tries all she can to bring her teen daughter back to normalcy after being possessed by a demon with assistance from two priests who perform the exorcism.
The movie was released in December 1973 by Warner Bros and went on to earn ten academy award nominations. It indeed won the best sound mixing and best adapted screenplay categories. It was named the scariest film of all time in United Kingdom and USA.
The movie starts with a catholic priest called Lankester Merrin in an archeological excavation in Iraq. As he goes along with his work, he finds an amulet that resembles Pazuzu statute, which was a demon that he defeated several years before. At once, he realizes the demon is on a revenge mission.
We are also taken to one Chris Mac Neil, a famous actor who lives in Washington with her daughter. In the movie, she plays Ouija board with the teen daughter called Regan. She is about 12 years of age. Out of the blues, Regan starts behaving funny. She starts making deafening sounds, uses obscene language, and becomes overly strong. She even continually shakes her bed much to the horror of her mother.
Chris, her mother, seeks medical attention for her daughter. After several painful tests, the doctors conclude that she is okay. Little do they know that Pazuzu the demon has taken over her body. Her condition worsens culminating to her killing the acting director called Burke Dennings and the babysitter at night. The government brings in a detective, Kinderman, to probe these murders. Kinderman interviews both Chris and another priest who had lost faith by the name Karras.
Doctors conclude that Regan is demon possessed and can only be cured by exorcism. This new information prompts Chris to seek help from the backsliden priest, Karras. Karras at first refuses to perform exorcism but later changes mind when he finds writing on Regans stomach asking for help and listens to a recording where she talks in reverse. Merrin, the priest joins in.
The two priest do their best to banish the devil to no avail. The demon seems to enjoy the whole show mocking them and even insulting Karras dead mother. This pisses Karras off and he leaves briefly. On coming back, he finds that Merrin has been killed by the demon. He begs Pazuzu to leave Regan and get into him. After being possessed, he sacrifices his life by jumping through the window. He dies instantly of head injuries but goes with Pazuzu for good. Regan recovers and returns to her mother. Kinderman befriends her in order to get leads to Karras death. This is a must watch film.
The American horror movie released in 1973 was an adaptation from Peter Blatty novel that had been released in 1971 by the same title. The novel traces its roots from a case in which Ronald Doe was exhorted of a demon in 1949. The film builds its story around a mother who tries all she can to bring her teen daughter back to normalcy after being possessed by a demon with assistance from two priests who perform the exorcism.
The movie was released in December 1973 by Warner Bros and went on to earn ten academy award nominations. It indeed won the best sound mixing and best adapted screenplay categories. It was named the scariest film of all time in United Kingdom and USA.
The movie starts with a catholic priest called Lankester Merrin in an archeological excavation in Iraq. As he goes along with his work, he finds an amulet that resembles Pazuzu statute, which was a demon that he defeated several years before. At once, he realizes the demon is on a revenge mission.
We are also taken to one Chris Mac Neil, a famous actor who lives in Washington with her daughter. In the movie, she plays Ouija board with the teen daughter called Regan. She is about 12 years of age. Out of the blues, Regan starts behaving funny. She starts making deafening sounds, uses obscene language, and becomes overly strong. She even continually shakes her bed much to the horror of her mother.
Chris, her mother, seeks medical attention for her daughter. After several painful tests, the doctors conclude that she is okay. Little do they know that Pazuzu the demon has taken over her body. Her condition worsens culminating to her killing the acting director called Burke Dennings and the babysitter at night. The government brings in a detective, Kinderman, to probe these murders. Kinderman interviews both Chris and another priest who had lost faith by the name Karras.
Doctors conclude that Regan is demon possessed and can only be cured by exorcism. This new information prompts Chris to seek help from the backsliden priest, Karras. Karras at first refuses to perform exorcism but later changes mind when he finds writing on Regans stomach asking for help and listens to a recording where she talks in reverse. Merrin, the priest joins in.
The two priest do their best to banish the devil to no avail. The demon seems to enjoy the whole show mocking them and even insulting Karras dead mother. This pisses Karras off and he leaves briefly. On coming back, he finds that Merrin has been killed by the demon. He begs Pazuzu to leave Regan and get into him. After being possessed, he sacrifices his life by jumping through the window. He dies instantly of head injuries but goes with Pazuzu for good. Regan recovers and returns to her mother. Kinderman befriends her in order to get leads to Karras death. This is a must watch film.
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