The Exorcist (1973)

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100	San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack Friedkin has said the new, expanded version of his film has a more spiritual tone. But it's still a shocker.
100	Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington Re-released now in a digitally enhanced, sonically improved and slightly longer version, the movie is even better than it was in 1973.
100	Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman Classically scary.
91	Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman Here, in paranoid, bad acid trip form, is the real birth of girl power.
89	Mr. Showbiz Larry Terenzi It's shlock, yes, but at least it's highbrow shlock.
88	USA Today Susan Wloszczyna Retains the power to turn heads -- and stomachs.
88	Philadelphia Inquirer Desmond Ryan Suffice it to say I prefer the original conclusion, and I think most Exorcist fans will agree
88	Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert Was and is a brilliant horror film, one with an archetypal ability to reach and disturb us. If I were showing The Exorcist to a friend, I would show the 1973 version without the slightest hesitation.
80	Rolling Stone Peter Travers There's something elemental about The Exorcist, even with the new hopeful ending that betrays the bleak original.
75	New York Daily News Jack Mathews The movie that launched a new era in horror films, and which, for one generation, remains one of the scariest experiences of their lives.

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