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  2. The Exorcist - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Is “The Exorcist” based on a true story? All about “Roland ...

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    The most impactful true story behind The Exorcist, however, is what happened afterward. The film brought renewed attention to the once-obscure practice of exorcism; today, demand for the ritual ...

  4. 'The Exorcist': The real-life horror stories behind the ... - AOL

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    Linda Blair and Ellen Burstyn in a harrowing scene from William Friedkin's 1973 horror classic, The Exorcist. ... this is a story about family and abandonment and the prospect for redemption. One ...

  5. The Exorcist (franchise) - Wikipedia

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    The Exorcist is a 1971 novel by American writer William Peter Blatty.It was adapted into the 1973 film of the same name.The book details the demonic possession of twelve-year-old Regan MacNeil, the daughter of a famous actress, and the two priests who attempt to exorcise the demon.

  6. Lankester Merrin - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Satan, scandal and S Club 7: The remarkable story of The ...

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    As Regan McNeil, the demonically possessed schoolgirl in William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973), Linda Blair spits obscenities, projectile vomits, defenestrates a man, slaps a priest and ...

  8. List of 1970s films based on actual events - Wikipedia

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    The Exorcist (1973) – supernatural horror film detailing 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, purportedly based on a true story [121]

  9. Movie Review: 'The Exorcist: Believer' doesn't desecrate the ...

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    There may be no holier ground in horror than “The Exorcist." As endlessly as William Friedkin's 1973 film has been ripped off and resurrected, its power remains unalloyed, its place in movie ...