The Exorcist (1971)/The Exorcist (1972)
- Podcast Episode
- 2018
Based on a true story of demonic possession in 1949 which Blatty heard about whilst being a student at Georgetown University in 1950. Aspects of the character Father Merrin were based on the... Read allBased on a true story of demonic possession in 1949 which Blatty heard about whilst being a student at Georgetown University in 1950. Aspects of the character Father Merrin were based on the British archaeologist Gerald Lankester Harding, who had excavated the caves where the Dea... Read allBased on a true story of demonic possession in 1949 which Blatty heard about whilst being a student at Georgetown University in 1950. Aspects of the character Father Merrin were based on the British archaeologist Gerald Lankester Harding, who had excavated the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls had been found and whom Blatty had met in Beirut. Blatty has stated that Har... Read all