![]() Chris takes her to the doctor where they believe that she just needs to take a medication, Adderall, and she will soon be better. After an incident where Regan’s bed begins shaking her personality begins to completely change. During this introduction Regan is a completely normal twelve-year-old girl who is excited about a horse she had seen that day and loves crafts but Chris finds an Ouija board in the basement that Regan claims to use to talk to a ghost named “Captain Howdy”.Īs the movie progresses strange things begin happening in the house, like banging sounds in the attic and the window in Regan’s room being open, making the room freezing cold. Regan’s Mother is an actress she and Regan had just moved to Georgetown in Washington D.C. You are then introduced to Regan and her Mother, Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn). The opening scene of the movie takes place in Iraq at an archaeological site where Father Merrin (Max Von Sydow) is working during this scene a figurine is found that you see throughout the whole movie and seems to have ties to Regan’s possession. The movie follows the life of a twelve-year-old girl, Regan MacNeil (Linda Blair), during the duration of her possession by an evil demon that claims to be the Devil. The Exorcist takes place in Georgetown in the current day of the movie’s release (1973). The original and current Motion Picture Rating (MPAA) in the United States is R for its strong language and disturbing images. The Director’s Cut is William Friedkin’s original finished work, but because of the graphic nature of the Director’s Cut, some scenes were cut to be more suitable for movie theater viewing. ![]() ![]() The version of this movie that I viewed is the Director’s cut this version does not omit anything, it is actually longer than the originally released one. With an estimated budget of $10,497,444, Director William Friedkin mortified and disturbed teens and adults so severely that The Exorcist is known as the “scariest movie ever made”. The Exorcist (1973) was never expected to become the classic that it is today. ![]()
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