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Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen

Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen (2000)

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88

Average Rating: 7.8/10
Reviews Counted: 81
Fresh: 71 | Rotten: 10

The Exorcist has withstood the test of time, and it still has that renegade feel and the power to shock.

79

Average Rating: 7.1/10
Critic Reviews: 19
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 4

The Exorcist has withstood the test of time, and it still has that renegade feel and the power to shock.

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When a 12-year old girl is possessed by demons, a young priest takes it upon himself to selflessly save her at the behest of her famous movie-star mother.

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William Peter Blatty

$38.7M

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All Critics (90) | Top Critics (24) | Fresh (75) | Rotten (11) | DVD (29)

there's something elemental about The Exorcist, even with the new hopeful ending that betrays the bleak original.

May 8, 2001
Rolling Stone
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Still jolting.

January 1, 2000
Boston Globe
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More gross than outright scary.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee
Sacramento Bee
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The new version's amendments, for the most part, are distracting and sometimes unintentionally funny.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Besides the performances, which are uniformly strong, what's so terrific about "The Exorcist" is how it's in no hurry to get to the meat of its horror. Unlike today's horror movies, it isn't exploitative. It's about its characters.

October 3, 2010 Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine)
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

I went prepared to be scared, and woke up sleep-walking two nights in a row after I saw it. Isn't that what horror movies are supposed to do?

April 12, 2009 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com
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The movie's eerie quietude is gone.

July 30, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com
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...Still a thrill to watch after all these years, so full it's hard to absorb in one showing, so affecting it will still keep you awake at night. But maybe for different reasons.

February 8, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Quips Online | Comment (1)
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The greatest horror film ever made. It doesn't scare me or anything, but it is really well made and is one of my favorite movies.
May 5, 2011
CreedsDelight

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Even better than the original that seemed to be flawless. The few key scenes they do add are amazing, I can't imagine the crab walk not being part of the experience now. I feel like the pacing is even better, there's more time spent with the characters and an even more mystifying tone to it. It will always be the horror movie that got me crazy about the genre, there's no way you can see this and not be utterly blown away. It's realistic, creepy and beautiful. William Friedken's level of detail is amazing and unmatched in the context of the release and expectations in horror movies at the time.
September 30, 2010
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