Tag: Linda Blair
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‘The Exorcist’s Iconic Theme Wasn’t Even Supposed To Be in the Movie
“Something beyond comprehension is happening to a little girl on this street, in this house. A man has been sent for, as a last resort to try and save her.” A deep voice delivers this narration, heard over the theatrical trailer for The Exorcist (1973) right as frightening black-and-white images flash on the screen for…
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‘Exorcist’ Box Office: ‘The Believer’ Eyes $28M Domestic Opening, $47.1M Globally
The Exorcist: Believer topped the Friday box office with $11.9 million, including $2.9 million in previews. At this pace, the R-rated horror pic should open to $28 million domestically, a tepid number considering the high price paid for rights to the series.Globally, the film looks to open to $47.1 million for the weekend.The David Gordon…
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The Exorcist: Believer Ending Explained: People Who Need People
This post contains major spoilers for “The Exorcist: Believer.”William Friedkin, the immortal director of the original 1973 “The Exorcist,” who passed away earlier this year, was fond of saying that his film of William Peter Blatty’s novel was all about the “mystery of faith.” Faith, especially the religious kind, is a continually hot topic given humanity’s ever-increasing body…
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‘The Exorcist’ Recap — What To Remember Before ‘Believer’
A perpetual addition to any top-ten list of scariest movies of all time, The Exorcist is, above all else, an excellent film. It holds the distinction of being the first horror movie nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, and it ratchets up the terror not through an excess of blood and gore, but with…
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The Behind-the-Scenes Drama of the Demon’s Voice in ‘The Exorcist’
With the recent passing of the great William Friedkin and the release of The Exorcist: Believer, ’tis the season once again to revel in what an unholy miracle The Exorcist is. Still one of the scariest films ever made that hasn’t aged a day, it’s a masterpiece of atmosphere, weaving bone-crunching technique with sophisticated domestic…
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No One Hated ‘The Exorcist II’ More Than William Friedkin
It goes without saying that William Friedkin’s 1973 masterpiece The Exorcist is one of the greatest films of all-time. It doesn’t even need to be exclusively judged under the parameters of the horror genre. Unlike other American horror films at the time, the film brought a level of realism and emotional authenticity to a possession…
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In 1973, ‘The Exorcist’ Was as Big as Watergate
There was a lot going on at the end of 1973 heading into the new year. The President of the United States Richard Milhous Nixon was embroiled in the fallout from the bungled robbery attempt of the Democratic National Headquarters in the Watergate Hotel, and a revolutionary horror classic hit movie screens just a day…
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The Short-Lived ‘Exorcist’ TV Show Is the Perfect Binge Before ‘Believer’
The trailer for David Gordon Green’s The Exorcist: Believer has just dropped and looks to promise just as much, if not more, possession goodness than the original. The film, which is a direct sequel to the 1978 original, will follow the possession of two young girls. This sends their families on the same traumatic tailspin…