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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 her mother's attempt to rescue her through an exorcism by ...
Dec 26, 1973 · The Exorcist: Directed by William Friedkin. With Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn. When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
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- William Friedkin
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- The Exorcist Movies in Chronological Order. Exorcist: The Beginning. Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist. The Exorcist. Exorcist II: The Heretic. The Exorcist III.
- Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) Exorcist: The Beginning has an interesting backstory; the studio wanted an Exorcist prequel, but the one that they'd filmed with the great Paul Schrader (Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist) was rejected by the executives for being too slow and weird.
- Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005) John Frankenheimer was originally hired to direct Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist but withdrew from filming due to ill health.
- The Exorcist (1973) The very first in the series, The Exorcist, is classed as one of the most terrifying horror movies of all time, and even 50 years on continues to terrify its audience.
When young Regan (Linda Blair) starts acting odd -- levitating, speaking in tongues -- her worried mother (Ellen Burstyn) seeks medical help, only to hit a dead end. A local priest (Jason...
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- Ellen Burstyn
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A visiting actress in Washington, D.C., notices dramatic and dangerous changes in the behavior and physical makeup of her 12-year-old daughter. Meanwhile, a young priest at nearby Georgetown University begins to doubt his faith while dealing with his mother's terminal sickness.
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“The Exorcist” is one of the best movies of its type ever made; it not only transcends the genre of terror, horror, and the supernatural, but it transcends such serious, ambitious efforts in the same direction as Roman Polanski’s “Rosemary’s Baby.”