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This is really the only movie that truly scares me.

When I saw it in the theaters in 2000, I thought I am much older now, I am in a theater with a bunch of people, how could I still find this scary?

Needless to say this movie messed with my sleep for 6 months. This movie is very powerful. I never get how people find it comical.

The way the movie slowly builds, the sense of desperation and loss of all hope. The demon’s manipulation of the situation. The not so happy ending, it just all creeps me out. Its much more than just Regan.

Also if Regan was played by a boy I would bet it would not have been as scary to me. That I believe is a stroke of genius on Blatty’s part. I think a boy would have creeped me out less, Regan being a young girl both creeps me out more and at the same time makes me more sympathetic.

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