Throughout the history of cinema, many horror films have been shot on a variety of topics. However, the most terrible of them is considered the film "The Exorcist", filmed in 1973 by William Friedkin, who filmed the book by William Peter Blatty. How did this adaptation scare the audience so much that many people are still afraid to watch it?
Plot description
Actress Chris McNeill's twelve-year-old daughter, Regan, suddenly falls ill. She has unusual and frightening seizures, after which the mother takes the girl to the doctor. He notes Regan's aggressive behavior, but does not find any diseases. The girl goes through various examinations, but the doctors are unable to make a diagnosis. At this time, the director, in the film of which her mother Chris was filmed, falls out of the window of her room. Having exhausted all their means, the doctors recommend Regan's mother try exorcism.
During the filming, William Friedkin was consulted by a priest, who is the author of a work on the subject of demonic possession and exorcism.
Exhausted and frightened, Chris turns to her father Karras, who agrees to examine the girl. Regan begins to speak strange English and Karras, who previously believed the girl's behavior to be a consequence of psychosis, decides to conduct an exorcism. An experienced exorcist Merrin arrives to help him, along with whom Karras tries to exorcise the devil from Regan. However, Merrin can not stand it and dies of a heart attack. Karras has no choice but to invite the devil to inhabit himself. He agrees and Karras is thrown out with him through the window. The healed Regan instantly recovers and leaves the city with her mother.
Interesting facts about the film
In "The Exorcist", William Friedkin used a huge number of special effects designed to scare the viewer half to death - and he succeeded. Nightmare make-up, inhuman roar, swaying walls and floors, brutal murders and the source of all this is a twelve-year-old girl. It is this contrast that scared the whole world so much and for many years has kept "The Exorcist" in the rating of the 250 best films.
For its "film career", the film by William Friedkin was nominated ten times for an Oscar, receiving two gold statuettes.
The director so vividly showed the rite of exorcism and the struggle of the priest with the devil that subsequently he was more than once accused of excessive naturalism. However, this did not stop "The Exorcist" from taking first place at the box office, receiving two top Academy Awards for Best Sound and Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as collecting $ 39 million 661 thousand in the American box office in 2000 and becoming the scariest film in history. cinema.
