Why is Mount Rainier in Maryland and not in Washington?
Didn’t the priest just die as well?
That Linda Blair turned a few heads.....her own.
My mother had multiple myeloma....luckily it never cause her the pain that most people have.
R.I.P.
Specifically Ronald Hunkeler lived in Cottage City, which is only a few blocks big.
I remember getting cold chills reading that book on a hot summer day.
RIP. I bet he wished he could have died on Fri the 13th though.
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Thats the only movie that really scared me... still does. Though I dont believe in such things.. weird.
This is VERY strange!
Catholic priest who inspired The Exorcist died from a fall after a ‘possessed’ child spoke to him and he was ‘pushed over by an invisible force’, CIA agent claims
Anyone ever see “The Ninth Configuration?” Another WPB screenplay that I always thought was thought-provoking. RIP
I was around 13 when that movie came out and incredibly my parents took me to see it and WOW, talk about “mind blown”...I don’t think I slept for a week afterwards terrified I was going to be possessed and it seems I wasn’t the only one - what was interesting is the pews in my church were more crowded than usual after it came out. Today I don’t know if that would happen being that we know now the devil possessed the Democratic party.
RIP Mr. Blatty. Enjoyed your work.
I watched this movie again a few years ago and was struck by the fact that the Priests were all depicted as good, honest, decent, human, fallible, and courageous men. Willing to give their corporeal lives for the soul of a child. Much better than I thought it was going to be. I guess I’ve been slowly frog-boiled in the pot for so long that I hadn’t noticed it until I saw a movie where Priests were shown as they were back before Hollyweird turned dirtbag on us.
I remember seeing it when it came out, in Georgetown. Walked past the steps on the way to the car. Sure seemed scary at the time.
So sorry to hear of Mr. Blatty’s passing. The Exorcist, both in novel and movie form, is spooky, but for my money the scariest in the series is Legion (Exorcist III). Mr. Blatty wrote the novel (which is just OK) and also directed the movie version, which is dynamite and REALLY scary. The hospital hallway scene will lift you off your chair. Some studio interference mars the final act just a bit, but it’s still superior entertainment. Brrrrr.
Exorcist for later.
RIP Mr. Blatty