Again, with a film like the Exorcist, the Hype can either create a better (or in my case) terrible experience.
Having been born in the mid Eighties, I grew up with films which started to embrace visual effects etc (this is in no way my favourite type of film) ..and so I cant fully* grasp onto the time-line context of such a film...and ultimately the effectiveness.
I thought the film in itself had a great gimmick, but the actual horror* of it all was rather comical. I cant believe People walked out of Cinema's..but again..Americans always seem to interact with the screen alot more than English people. ( when seeing video footage..American audiences scream out etc...you would be lucky if you got a murmur in England)
Over Rated in my opinion.