What’s better than receiving a limited edition copy The Exorcist novel’s 25th Anniversary Edition signed by the author himself, William Peter Blatty? (Not much, I know…) But sharing it with Exorcist fans is a good start!!

Ryan form The Ninth Configuration has done just that. He recently got his hands on the book in question and has been kind enough to share some of the exclusive material contained inside.  Not only do we see Blatty’s signature, there are also some rare images contained within the opening pages of the book, exclusive only to that text! Take a look:

Thanks again to Ryan for sharing, and don’t forget to check out The Ninth Configuration.

I just received this photograph of some rare Exorcist items via email from Exorcist Fansite member Hatter76:

“…here is a Pic of some Exorcist relics, Demon Tongue and a Merrin Cheek. I believe this Picture was at a Make-up Effects event/convention in LA, I know dick Smith was there!”

The description on the card in front of the display reads: Dick Smith prosthetic tongue for Linda Blair and old age cheek for Max Von Sydow (framed together). Incidentally, the larger image is an original Exorcist lobby card. I’m scanning all of my Exorcist and Heretic lobby cards to feature here on The Exorcist Fansite very soon!

Thanks Hatter76 for sharing this with us!

A collective sigh of relief should fall over Exorcist fans with this news.

Bloody-Disgusting got the exclusive scoop recently that film studio Vertigo Entertainment (responsible for producing remakes of The Ring, The Grudge and Quarantine) have abandoned its original idea of remaking The Exorcist.

Instead, the studio will adapt Mark Opsasnick’s book The Real Story Behind The Exorcist.

The book revolves around a reporter trying to track down the real person upon which the movie The Exorcist was based, and discovers that there was more to the story. During the investigation, different tales are told by “witnesses” from their perspective that lead the reporter to the real-life inspiration.

Interestingly, the studio plans to ignore the actual newspaper articles that exist in relation to the case.

I’m going to keep an eye on this project here at CaptainHowdy.com because of its relationship with The Exorcist. It could turn out to be a worthy addition to the story, albeit with a different approach entirely.

Curiosity gets the best of us most of the time, and that is certainly the case with Exorcist Fansite Life Member fatherbowdern and his ongoing interest in The Exorcist.  Check out this video he has taken the time to create for the sake of intrigue, something I wish I had done a long time ago.

Speaking In Tongues takes the original audio from the film when Father Karras is recording Regan speaking as she vocalizes what is first thought to be a different dialect than her own. Later, it is revealed that it is actually just English… in reverse. A section of the recording is played back in the film as we see Karras listening intently to what it reveals (“Merrin!”, “He is a priest”, “Let her die!”), but what of the rest which we don’t get to hear?

This video first plays the audio completely, as it appears in the film, and then plays it again in reverse. The creepiest moment for me is when we hear Regan/Pazuzu/Captain Howdy murmur “It is warm in the body!” It has been such a long time since hearing that evil voice say something new or different and it succeeded in giving me the chills all over again!

See (or listen) for yourself:

Jukka contacted me via email and wanted to share his original t-shirt design with The Exorcist community. It is undoubtedly the most original Exorcist T-shirt designs I have seen:

Be sure to click the image to check it out over at Threadless and vote for it if you want it to one day be available for purchase. I already have because I want one of these bad boys ASAP!