Exorcist News

It’s been too long since I kicked back and properly enjoyed William Peter Blatty’s film Exorcist III: Legion. I consider it the strongest of all the Exorcist sequels/prequels. It’s a shame we’re still waiting on something official in the way of the Blatty’s original cut, instead of the studio-ravaged version …

The Exorcist director William Friedkin recently had an interview with MovieWeb and discussed the possibilities of The Exorcist being re-released in 3D, on IMAX, remake rumours and the upcoming Blu-ray disc. Thankfully, he states, as long as he is alive a 3D version of The Exorcist is never going to …

There are those who read the novel and then watched the film, and there are those who went to the novel after the film inspired them. Both are masterclass in their medium. The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty. There never has been and never will be anything like it. Cemetery …

Here’s one way to avoid a (potentially) horrible remake of The Exorcist: Have the author of the original novel and screenplay pen a brand new take of his own story as a television miniseries, then have the original director agree to direct. That’s exactly what Exorcist scribe William Peter Blatty …

Deke Farrow over at The Modesto Bee sat down with Eileen Dietz who is appearing at the ShockerFest International Film Festival. Dietz was originally uncredited as Linda Blair’s stunt double in The Exorcist, a credit that was eventually honored in The Version You’ve Never Seen re-release years later. Speaking at …

Ask and you shall receive. Thomas K Arnold of Home Media Magazine fame has posted a scoop on his blog today that I suspect will come as a relief to many Exorcist fans looking forward to the upcoming Blu-ray release. It now appears that TWO VERSIONS of The Exorcist will …

Seems The Exorcist won’t be hitting Blu-ray shelves this month as first anticipated. Now Warner Brother’s have announced that they will be releasing the new special edition version of The Exorcist on DVD and Blu-ray ‘sometime’ in 2010, and in the meantime they will be pulling all existing copies off …

A special video I have made for long-time friend and Exorcist Fansite member Mike Garrett – as promised!

Warner Brothers have finally come forward with a Blu-ray release date for The Exorcist. September 8 2009 is the day you’ll be shelling out for the single disc, and the cut being used is definitely ‘just’ The Version You’ve Never Seen (as previously reported). While Warner Brothers didn’t confirm anything …

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 …

Ebay is a glorious thing, Exorcist fans.  Slowly but surely we’re digging up all sorts of goddies on the greatest horror film of all time.  On this occasion CaptainHowdy.com long-time member and webmaster of The Ninth Configuration Ryan secured this condensed copy of William Peter Blatty’s novel, released in 1971 …

Comedy skit group College Humor have noticed the ongoing trend in office pranks using the Scary Exorcist Maze game and included it in a new skit. Great for scaring people who aren’t aware of the prank at hand, the maze suddenly startles the challenger by screaming loudly and showing the …