The Exorcist Set The Standard For Exorcism Horror Movies For Decades To Come For A Reason

In the last two years, horror films like Get Out, A Quiet Place and especially It have begun to receive the kind of gargantuan box office usually reserved, in the modern era, for massively expensive action blockbusters. It's an impressive achievement but it's far from the first time horror films have managed to secure towering levels of box office glory. In fact, back in 1973, The Exorcist experienced a domestic box office gross that stands at an outstanding $943.3 million when adjusted for inflation and has amassed well over $1 billion in 2018 dollars when factoring in two separate theatrical re-releases. The ninth biggest film of all-time at the domestic box office when adjusted for inflation petrified audiences all around the world back in the day and established exorcisms as a go-to source for scares in horror movies for decades to come.

The Camerawork In The French Connection Is Outstanding, The Characters Less So

Praise must be given to The French Connection for its boldly bleak ending. This 1971 feature from director William Friedkin has a gangbuster conclusion that dares to allow key plot points to go unresolved, for good to not triumph over evil and for our lead character to be sucked into his own mental abyss.  It's a daring way to close out the proceedings and its mighty well-executed, however, such a capper does not remove all the shortcomings previously seen in The French Connection, which ends up being a movie that's more successful in terms of camerawork than it is at character work.