Banking on some “Blair Witch” success, Linda Blair resurfaces. The “Exorcist” is pulled out of the film storage closet in some “never before seen footage” of the 1973 classic. Something beyond comprehension is happening to a little girl on this street, in this house (was the tag line in 1973). Still works for me. A man has been called for as a last resort to try and save her. That man is The Exorcist (Max Von Sydow.) Ellen Burstyn stars as the mother Chris MacNeil to the pea soup spraying-head-spinning-swearing child, Regan MacNeil. Bottom line: They can use all this video-digital-surround-a-sound 2000 input they want. Bottom line. It’s scary and thrilling on a big screen.
