The Exorcist (1973) # 5
The Exorcist was a film that showed me that horror could be filled with terror, and the unexpected. I saw this film at a relatively late age. I was way too young when it first came out, but I had heard stories about the film. Whether these stories were true it didn't really matter. It fed the myth of the film in my mind, and when I finally saw it I was amazed at the artistry of the film. From the direction to the cinematography the film "The Exorcist" is a film that deserves mention here. Based on the William Peter Blatty's 1971 best-selling theological-horror novel of the same name the movie remains pretty faithful to the book. Having seen the film later in life I did become obsessed about the cinematography of the film. Owen Roizman was the cinematographer, and from the first shot to the last shot the film is a masterpiece in cinmatography. I'm not going to say much more about the film because it's all been said before. T...