In Chicago, frustrated moviegoers used a battering ram to gain entry through the double side doors of a theater. On opening day of the film, lines of the novel’s fans stretched around city blocks. Two years after its publication, The Exorcist was, of course, turned into a wildly popular motion picture, garnering ten Academy Award nominations. A small group of overwhelmed yet determined individuals must rescue Regan from her unspeakable fate, and the drama that ensues is gripping and unfailingly terrifying.
Inspired by a true story of a child’s demonic possession in the 1940s, William Peter Blatty created an iconic novel that focuses on Regan, the eleven-year-old daughter of a movie actress residing in Washington, D.C. Originally published in 1971, The Exorcist remains one of the most controversial novels ever written and went on to become a literary phenomenon.
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