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100Re-released now in a digitally enhanced, sonically improved and slightly longer version, the movie is even better than it was in 1973.
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100Friedkin has said the new, expanded version of his film has a more spiritual tone. But it's still a shocker.
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100Classically scary.
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100Isn't just a horror film, but an American classic. Watch again and reflect for days after -- at your own risk.
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91Here, in paranoid, bad acid trip form, is the real birth of girl power.
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90That's what directors do when they have nothing new to say: They go back and rewrite the past, if only to avoid facing the future
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90The best thing about the new Exorcist is the spiffed-up soundtrack.
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90This edition of the seminal example of genre sensationalism refined by the cream of Hollywood craftsmanship is more complicated than a standard director's cut.
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89It's shlock, yes, but at least it's highbrow shlock.
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88Was and is a brilliant horror film, one with an archetypal ability to reach and disturb us. If I were showing The Exorcist to a friend, I would show the 1973 version without the slightest hesitation.
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88The Exorcist has lost none of its ability to invade your nightmares.
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88His (Friedkin) very lack of subtlety is both the strength and weakness of The Exorcist in the 21st century.
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88Suffice it to say I prefer the original conclusion, and I think most Exorcist fans will agree
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88The amazing thing about the film, for anyone who hasn't had an intentional Hollywood scare lately, is that it still delivers on the most visceral level
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88Retains the power to turn heads -- and stomachs.
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88An upsetting landmark. Don't take the children.
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80There's something elemental about The Exorcist, even with the new hopeful ending that betrays the bleak original.
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80A museum piece, something to be enjoyed for its historical value.
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You're scared witless much of the time, even if you conclude afterward that this 1973 movie was really pretty amateurish and simpleminded.
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75The movie that launched a new era in horror films, and which, for one generation, remains one of the scariest experiences of their lives.
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70This truly terrifying film version of the best-selling Blatty novel is far superior to the book.
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70Still packs a wallop of terror for those with the strength of stomach for it.
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50This hugely popular horror yarn is less a cleverly spun story than a disjointed collection of shockeroos, surrounding a few ghoulishly effective moments with overcooked plot twists and in-your-face vulgarity.
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4011 minutes longer than the original, and 11 minutes worse.
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