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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.
Three films, The Exorcism of Emily Rose (which focuses on both the court case and the exorcism), Requiem, and Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes, are loosely based on Michel's story. [8] First Issue, the debut album by post-punk band Public Image Ltd, contains a song titled "Annalisa" that is based on the case. [30]
In the 1973 horror film The Exorcist, Catholic priest Damien Karras interviews Regan MacNeil, a girl believed to suffer from demonic possession.While Karras probes to determine whether the possession is a hoax, the demon Pazuzu—who has possessed Regan—speaks in Latin and French, languages presumably unknown to Regan.
A young girl appears to be plagued by an evil force. The first Exorcist film stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Jason Miller and Linda Blair. Don't wait to watch, because the ...
"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 ...
Seven Churches is the debut studio album by American death metal band Possessed.The album title refers to the Seven Churches of Asia mentioned in the Book of Revelation. "The Exorcist" begins with producer Randy Burns' version of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells, performed as it was in the 1973 horror film of the same name.
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 ...
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.