Movie Review - The Exorcist

After hearing a lot about ths movie from my pals, i decided to give this movie a try.
The movie was released in 1973. Still such an old movie has its charm. William Friedkin has done a good job. This is probably the only Christian mythological movie i've ever come across till now.

The Plot:
The movie consists of three interrelated stories.
The first story is about a priest Lankester Merrin, who used to practise exorcism, but now does excavation in northern Iraq.

The second story is about an actress Chris MacNeil who lives in Georgetown with her daughter Regan MacNeil. Her daughter Regan becomes possessed by by a demon, and starts acting horridly. The demon intends to stay in Regan unless her body rots.

The third story is about a pychologist Damien Karrass who left medicine for the love of god. His mother dies had been wounded, and died alone, and Damien finds hmself at fault for leaving her mother alone for his job.

The demon inside Regan attacks Chris, and makes her call Damien. The demon shows his smartness by psychologically torturing Damien refererring to his fault. Damien takes the permission from the church to perform exorcism, and takes the support of Lankester Merrin. They start the exorcism rite. While performing the rite for the second time, Merrin is killed. Damien starts cursing the demon and asks him to come inside him, which the demon does. Realising that the demon had entered his body, Damien jumps out of the window and is killed. Hence they save Regan's life. After all this, Regan and her mother shift to a new home. Surprisingly, Regan doesn't remember anything that happened during her possession.

Final Verdict :

The movie is good. All the actors have done tremendously well. Regan's character does frighten at occations during her possession. Though some scenes are disgust the viewers(but for supernatural topics,they're inevitable). Though the movie takes time for the audience to understand, its a good one. Don't be surprised if someone gets freaaked out while watching the movie.

Overall, i'd give 3 out of 5 for a job well done.

What do you think?? Do you feel the same , or have a different opinion. Feel free to pour in your comments.