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I've liked The Exorcist more and more every time I've watched it over the years, and now its one of my very favorites. I think the key revelation for me was when I realized that this was less a cheap-shock horror movie and more an intense personal drama about a priest thrown into a world of unknown on a very normal street corner. The film is called The Exorcist, not "The Exorcism", "Reagan", "The Demon", etc.
I don't even look at it as a horror movie anymore. Instead, I see it as one of the most interesting blends of sincere dramatic realism and disturbing supernaturalism ever put to celluloid.
And Return, I still stand by my opnion that you should give the film another try. You liked The French Connection- absorb Friedkin's style in this one; the gritty nature of the cinematography, the quiet moments. The performances by Von Sydow and the rest of the bunch are enough to make the film something special.
I do agree that years of hyping could ruin the first viewing experience for someone- probably because the film has been hyped for all the wrong reasons.
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