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Summary: Quite full of extra features!
Review: The Exorcist on DVD has been given a deluxe treatment that should surely please the fans. Packed in a nice golden box and featuring lobby cards, a collectible booklet and more, it's a very feature-packed DVD expierience. First off, The Exorcist isn't quite as great of a film as some folks may tell. I don't know why, but it just didn't scare me a bit. Still, you've gotta respect it for making its way to top 100 films and winning a best picture award (very rare for a horror film) as well as scaring the pants off of a generation of movie-goers. It also features very fine actors. Ellen Burstyn is quite talented and she played the role of Chris MacNeil very well. Jason Miller is quite good as a preist, Father Karras. Lee J. Cobb does very well with the small part of Lt. Kinderman and, of course, who could forget about Linda Blair? This extremely talented young actress (who had only had a small part on one movie before) does so well as the possesed child, Reagan, spouting out profanity and doing extremely violent and disgusting things (although her voice was dubbed over by Mercedes McCambridge). I think we all know the plot of The Exorcist, so I'll just talk about this limited eition collector's set. It's quite pleasing. Packed up with behind-the-scenes footage and all sorts of things, it's the ultimate Exorcist goody bag! First off, this film looks great and sounds great. Considering the movie's age, the transfer is quite mind-blowing. Sure, it's got its fair-share of scratches, pops, and glitches, but it's an overall very well done re-master. The sound is very good and you can almost always hear what the actors are saying (not near the beggining, but little Linda's words of possesion come off loud and clear). All in all, I can hear what I'm supposed to hear. This DVD is double-sided disk, one side containing the movie and one containing the special features. The main highlight of the extras must be the 76 minute documentary called "The Fear Of God: The Making Of The Exorcist" that goes quite in-dept to give us all the information on the making of The Exorcist. It contains interveiws with actors Jason Miller, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, Ellen Burstyn, Rev. William O' Malley, Rev. Tom Birmingham, and several members of the cast and crew, including William Peter Blatty and William Freidkan, who takes the film much to seriously (here's a direct quote: "The is not a film about Dracula! This is not a film about the alien! This is a film about people who live up the street! It's about a real street in a real town, with real people living in it! And in this real house on the third floor is a real little girl who happens to be possesed by a demon!" William Freidkan) and seems to think he's some sort of a god because he made this movie. Still, this documentary is consistently entertaining, always informative, and it opens the door to all sorts of unrevealed materials. In reality, Mr. Freidkan was more of a psychotic freak monster than a director. He beat up Ellen Burstyn (giving her a permenent spinal cord injury as well as not caring a bit about the fact that Linda Blair was dieing during filming of one scene. What a psycho! This documentary also contains several deleted scenes (which can be seen in context of the film on The Exorcist- The Version You've Never Seen). The deleted scenes include a much different (and much better) ending that doesn't end on such a depressing note and gives way to The Exorcist 3. You can also see a short scene extension between preists Merrin and Karras on the staircase and the famous "Spiderwalk" sequence, which is quite chilling and should never have been cut out in the first place. Interviews between William Peter Blatty and Freidkan are quite hilarious, as neither person is listening to each other. Freidkan seems more interested in his coffee than Blatty's talk about the deleted scenes. The documentary seems like enough extra, but there's still more stuff! There are all three original theatrical trailers (incredibly cheesy) and one for Exorcist 2 The Heretic (which is a treat) and several TV Spots and a detailed description of the story the Exorcist is based upon (the description sounds just like the movie, but without a girl). There's also two commentary tracks. One of them is by William Freidkan that's enjoyable, but they don't even bother to lower the film's soundtrack, so he's quite hard to hear. However, the stuff he does say is quite interesting. The other one is by William Peter Blatty who talks-and talks- and talks! Then, the second half of the commentary is sound tests, which are quite dull. Other extras include trailers for "Beetleguice" and a few other Warner movies, as well as an introduction at the beggining of the movie by Freidkan. I've noticed that he sais four times in different places this: "Everyone takes out of the film what they bring to it", which is cr*p. He says this in his introduction, his commentary, his commentary for the new version, and in the documentary. Anyway, the introduction is quite good and should spike interest in seeing the movie. So, all in all, this DVD Box-Set should please fans of the movie, who I'm sure will proudly display it on their shelfs. If you found my reveiw helpful, please vote for me. Thanks a lot!
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Summary: Astounding!!!!!!
Review: I thought this was a good film, i liked all of it. It made me scared & it entertained me. I bought it because I like scary films, this film is a good film. Check it out.
