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 1973 horror release was a revision of a novel written by Peter Blatty in 1971 bearing the same name. The novel itself was motivated by an exorcism story in 1949 that involved Ronald Doe. The movie is all about of a desperate mother trying to rid her teenage girl of a demon that has taken hold of her. She is assisted by two priests in her quest.
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 film starts where a catholic priest who goes by the name Lankester Merrin who is seen excavating an archeological site in Iraq. He stumbles across an amulet that resembles a statute of a demon called Pazuzu. He had defeated the demon and banished him a few years back. He gets to know that the demon has come back to avenge his banishing.
We are then taken to the home of Chris MacNeil, a famous actress in Washington D. C who are playing Ouija board with her 12 year old daughter called Regan. Suddenly in the midst of playing the board, Regan starts to behave strangely. She makes strange frightening sounds and even talks in bad language to her own mother. Furthermore, he exhibits unprecedented strength. She even goes further to shake her bed, much to the horror of everyone.
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 finally give up on Regan and exorcism seems the only way out. Chris asks Karras the priest to help her alongside Merrin. Karras at first declines but soon agrees after he finds a plea for help on Regan stomach and a recording where Regan talks in reverse.
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 1973 horror release was a revision of a novel written by Peter Blatty in 1971 bearing the same name. The novel itself was motivated by an exorcism story in 1949 that involved Ronald Doe. The movie is all about of a desperate mother trying to rid her teenage girl of a demon that has taken hold of her. She is assisted by two priests in her quest.
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 film starts where a catholic priest who goes by the name Lankester Merrin who is seen excavating an archeological site in Iraq. He stumbles across an amulet that resembles a statute of a demon called Pazuzu. He had defeated the demon and banished him a few years back. He gets to know that the demon has come back to avenge his banishing.
We are then taken to the home of Chris MacNeil, a famous actress in Washington D. C who are playing Ouija board with her 12 year old daughter called Regan. Suddenly in the midst of playing the board, Regan starts to behave strangely. She makes strange frightening sounds and even talks in bad language to her own mother. Furthermore, he exhibits unprecedented strength. She even goes further to shake her bed, much to the horror of everyone.
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 finally give up on Regan and exorcism seems the only way out. Chris asks Karras the priest to help her alongside Merrin. Karras at first declines but soon agrees after he finds a plea for help on Regan stomach and a recording where Regan talks in reverse.
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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