William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist” is the most terrifying
horror movie ever made. Other opinions on this topic are valid, but wrong, and
though there are any number of truly horrifying films out there, none of them
can even hold “The Exorcist’s” jock. The first time I watched “Psycho,” alone
in the dark, is as close as any other movie has ever come, but that still pales
in comparison. And because it’s October, and because what better time of year
to revisit all of your favorite spooky films, Warner Bros. has just released a
badass 40th anniversary Blu-ray of “The Exorcist,” and it has all the bells and
whistles you anticipate from a release like this.
