The Exorcist: The Version You’ve Never Seen
2000, R, 131 min.
Directed by William Friedkin, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Linda Blair, Ellen Burstyn, Max Von Sydow, Jason Miller, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn.

No matter how many times viewed, The Exorcist never fails to deliver the goods. As soul-frightening and technically mesmerizing as it ever was, The Exorcist proves that there’s no ghost movie as scary as a Holy Ghost movie. This version has 11 additional minutes restored by director Friedkin.

This article appears in March 10 • 2000.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.