The Exorcist

'The Exorcist' Will Be Adapted For A New Series

Vulture | Posted 05.24.2012

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What an excellent day for an exorcism! Nearly 40 years after "The Exorcist" became the first horror movie ever to be nominated for the Best Picture Os...

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Documentary Stars Vatican-Approved Exorcist

The Huffington Post | Andres Jauregui | Posted 04.09.2012

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Many people are familiar with the iconic 1973 film "The Exorcist," in which actors Max von Sydow and Jason Miller team up to turn the tables on a trul...

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My First R-rated Movie or... How I Became the James Bond of Covert Forbidden Film Viewing

Alex Simon | Posted 02.29.2012

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Alex Simon

For those of us who grew up in the suburbs in the pre-home video, pre-Internet and pre-cable TV 1970s and early '80s, there were few dangerous pleasures as heady as sneaking into an R-rated movie at the local multiplex.

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What Scares Writer Of 'The Exorcist'?

Posted 12.03.2011

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The book "The Exorcist", famously made into a movie in 1973, came out 40 years ago. To celebrate this anniversary, the author William Peter Blatty...

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EXCLUSIVE Meg Wolitzer's Literary Adventures In Bed: 10 That Don't Include A Good Night's Sleep (PHOTOS)

Meg Wolitzer | Posted 06.06.2011

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Meg Wolitzer

Here are ten other beds that don't include a good night's sleep.

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The Exorshtick

Ian Gurvitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ian Gurvitz

So as far as The Rite goes, it's got some pretty big cloven hooves to fill. But no matter how good the hype, I won't see it.

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'The Rite': Hollywood's Obsession With Exorcism Continues

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Daniel Burke Religion News Service For nearly 40 years, Hollywood has been obsessed with the possessed. Since the 1973 blockbuster "The Exorcist"...

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'The Empire Strikes Back' Inducted Into Library of Congress

AP | BEN NUCKOLS | Posted 05.25.2011

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BALTIMORE — Darth Vader proclaiming he's Luke Skywalker's father, John Travolta preening in his underwear and an early 20th-century deaf activis...

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'127 Hours' Causes Fainting, Vomiting, Seizures

Posted 05.25.2011

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'127 Hours' has gotten audiences fainting, vomiting and worse in numbers unseen since 'The Exorcist' - and the movie has not even hit theaters yet. ...

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Halloween DVDs: The Exorcist, Psycho, Troll 2 and More

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Giltz

Boo! Did it work? Did I scare you? If that didn't do the trick, try some of these new DVDs that came out in the last few weeks.

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Owed Money?

tmz.com | 9/7/2010 9:36 AM PDT by TMZ Staff   | Posted 05.25.2011

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William Peter Blatty -- who wrote the book and wrote the screenplay for which he took home an Oscar -- claims the movie company won't let him inspect ...

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Test Your Knowledge of Literature's Greatest Bed Bug Infestations

Laurence Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Laurence Hughes

In this short tale of mystery and imagination, a man is bitten by a strange gold bug, which leads to the discovery of a cryptograph revealing the location of Captain Kidd's treasure.

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CFQ Post-Mortem: Predators Redux & Tons o' Exorcisms

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Persons

After casting the devil out of The Last Exorcism, Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski exercise their analytic on other possession movie...

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A Quiet Little Thriller

William Friedkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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William Friedkin

It has now been 27 years since Exorcist author William Blatty published a new novel, so as the director of the film derived from that novel, I chose to interview him about it.

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Horror Chick: Why Do We Like Scary Movies?

Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rachel Sklar

Melissa Lafsky is a friend of mine, but she's always seemed strange to me for one reason: She loves horror movies. Loves them. Thrillers, slashers, cr...

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Trick or Treat or Terrify?

Jamie Lee Curtis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jamie Lee Curtis

Halloween is a breeding ground for a seemingly unending gruesome gore fest. Being a mother I've had to make the hard choices of what scary images my young children digested.

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Rosemary's Maybes: Losing My Connection with Classic Horror Films

Mike Doyle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Doyle

The Exorcist's head spinning, green vomit, and shots of demonic shapes aren't going to make a Clinton-era cable-watcher rush from his living room in fright.

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Raising Hell

Meredith Lopez | Posted 11.17.2011

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Meredith Lopez

I'm sure that most parents with small children, and babies in particular, think that their kids are possessed by demons at least once.

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Best Movies By Farr: When Oscar Screws Up

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Farr

2005 -- for Best Picture, give me Capote over Crash any ol' time. Another uninspiring year, I thought.

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