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Summary: A Horror masterpiece.
Review: Few books have impacted me the way this one has. I can still vividly recall passages, scenes, quotes, and obscure details about this powerful novel long after I read it. Not since Bram Stoker's Dracula have I ever encountered a horror masterpiece that will rivet itself into your memory for years to come. Anyone vaguely associated with Catholicism will be impacted even greater. I cannot recommend this one highly enough.
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Summary: This movie will live on for generation
Review: The excorcist was the best horror movie i have ever seen, the script was well written and the way the little girl act was just outstanding. I think i'll live on for generations. I most definitely will watch it with my children when they grow up!
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Summary: Horrendously Overrated
Review: I hadn't seen the movie, nor did I really know anything about this novel when I picked it up (except the whole possession thing). It surprised me both pleasantly and unpleasantly: I had expected 'the scariest novel ever' to contain sharp, slick, knife-between-the-ribs prose, like Robert Bloch's "Psycho", along with a cast of not really interesting characters who would get killed in a variety of intriguing ways. Well, I got a naff plot (I STILL can't work out that bloody ending! Somebody email me PLEASE! ), some not-quite-scary scenes which relied mostly on gratuitous swearing, vomit, and masturbating with crucifixes rather than anything intelligent. What surprised me in a good way, however, is just how well this book was written! In some parts the prose is actually quite poetic, and indeed Blatty's snipped, one-word sentences like 'Regan. Screaming. Demons' were MADE for tension; unfortunately the whole possession thing just didn't work for me.What I also liked about this novel (and I see other reviewers commenting on it too) was Liutennant Kinderman. How do you describe him? The only definate thing u can say is asthmatic! He saved this overrated novel, for me, anyway. The other brilliant thing I liked were Father Karras's conversations with the actual demon inside Regan. Never has evil been so brilliantly personified since Randall Flagg and Hannibal Lecter. (It was also a nice touch that the demon possessing Regan was supposed to be a personification of the south-west wind--and throughout the novel a light, chilling wind, 'it's direction ... south-west', is mentioned. Creepy! Altogether, this isn't going to scare anybody senseless. I can see how the 'effects' described in the novel, if placed on the big screen, would make it a scary movie--as a book it just doesn't work too well. Could anyone tell me if the sequel--"Legion"--is available in the UK? (I'd also like someone to help me explain that god-infuriating ending! If you thought "Hannibal" was weird . . .!)
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Summary: Still horrific but getting dated
Review: Well I was glad to see The Exorcist released on cassette and unabridged to boot. However, why, oh why did Blatty do the reading? As an audio book they could have done so much with such a story but no, Blatty had to read it. His low deep tone does nothing for me and blends all the characters into one so you really can't distinguish between Chris, Regan or Karras. His accents are okay, Swiss and greek but well, he has no variety in his voice. A terrific thing that they could have done was have different readers for the demon; say one for Berk, one for the Demon's voice and one for the jibberish voice. I have to say if it wasn't for the story, I would give this production one star instead of 4. Still it was chilling but reading or in this case listening to it I found it a bit dated; I mean the story is so well known and although some scenes still invoke terror I found myself saying, "just get on with it." Karras I find can be down right boring at times and his troubled faith gets to be overdone in places. another thing regarding the audio aspect, Blatty at times makes the demon sound like a neurotic drag queen; its more funny than anything else. At least I have a classic now in my collection and being an audiophile its a prize but I have to say the story should soon be put away or given a special recognition in the horror worldd and then forgotten.
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Summary: Well written, but not as terrifying as the movie.
Review: I first saw the Exorcist when I was young, and thought it to be the most terrifying movie ever. I was unaware at the time the book and movie had both been written by Blatty. I was expecting the book to have more to it than the movie did. While he did an excellent job with the book, if you've seen the movie, especially the uncut version, you won't read anything new in the book. But if you're too afraid to see the movie, I would recommend the book, since you can put it down if it gets too frightening for you.
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Summary: It was pretty cool
Review: I thought that this book had a lot to offer. it was full of impact and action. It made you expect the unexpected in the perspective that you never saw what was coming.
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Summary: A little girl is possesed by demons.
Review: In this story a little girl(who lives with her mom becomes possessed by an evil demon.her mother decides to get a priest to do an exorcism,but the head priest refuses to allow it until they have enough info that she is really possesed.This book is a really good book.
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Summary: Great Book, but Overrated
Review: As a major horror movies (and lit) buff (i guess that's what u'd call me), I took it upon myself to read The Excorsist (after I had seen the movie long beofore) It was a little difficult to find at first, but it WAS worth the wait.
The book was written pretty well, and the story was great, though, as I recall, unlike the film, it tended to look like it originally tried to stay away from making it seem supernatural as possible. Because the case was being contiunally backed up by less and less probable medical symtoms.
I know it seems like I'm bashing the book, but I really enjoyed it. I just think it is a bit overrated Read it, but it doens't seem to live up to the hype the movie has brought it.
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Summary: An Effective Study Of The Nature Of Evil.
Review: William Peter Blatty's "The Exorcist" is the best novel I have ever read. It's intense and gripping as well as chilling. Blatty also has a great writing style that makes you enjoy the book even more. The characters are very well-crafted. But I loved the fact of how deep this novel actually was (and still is). It's an intense study of what lengths evil will go to manifest itself. I being Baptist preacher's son was glad at how Blatty understood the philosphical and emotional areas of the story. But I also loved how incredibly he captures the nature of evil here. This is the best horror novel ever written.
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Summary: It was a gripping and terrorfying look into evil
Review: The exorcist was a terrifying and truly astonishing look into the depths of evil and how far evil will go. It had me on the edge of my seat as i struggled to put it down. It's visous settings and events make the exorcist themost horrifying reading experience ever
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