导演：威廉•弗莱德金

主演：艾伦•鲍斯汀 马克斯•冯•西多 Jason Miller

类型：惊悚/剧情/恐怖

上映日期：1973年12月26日 美国

推荐指数：★★★

剧情介绍

该片讲述了12岁的里根•麦克尼尔(琳达•布莱尔饰)被恶魔附身，她的母亲克里斯•麦克尼尔(埃伦•伯斯泰因饰)、父亲卡拉斯(贾森•米勒饰)和招魂的牧师梅林(马克斯•冯•赛多饰)为了解救小姑娘的灵魂而与魔鬼不懈斗争的故事。

推荐理由

本片讲述一个魔鬼附身的故事，但蕴涵着更深的社会涵义。本片曾被影迷评为影史上最为恐怖的电影，在最初放映时曾造成观众吓晕等事件,以至于护理人员被剧院招来随时待命，成为当时电影史上最具有争议性的一部电影之一。

Plot summary

The Exorcist is a horror novel written by William Peter Blatty. It is based on a 1949 exorcism Blatty heard about while he was a student in the class of 1950 at Georgetown University, a Jesuit and Catholic school.

The exorcism was partially performed in both College Park, Maryland and Bel-Nor, Missouri.Several area newspapers reported on a speech a priest gave to an amateur parapsychology society, in which he claimed to have exorcised a demon from a thirteen-year-old boy named Robbie, and that the ordeal lasted a little more than six weeks, ending on April 19, 1949.

An elderly Jesuit priest named Father Lankester Merrin is leading an archaeological dig in northern Iraq and studying ancient relics. Following the discovery of a small statue of the demon Pazuzu (an actual ancient Sumerian demigod) and a modern-day St. Joseph medal curiously juxtaposed together at the site, a series of omens alerts him to a pending confrontation with a powerful evil, which unknown to the reader at this point, he has battled before in an exorcism in Africa. Meanwhile, in Georgetown, a young girl named Regan MacNeil living with her famous actress mother, Chris, becomes inexplicably ill. After a gradual series of poltergeist-like disturbances, she undergoes disturbing psychological and physical changes, appearing to become "possessed" by a demonic spirit.

After several unsuccessful psychiatric and medical treatments, Regan's mother turns to a local Jesuit priest. Father Damien Karras, who is currently going through a crisis of faith coupled with the loss of his mother, agrees to see Regan as a psychiatrist, but initially resists the notion that it is an actual demonic possession. After a few meetings with the child, now completely inhabited by a diabolical personality, he turns to the local bishop for permission to perform an exorcism on the child.

After consultation with the Jesuit president of Georgetown, the bishop appoints the experienced Merrin, recently returned to the States, to perform the exorcism and allows the doubt-ridden Karras to assist him. The lengthy exorcism tests the priests, both physically and spiritually. After the death of Merrin, the task ultimately restores Karras' faith, leading him to give his own life to save Regan's.

(Source: wikipedia.org，英语点津Julie编辑）