Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
- washington dc
- usa
- based on novel or book
- religion and supernatural
- exorcism
- paranormal phenomena
- possession
- satan
- priest
- demon
- roman catholic church
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Ellen Burstyn
Chris MacNeil
Linda Blair
Regan MacNeil
Jason Miller
Father Damien Karras
Max von Sydow
Father Lankester Merrin
- Lee J. Cobb — Lt. Bill Kinderman
- William O'Malley — Father Joseph Kevin Dyer
- Kitty Winn — Sharon Spencer
- Barton Heyman — Dr. Klein
- Peter Masterson — Dr. Barringer
- Jack MacGowran — Burke Dennings
- Rudolf Schündler — Karl
- Gina Petrushka — Willi
- Robert Symonds — Dr. Taney
- Arthur Storch — Psychiatrist
- Thomas Bermingham — Tom
- Directed
- William Friedkin
- Written
- William Peter Blatty
Production
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 · 8,795 ratings
- Studio
- Hoya Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1973 · You’re hereThe Exorcist
Where it starts.
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
The Exorcist III
1990
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
