Hasitha Fernando on the story behind The Exorcist as it turns 50…The Exorcist is a horror film that requires no introduction even 50 years later. Its impact on genre filmmaking and the horror genre as a whole is indisputable, whether you like to admit it or not. The movie’s supposedly cursed production and behind-the-scenes drama […]
R.I.P. William Peter Blatty (1928 – 2017)
William Peter Blatty, author of the 1971 novel The Exorcist and the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of the 1973 movie adaptation, has passed away aged 89. The news was announced on Twitter by William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist. William Peter Blatty, dear friend and brother who created The Exorcist passed away yesterday — William Friedkin […]
