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The Exorcist is a 1971 horror novel written by American writer William Peter Blatty and published by Harper & Row. The book details the demonic possession of eleven-year-old Regan MacNeil , the daughter of a famous actress, and the two priests who attempt to exorcise the demon.
Exorcist: The Beginning is a 2004 American supernatural horror film directed by Renny Harlin from a screenplay by Alexi Hawley. It is the fourth installment in The Exorcist film series and serves as a prequel to The Exorcist (1973). The film stars Stellan Skarsgård, Izabella Scorupco, and James D'Arcy.
The Exorcist is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin from a screenplay by William Peter Blatty, based on his 1971 novel.The film stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller, and Linda Blair, and follows the demonic possession of a young girl and the attempt to rescue her through an exorcism by two Catholic priests.
"The Exorcist" set box-office records for horror films, with numbers that soared with subsequent re-releases. At the same time, Blatty was deeply satisfied to hear priests report that, in the ...
Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) Recut from the already completed prequel film, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, this second attempt at a prequel to the original Exorcist trilogy tells the story ...
"The Exorcist is a powerful film even if one were to remove the supernatural element," agrees Syracuse University professor and pop culture expert, Kendall Phillips. "At its heart, this is a story ...
Stellan Skarsgård as Lankester Merrin in Exorcist: The Beginning (2004). Merrin's depiction in the 1973 film The Exorcist is faithful to the novel. The character of Merrin reappears in the sequel Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), in extended flashbacks detailing an exorcism he performed in Africa following the Second World War.
The Exorcist has a reputation as a “cursed film,” so much so that it was the subject of the first episode of Shudder’s docuseries of the same name. The trouble started on set, where Burstyn ...