Some viewers suffered adverse physical reactions, fainting or vomiting to shocking scenes such as a realistic cerebral angiography. Reviews were mixed, but audiences waited in long lines during winter weather the sold out shows were even more profitable for Warners since they had booked it into those theaters under four wall distribution rental agreements, the first time a major studio had done that.
The Exorcist was released in 24 theaters in North America in late December 1973. Production took twice as long as scheduled and cost almost three times the initial budget the many mishaps have led to a belief that the film was cursed. Many cast and crew were injured, some died, and unusual accidents delayed shooting. Principal photography was also difficult, taking place in both hot deserts and refrigerated sets. They cast relative unknowns Burstyn, Blair and Miller, instead of major stars, against opposition from Warner Brothers executives. The story follows the demonic possession of a young girl and her mother's attempt to rescue her through an exorcism by a pair of Catholic priests.īlatty, who also produced, and Friedkin, his choice for director, had difficulty casting the film. It stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller and Linda Blair. The Exorcist is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin, adapted by William Peter Blatty from his bestselling 1971 novel of the same name.
If you loved The Exorcist then you should really pick this up and give it a go.$112.3 million (1974 worldwide release)
I really really enjoyed the antagonist in both film and book but in the end the movie comes out on top because Blatty removed all the things that were so unnecessary or provided nothing to the story, but some things here and there in the movie will make sense if you've read the book. There's more detail and motives make more sense. Though I do say the movie is better than the book the book does do one thing better and that's the antagonist. Some characters really have no place in the book, if they didn't exist in the book there would really be nothing different or changed. There are many fillers like it throughout the book and though they define Kinderman they're overdone. The book is somewhat good but then the story suddenly goes off track woth Kinderman's constant rambling, like a lot, and after some time comes back to the situation and Kinderman's ramblings make sense. When I was reading the Exorcist I thought "this is insanely better than the movie", so I was really excited to read Legion, which is my favorite movie of the two (The Exorcist 2 movie does not exist to me).
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