Specs:
-Dual Layer
-Widescreen (1.85:1)
-English Dolby 5.1
-French Dolby digital Mono
-Subtitles:English, French
-Widescreen anamorphic format
Special Features:
-Commentary by director William Friedkin
-Audio commentary by William Peter Blatty, including audio outtakes of sound effects
-Special introdoction by director William Friedkin
-"The Fear of God: The Making of the Exorcist", a 74 minute documentary
-8 theatrical trailers, 6 TV spots
-Interactive Menus

Synopsis:
After a demon possesses an innocent little girl her only chance for salvation lies in the hands of Max Von Sydow (a.k.a. The Exorcist).

Review:
I got tell it like it is, I was bored out of my fucking tree watching this movie. Now I know that this movie is hailed as a classic and that when it came out in 73 it was cutting edge horror, but by today’s standards this movie blows.

For starters it’s way too fucking long. Believe me, you could easily lop 20 minutes off this mother and it would still have the same impact of the original cut.

I’ve also gotta say that I found most of the scenes depicting the possession laughable, but I’m an atheist so they didn’t have the same impact on me that I would imagine they would for a member of the God-squad.

Special Features :
This little devil’s stacked, but not all of it is worth watching.

The BBC documentary “The Fear of God: The Making of the Exorcist” was nothing special. It more or less covered the making of the film, but since I wasn’t particularly fond of the movie it held little interest for me. It did get better towards the end when they touched on the impact that the film made in 1973, but this section only lasted for about 5 min. (so just skip forward).

The first commentary track (featuring the director William Friedkin) was nothing special. He just goes on and on about how great he thinks this movie is, about how he adapted the screenplay from the book, and of course the obligatory stories about the production.

I was hoping that the second track featuring Blatty would be better, but it was a let down too. Blatty seemed to have less to say than Friedkin. All he really talked about was the differences between the book and the movie, and then he kisses Friedkin's ass for a while. Fucking sycophants make me sick. Unfortunitly it goes down hill from there because his commentary cuts off 40 minutes into the movie, only to be replace by the special sound effects tests (the most annoying thing I’ve ever heard). The special sound effects tests basically consisted of audio of little Linda Blair saying lines in her normal voice, which were then followed by the demon voice saying the same fucking thing. This went on and on for atleast 25 minutes. I’d like to meet the smart guy responsible for this so I could kick the living shit out of him (the things I sit through for you dear readers).

The additional interviews (there were 3 of them) had Blatty and Friedkin sitting at a table discussing what was taken out of the movie. But by then I was already too sick of these 2 Mofo’s to really care about what they had to say.

Did I mention that you also get 8 trailers and 6 TV spots yet? Well you do, but they all seemed the same after a while. If you’re a fan watch’em, other wise save yourself the horrible repetitiveness of this section.

And last, but not least the production sketches and storyborads. Again interesting for fans, but boring for others. You’ve been warned.

Video and Audio:
The video transfer on this DVD was really shitty. Dust particles and scratches aside, in some of the scenes a blob of yellow appears in the left corner of the screen and a blob of blue in the right. I guess they couldn’t find a master in good condition to make the transfer from (what a fucking shame). The audio on the other hand is 5.1.

“Fuck me Jesus! Fuck me Jesus! Fuck me Jesus! Fuck me Jesus! Fuck me Jesus! Fuck me Jesus!” - Regan

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