For the month of October, JoBlo.com staff will be gearing you up for the Halloween season with My Favorite Scary Movie, where we will share our favorite scary flicks, be it gory horror, supernatural thriller or bloody slasher flicks, lending the personal touch for each film and why it stands as one of our all-time favorite spooky flicks of the season. THE EXORCIST (1973) What’s it about?: While on an archaeological dig in Iraq, Father Lankester Merrin unearths an amulet that resembles the demon Pazuzu.
On the other end of the globe in Washington D.C., actress Chris MacNeil lives an idyllic life with her young daughter Regan, playing and laughing like there isn't a care in the world. Soon, Regan starts playing with a Ouija board and begins communicating with an imaginary friend named Captain Howdy. But it doesn't take long for that to turn into something evil, and Regan begins demonstrating odd behavior, like peeing on the floor, cursing like a violent sailor and getting cuts on her face. Mix that in with some serious bed shaking and it becomes clear this is not a common cold.
After running out of options the Catholic church becomes involved, and Father Damien Karras, a man of the cloth who is losing his faith, and Merrin must expel the demon from the child, lest it takes over Regan forever. Who’s in it?: as Chris MacNeil; as Regan MacNeil; as Lankester Merrin; as Damien Karras; Lee J. William Kinderman; as Sharon Spencer; as Burke Dennings with; Mercedes McCambridge as the voice of Pazuzu, and; Eileen Dietz as the face of the demon. Who made it?: (Director), (Producer/Screenplay, based off his own novel), Jack Nitzsche (Music), Owen Roizman (Cinematography), (Cinematography). Why it’s my favorite scary movie: I've seen many a' horror movie in my day, including the artistic, the scare-a-minute, the gorefests and the cheap flicks that are for some reason trending on Netflix.