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IMDb rating 8.1
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Bjorn Sundell
rated 9

Holds up even today. One of the most raw and chocking possession movies ever

1 year ago
Kasper Løvborg
rated 9

Let's begin with two complaints regrettably forcing me to withhold a star: a few (literally) headturning special effects and, critically, the voice dubbing of Blair. Had she screamed her heart out herself, it would have made all the differenc...

3 years ago
Critic William Thomas
rated 10

Sneak into a quiet, late night screening, give yourself over to it, believe, and you will be terrified.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 10

...diabolically inspired: it’s still capable of making you jump and yelp.

Read full review at The Guardian
Anders Korsgaard Pedersen
rated 10

Wauw. Just wauw. Even after 51 years! A existential horror movie slowburning to an epic development. This is not a movie about goog versus evil. It trancends that kind if trivial. This is something more and much more scarry. Many images will haunt...

1 month ago
Critic Frederik Asschenfeldt Vandrup
rated 8

...ikke ’bare’ en gyser, men en skildring af opgøret mellem godt og ondt.

Read full review at Cinemazone
Michael Thomsen
rated 8

Virkelig effektivt omgang satanisk horror-nonsens. En klassiker.

2 years ago
Pontus Wennerberg
rated 8

Bästa skräcken någonsin

1 year ago

Cast & Crew

Peter Masterson
As Dr. Barringer
Peter Masterson
Director
Max von Sydow
As Father Lankester Merrin
Ellen Burstyn
As Chris MacNeil
Lee J. Cobb
As Lt. Bill Kinderman

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In this chilling horror film, a young girl becomes increasingly erratic and violent, leading her mother to suspect that she's been possessed by a malevolent entity. Desperate for help, the mother turns to two priests who are skilled in the ritual of exorcism. As the demon inside the girl fights back with all its might, the priests must confront their own doubts and fears in order to save her from certain destruction. With its eerie atmosphere and shocking climax, this movie will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as The Exorcist include Rosemary's Baby, Audrey Rose, House of the Damned, Who Can Kill a Child?, The Brain Machine, Exorcist II: The Heretic.