THE EXORCIST - 1973

BBFC 'The film had already courted controversy in the US where it had supposedly provoked fainting, vomiting and heart attacks in cinemas.' This allows the world to read about the film and the views written all over the internet for many people to access. The views on this movie shows the great impact of fear that people experienced in 1973.

• In 1979 the BBFC had looked into the film once again to see whether some of the scenes involving the young actress, 'Linda Blair' might be vulnerable under the 'Protection of Children Act 1978' which had created the distribution of 'Indecent' images of how children illegal are. After looking into the movie the consideration it was decided that the scenes in questions were constructed specially to avoid any images that were disturbing and how children were seen. The film was then allowed to continue its on-going and is still popular from the making of the film and the catchy PLOT of the film that kept viewers interested even so they felt scared. 
• In 1981 the movie was released on video by 'The Warner Home Video' as one of their first UK releases that had a major of the society from the PLOT and how the movie presented life itself and possession which the society wasn't prepared for something extreme. 
• 1988 The deadline for the making of the movie - The BBFC continued to debate if the film was suitable within of the VRA for 'viewing in the home'. I guess this is understandable as this was based around the story of someone's life, the world wasn't ready for something so effective to be produced into a movie, as this movie was mostly set in a house atmosphere it seems that once its viewed at home, it would effect more people to fear for life. 
• The film also had different views on women. Somethings had led to concerns that the film might cause severe emotional problems especially among those who believed in the reality of demonic possession. 

"It was with this concern in mind that the BBFC in the 1980s and early 1990s concluded that a video classification - even with an 18 rating (which could not entirely exclude the possibility of the work being seen by younger and susceptible viewers) - was inappropriate."

• The BBFC had more concerns on the film's reputation. They thought that it could be easily accessed to the movie, the thought of having a young person get hold of the movie would in fact effect more on their emotional side and would be hard on their parents/Guardians to overcome what they want their children to believe in. Its their duty to control their children to watch the movie if its suitable of age! Therefore the BBFC had came to a conclusion  that the movie 'The Exorcist' could finally be classified '18' to be watched on DVD when released to the public. 
• The DVD version was submitted to the BBFC in 2010 that included some minor changed to the end credits. As it was checked once again for the elements that shouldnt be needed, the '18' was kept the same for those that were 18 years and over. 'The BBFCinsight' added "Contains very strong language, storng threat and supernatural horror." 

Some information i came across on a website which i thought was very important to add, to know about as the movie had such a great impact on certain individuals. You could say they it was one of those movies that could change views on beliefs and disagreements occurring. 

The original teaser trailer, which consisted of nothing but images of the white-faced demon quickly flashing in and out of darkness, was banned in many theaters, as it was deemed "too frightening".

When originally released in the UK a number of town councils imposed a complete ban on the showing of the film. This led to the bizarre spectacle of "Exorcist Bus Trips" where enterprising travel companies organised buses to take groups to the nearest town where the film was showing.

This is Warner Brothers' highest grossing film of all time when adjusted for inflation.

Upon its initial theatrical release the film affected many audiences so strongly that at many theaters, paramedics were called to treat people who fainted and others who went into hysterics.

In 1981, the film was released on video by Warner Home Video, as one of their first UK releases. At the time, there was no requirement that videos should be classified by the BBFC so the video was simply released on the strength of its existing 'X' certificate. In 1988, after the Video Recording Act was introduced, the video was withdrawn from shelves when the BBFC refused to give it a video classification. It was not until 1999 that it finally received that classification and was re-released for home viewing.

In a 2007 poll conducted by the UK's The Times for the Top 50 Scariest Movie Moments, this film topped the list.

In 1981 the film was released on video by Warner Home Video, as one of its first UK releases. At the time there was no requirement that videos should be classified by the BBFC, so the video was simply released on the strength of its existing "X" certificate. Contrary to popular opinion, the video version was never included on the Director of Public Prosecution's list of "video nasties" and was never prosecuted for obscenity, testament perhaps to the popularity of the film and the high regard in which it was held. After the Video Recordings Act (VRA) was introduced in 1984 it became necessary for the film to obtain a certificate for video release from the BBFC. The video release was continually delayed on the recommendation of chief censor James Ferman, who advised Warner Brothers against submitting the film for a UK video certificate. A possible 1988 release was also vetoed by Ferman, who cited recent cases of child abuse as the reason. It was finally released on video fully uncut in June 1999, five months after Ferman's retirement as UK censor.

The first horror film to be nominated for Best Picture Academy Award.