After many new reviews are added during the release of The Exorcist: Believer, the Rotten Tomatoes score for the original 1973 The Exorcist drops.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The Rotten Tomatoes score for the original The Exorcist has fallen. The movie, which premiered in 1973, was an adaptation of the William Peter Blatty novel of the same name and starred Ellen Burstyn as Chris MacNeil, who seeks the assistance of priest Father Karras when her daughter Regan begins to exhibit signs of demonic possession.
In honor of The Exorcist's recent 4K restoration as well as this weekend's The Exorcist: Believer release, which both come shortly before the 50th anniversary of the original movie, Rotten Tomatoes has added more than 70 new reviews to their log for The Exorcist. According to their update announcement, these new reviews also include cataloged contemporary reviews from the 1970s.
Where Are the Negative The Exorcist Reviews Coming From? Despite this sudden, drop, the original The Exorcist remains the only movie in the entire Exorcist franchise to have a Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It is still a comfortable 20% higher than the next-highest entry, which is 1990's The Exorcist III at 58%. Nevertheless, this new score is somewhat surprising for a movie that is still considered one of the scariest horror classics of all time.
An examination of the newly added reviews for the movie reveals that only 38 of the movie's whopping 173 reviews are negative in the first place. One thing that the bulk of these new reviews have in common, whether they are current or archived reviews, is that the critic is generally reacting to the shock value of the movie, with some calling it "adolescent" and "morally corrupted.
Ultimately, the Rotten Tomatoes score can't alter the longstanding reputation of the original The Exorcist. However, the most intriguing element of this new update is a reflection of further cultural context around the movie. Because of its intense and shocking subject matter, the movie has not been received with open arms by every audience.
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