The classic horror picture, “The Exorcist,” gets Blu-Ray treatment including new “behind the scenes” special features and the HD video/sound updating.
“The Exorcist” is not so much a triumph due to director William Friedkin. It’s the writer and screenwriter, William Peter Blatty, whose smart, and perhaps too tidily-ended, narrative is what makes the movie frightening.
“The Exorcist” is one of those horror pictures that misfires with pea-green vomit and twisting heads but acknowledges the scary claim of the mysterious.
And Jason Miller and Max von Sydow as the two priests make it that much more of a thrill to watch.
