#editorspick The New Exorcist film and the trickery of less transgressive cinema
I don't even think it's arguable. I think it's recognized as one of the greatest horror movies ever made. And prestigious cast. You've got Max Von Sedot, you got Jason Miller. You got Linda Blair in what I believe is her first movie. The reputation of that movie still stands. The test of time. Even the original sequels like The Heretic, which is The Exorcist two with Richard Burton and The Exorcist Three with George C
And it's this focus on making sure that we get to participate in the nostalgia rather than do we really need to revisit the story? And that's the problem that I'm seeing with this film. The Exorcist was a very transgressive film, and by that I mean it broke a lot of rules. This is like essentially a warning parental discretion advice if you are younger or you don't want to hear this content about the movie
I'd say it's underrated. It probably has a cult following at this point. I loved it, even though it's problematic. It took the idea of Bonnie and Clyde and it switched it on its head. It used a police murder and police misconduct and a shooting to take two black characters and explore what it's like to be on the run in a film that is essentially a post Obama era film
