Regan MacNeil (Linda Blair) daughter of Hollywood actress, Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn) starts to exhibit anti-social behaviour which the medical community can't explain. Meanwhile Father Karras (Jason Miller) the Catholic church's best psychologist is having a crisis of faith, while his elderly mother goes into care and Father Merrin, the church's best paleontologist and exorcist finds evidence of the demon Pazuzu. When the 88 doctors who've examined Regan can't find what's causing her to crawl spider-like up staircases, projectile vomit and scream obscenities Karras and Merrin get called in to help. The rest is cinematic history.
A truly superb film. Beautifully photographed, directed, and acted. It's a film that takes its time slowly revealing the story as it goes and not spoonfeeding its audience. The tension it creates is staggering and the all-practical special make up effects by Dick Smith are still deeply unsettling. Much copied and deeply influential, after this came The Omen and a slew of possession films. It's a film that's lost none of its power and was an utter delight to see again on the big screen.
If you get a chance to see this large then you gotta take it!
10/10
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