One of the most frightening scariest books I ever read late into the night. The first movie is still pretty creepy. The "Exorcist II: The Heretic" with Richard Burton and Linda Blair is one of the baddest movies ever made and I've watched it a few times, shaking my head, going, WTF?. Director Martin Scorsese said of "Exorcist II: The Heretic", that it was one of his top five bad movies of all time. You gotta see it to believe it. Hopefully, the Devil is not saying hey to Mister Blatty.

His book inspired one of the creepiest movies I've ever seen.
My mom didn't want to see it based on the reviews when it was released (and stories of audience members freaking out), and was upset at my dad for taking my older sister and I.
Being 11 years old, I was frozen in my seat and scared to death... ...my Mom was right, we shouldn't have been allowed to see it at that young age!
To this day I still like to watch it on occasion, and it's still a bit creepy, but my wife refuses to watch it.

I remember watching pt. II on cable back in the early '80s with friends - it was actually funny it was so bad.

RIP Mr. Blatty - you had quite an imagination.

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Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......

Scariest movie EVER. Saw it in NY and people had actually fainted in the theater. RIP Sir.



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The Exorcist steps are a lesser known landmark in DC. I used to drive past them all the time when I lived near that area. The book and the movie were a cool part of the Georgetown story.

RIP Mr. Blatty.

I did the steps in Georgetown not long ago. Watched the movie as a kid. Put me off horror flicks for life.

The book is awesome...and so is the first film.

The second film is one of the worst films I've EVER seen. Absolute trash...it has a great pedigree too. Directed by John Boorman (who did Deliverance) and with Louise Fletcher fresh off her Oscar win for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

The third one was decent, with Jason Miller returning as Father Karras and George C. Scott replacing Lee J. Cobb as Lt. Kinderman.

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The third one was decent, with Jason Miller returning as Father Karras and George C. Scott replacing Lee J. Cobb as Lt. Kinderman.

At least Blatty lived long enough to see the restoration to its proper shape of this one. He wrote and directed it but the stdio execs butchered it before its theater release.
Late last the director's cut was released on bluray:
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The third one was decent, with Jason Miller returning as Father Karras and George C. Scott replacing Lee J. Cobb as Lt. Kinderman.

At least Blatty lived long enough to see the restoration to its proper shape of this one. He wrote and directed it but the stdio execs butchered it before its theater release.
Late last the director's cut was released on bluray:
[bloody-disgusting.com]

That's right! Totally slipped my mind that Blatty actually wrote and directed the third Exorcist.

And Miller didn't exactly play Karras...he was meant to resemble Karras but was a different character.

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Director Martin Scorsese said of "Exorcist II: The Heretic", that it was one of his top five bad movies of all time. You gotta see it to believe it. Hopefully, the Devil is not saying hey to Mister Blatty.

Hard to believe that John Boorman--who directed Deliverance--made that one.

I can remember going to Hollywood to see another film (A Bridge Too Far) that opened the same night, and there was a huge, anxious crowd in front of the theater that was screening Exorcist II.

A few days later a friend of mine told me he was in that crowd, and warned me how awful it was. He said the unsuspecting audience in that first-day packed house got verbal and loud about how much they HATED it, to the point where stuff was being thrown at the screen!

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His book inspired one of the creepiest movies I've ever seen.
My mom didn't want to see it based on the reviews when it was released (and stories of audience members freaking out), and was upset at my dad for taking my older sister and I.
Being 11 years old, I was frozen in my seat and scared to death... ...my Mom was right, we shouldn't have been allowed to see it at that young age!
To this day I still like to watch it on occasion, and it's still a bit creepy, but my wife refuses to watch it.

I remember watching pt. II on cable back in the early '80s with friends - it was actually funny it was so bad.

RIP Mr. Blatty - you had quite an imagination.

Excellent summation. I remember seeing it at one the local theatres (non multi-plexes) by myself back when it came out. I think I skipped school to see it. I remember getting chills in the movie when the noises started to come from the attic with the fold down stairs. Great movie.

I actually liked a follow up movie called The Exorcist The Beginning. It explains how things started with the fallen angels.