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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 …

Leading toy Memorabilia manufacturer NECA have made it clear they plan to take full advantage of their license to produce items using The Exorcist name. True to their word, they have delivered some great figurines recently, including the infamous Spiderwalk Scene and the always popular Regan Bobblehead (my personal favorite). …

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 …