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The Exorcist (1973)

★ 7.7 · 8,591 ratings on TMDB

Something almost beyond comprehension is happening to a girl on this street, in this house…And a man has been sent for as a last resort. This man is The Exorcis

The Exorcist poster★ 7.7

When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.

DirectorWilliam Friedkin
CastBarton Heyman, Ellen Burstyn, Jack MacGowran, Jason Miller, Kitty Winn, Lee J. Cobb
GenresDrama, Horror
The emergence reading

The Exorcist keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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