Horror
American
1973 · Directed by William Friedkin · 122 min
In Washington, D.C., a successful actress sees her young daughter change in ways doctors cannot explain. As medicine runs out of answers, a troubled priest who is also a psychiatrist is drawn into the case. A slow, realistic, serious-minded horror film about belief and doubt.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining film of 1970s American horror and a blockbuster that proved the genre could carry prestige, box-office power and adult themes at once, shaping the possession and occult cycle that followed.
Watch with intention
Watch how patiently it builds the ordinary world, medicine, family and doubt, so that the horror has something real to damage.
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