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Summary: Undoubtedly one of the greatest films ever
Review: It is with trepidation that i watched this film, having heard so much about it. I am glad that i did. This was an unbelieveable experience. It is truly a great film. The acting is first class, and the basic idea is extremely original, and quite disturbing. But, i have some minor quibbles with it. I cannot know how anyone can say this is a scary movie. I watched it at 11 at night, and when it drew to a close my final thought was "is that it?" Honestly, i thought there was more to it. It ended quite abruptly, and seemed very short. Surely there's more? I thought to myself. And "Is this what they've all been talking about?" i thought, perplexed. Because it was simply not scary. I didn't flinch once, as i was expecting to. Call me a liar if you want, but you would be wrong. I cannot understand the fuss about this film. It is disturbing, admittedly, but hardly scary. the scariest moment was when the mother (forget her name) goe sinto the loft with the candlestick. Apart from that, it wasn't frightening in the least. I really cannot believe how everyone claims this is the scariest film ever made. Even the demonic taking over of the young girl seems like just a natural progression, and i found myself thinking "so, what's new?". However, i suppose i am forgetting the time gap between my seeing it and its being released. In those intervening years we have been hardened much mroe against such material, by authors such as Thomas Harris, Stephen King, and al the other novelists who have turned gore and horror into the new "in thing". Attitudes toward such material are now much more liberal. When this first came out, i suppose the like of it had never been seen before. But now, i do believe it has lost it's bite. However, it is still an absolutely superb film in it's direction, topic, acting, and all other things. This will go down in history. Deservedly so.
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Summary: Great Movie
Review: Hey does anyone know if there is a part two? I see there is a part three.Whats going on.
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Summary: Still offers up the scares
Review: I love this movie from beginning to end. There are slow parts in the film, but like a roller coaster, it climbs slow and when it gets to the top it just blasts off and takes you on quite a ride. Well acted with some pretty damn believable special effects. Love the Regan character played by Linda Blair. I can't believe there are people who have never seen this movie still. Anyway I offer a HIGH recommendation for this one. Remember to hold on to your hats!
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Summary: The Version You've Never Seen
Review: This is such an awesome movie....and the transfer to DVD is amazing! To say this movie was made in 1973, the quality of this picture is outstanding. Although it is dated, it still has to ability to scare....or disturb the viewer a bit. I was VERY pleased with this movie. To watch it all over again, with a few scenes added back in, was amazing. The spider-walk is a MUST SEE! I watched this movie after dark; perfect atmosphere to a wonderful movie.
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Summary: The Movie That Scared EVERYONE Who Watched It!
Review: I originally saw this movie in college and its impact was long lasting. Never had I, nor any of my friends, been impacted so greatly by a movie. Luckily, I was wearing a strong shirt - without realizing it, I had a death grip on my shirt as my sweaty right hand gripped and pulled throughout most of the movie.
The flashes of evil cast an eerie spell on everyone who dared watch. College atheletes, who weren't afraid of anything, were afraid to open shower curtains as their imaginations got the best of them. There weren't even any shower scenes, ala Psycho.
If you've never seen the full, uncut version of this flick, you owe it to yourself to buy it (or rent it) and get the scare of your life.
I own my version, but it's not for sale. GKS: Syracuse University Class of 1975
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Summary: Buy The Other Version
Review: "The Version You've Never Seen" has a couple of good additions, such as the "spider crawl scene," or the conversation between priests on the staircase, but it's got some really dorky "subliminal" inserts too. NOT scary, only distracting. Only go with this disc if you are tired of the original. (...)
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Summary: The Exorcist: One of my favorite all-time horror movies!!
Review: The Exorcist has always been a frightful movie to watch. The
existence of evil and everything that it upholds sends chills
down my spin and possibly to those who "believe." The face
of teen-ager Linda Blair possessed is one that is never
unforgettable. Excellent directing and great commentation
on the new version.
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Summary: The intelligence of this film is often overlooked
Review: People far too often see this film to challenge their ability to handle a scary movie. I have seen far too many stupid people see this film and claim they didn't find it scary and that they laughed. These people have no understanding of how to interpret a horror movie. If you want to laugh at horror watch Evil Dead 2, it is made for that. The Exorcist is scary and disturbing if you decide to take it seriously and on top of that it is extremely well directed by Friedkin and the religious undertones are thought provoking and deep, unlike many movies in the horror genre. I have probably seen it a dozen times and it still freightens me simply because I allow it to. Thats why I put my arms up on a roller coaster. The extra scenes add to the intensity of the Exocism and Karras' character and also connect it to the third film (Blatty's installment). While the new scene of Reagan crawling down the stairs is almost on par with the crucifix scene it tends to be too much too early. However, the new scenes and added effects actually improve an already brilliant classic. I can only recommend this movie to people who take the horror genre for what it is...Horror, not comedy. Great horror films are far and few but this film along with Silence of the Lambs and the Shining is the greatest in its genre and one of the greatest films ever made. I would also recommend Dario Argento's masterpiece Susperia and ofcourse Halloween.
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