‘The Exorcist Review: After Nearly Five Decades, It’s Still Terrifying

Like many here, I, in all my friend groups, have always been the go-to “movie person.” People have always reached out to me for recommendations or asked me if I’ve seen their favorite movies, what my favorite genre is, and the works.

Though the one movie that I haven’t seen that raises the most questions is The Exorcist.

It’s not just my friends or co-workers who are shocked, but my own parents, old college professors, cousins, neighbors, the list goes on and on.

It’s one of the most widely celebrated horror films of all time, heck, it’s the first horror film to ever receive a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars.

How can I not have seen it? Since its release in 1973, it managed to stay in the pop culture lexicon, not only generating multiple sequels (which from what I’ve heard range from decent to don’t even touch), a television series,

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