I’m guilty of having Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells tune bellow from my phone while receiving a call, all tinny and distorted as a cheap knock-off ring tone. The tune is forever synonymous with The Exorcist, despite being recorded some time before the film began post production.  The story goes that …

With fellow Academy Award winner and former student Rick Baker acting as the Master of Ceremonies, Dick Smith‘s illustrious career will be honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science with a special event being held June 17 2009 in the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles. Dick …

Unveiled in Scranton’s Courthouse Square in March this year was a bronze bust of play write and actor Jason Miller – you know him as Father Karras in The Exorcist. He was a Pulitzer Prize winner for his play That Championship Season, which later became a motion picture Miller himself …

While Linda Blair had scared the pants off of most people in the 70’s after starring in The Exorcist, Leslie Nielsen was making them laugh in classics like Airplane! Who would have thought that over a decade later they’d come together to bring us one of the worst spoof movies …

World renowned actor Max von Sydow was just 42 years old when he began production on The Exorcist, bringing the character of Father Merrin to life. Famously aged by make-up artist Dick Smith to look many years older, Max delivered one of the finest performances of his stellar career. Today, …

Den of Geek have published an article discussing people who have played themselves or performed their exact profession in feature films. It was pleasant to see Reverend William O’Malley get a mention for his role as Father Karras’ friend Father Dyer in The Exorcist. They open their section on O’Malley …

Just wanted to offer my personal apologies for the recent service interruption to The Exorcist Fansite. The connectivity issues were completely out of my hands. I am now in a bit of a bind with my current web hosts and subsequently have decided to swap to an entirely different web …

The Birmingham Mail has spoken briefly with Linda Blair about her upcoming appearance at Birmingham’s Memorabilia Show next weekend (March 28-29 2009). Linda discusses her experiences meeting fans who have enjoyed The Exorcist which turned 35 years old last December. “I love talking to fans about what it is that …

UK Exorcist fans keen to meet and greet Linda Blair and perhaps have a photo taken or something signed best get to Birmingham on March 28 & 29 where she will be appearing at the Memorabilia Show. Tickets are on sale now. Further details at their official website.

Sincerest apologies for the resent downtime experienced at The Exorcist Fansite. To those who sent me messages of support in case it were another hack attempt, thank you and no, it was nothing of the sort. Just some technical difficulties from my web host. Periodic downtime will come and go …

DreadCentral reports that Eileen Dietz, the famous face of Captain Howdy from The Exorcist and the woman who played Linda Blair’s stunt double (in now-obvious scenes) throughout the film has been cast in director Rob Zombie’s latest horror project. Halloween 2, the sequel to Rob’s 2007 Halloween remake/reboot/re-imagining/ began shooting …

Okay so maybe some of you have seen this video before, but still, this is a nice video to add to the collection. Where can you see the whole collection? In the Video Gallery, opening in one week along with many other sections on an all-new captainhowdy.com. More on that …