| release date | December 26 1973 |
| studio | Warner Bros. |
| director | William Friedkin |
| writer | William Peter Blatty |
| starring | Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, Lee Cobb, Ellen Burstyn |
| rating | R |
| tagline | The Devil Inside |
| site | theexorcist.net |
| trailer 1 | Trailer #1 |
Marcel Vercoutere, who built the life-sized animatronic robot for Linda Blair’s possessed Regan in The Exorcist has died at the age of 87. Many of us weren’t alive at the time of the film’s release and even less of us were of the age to see it in a theater, but by all accounts the moment that robot’s head spun around was a huge pop culture “moment.” No one had seen anything like that before, and Vercoutere’s work still holds up today. READ MORE
A very special thanks to Hank Sforzini for creating and sending us the absolutely incredible Horror Movie Franchises By the Numbers infographic! READ MORE
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Your job as a filmmaker is to create the illusion of reality, a place where a filmgoer can lose themselves in and forgot about their real life troubles. As easy as that sounds, creating a believable and immersive experience isn’t that simple. READ MORE
The Telegraph just published a report detailing the results of a study done by the University of Westminster on the calorie-burning efficacy of horror films. Per the report, watching some of these horror films burns can burn up nearly 200 calories a time. Or in more tangible terms, a horror movie can burn off a bar of chocolate. READ MORE
In previous weeks Bloody Disgusting presented you with an exclusive look at never-before-seen special effects test footage that’s been unearthed from William Friedkin’s 1973 horror masterpiece The Exorcist! The footage was provided by someone very special to us, who unfortuantely cannot be named. READ MORE
Courtesy of the good folks at Film School Rejects comes easily the funniest Halloween Treat this October! READ MORE
Last week Bloody Disgusting presented you with an exclusive look at never-before-seen special effects test footage that’s been unearthed from William Friedkin’s 1973 horror masterpiece The Exorcist! The footage was provided by someone very special to us, who unfortuantely cannot be named. READ MORE
I’ve been teasing a massive Halloween treat for a few days now. I hope this makes your head spin! READ MORE
Greetings. I am a film critic from the future. The near future. So near it wouldn’t even impress you. Everything’s the same. It’s depressing. As a future film critic, it’s my task to electronically deliver spoiler-filled reviews of awful films from my present to yours with an aim to keep these cinematic atrocities from existing in the first place through the power of premature bad press. These are my chronicles: The Future Movie Reviews. READ MORE
Toto Miranda is new to horror. READ MORE
In theaters today from LD Entertainment is Killer Joe, an insanely fun and disturbing movie directed by the man behind The French Connection, The Exorcist, Sorcerer, To Live And Die In LA and Bug – William Friedkin. The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church and Gina Gershon and is based on a play by Pulitzer and Tony Award winner Tracy Letts. READ MORE
Speaking of William Friedkin, if you’re a fan of his film The Exorcist and want to see how the stage play stacks up in terms of the book’s adaptation – you might want to head down to The Geffen Playhouse between July 3rd and August 12th. Interestingly enough it stars Brooke Shields (The Blue Lagoon, Midnight Meat Train) as Chris MacNeil and newcomer Emily Yetter as READ MORE
Gregori J. Martin (The Intruders, Raven) is getting behind the camera for Unhallowed, which shoots February in Los Angeles and New York. READ MORE
Fact: Evil kids are scary, which is why I love films like The Bad Seed, The Exorcist, The Omen and more recently The Children. READ MORE
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