If You Like ‘The Exorcist’ Add These To Your TBR!
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty was first published on May 1st, 1971. Then, the novel was adapted by director William Friedkin in 1973. Peter Blatty also wrote the screenplay for that film. In the 70s, the book and the film were seen as controversial.
According to the British Board of Film Classification, “There were reports of incidents of hysteria involving young women, which had led to concerns that the film might cause severe emotional problems, particularly among those who believed in the reality of demonic possession.”
When the novel was released William Peter Blatty went through a similar issue. His book was actually banned because the depiction of demonic possession and exorcism was deemed to be blasphemous and disturbing for some readers.
For years, the film and the novel have been highly regarded as the best of the horror genre. The people who were old enough to read the book and watch the film still talk about the frenzy in the 70s. Everyone was traumatized by The Exorcist.
The film and the book paved the way for horror writers to tell their stories and spook many new audiences for generations. The newest addition to The Exorcist world is The Exorcist: Believer. A film meant to reintroduce new audiences to the work of William Peter Blatty and William Friedkin.
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Actress and divorced mother Chris MacNeil starts to experience ‘difficulties’ with her usually sweet-natured eleven-year-old daughter Regan. The child becomes afflicted by spasms, convulsions and unsettling amnesiac episodes; these abruptly worsen into violent fits of appalling foul-mouthed curses accompanied by physical mutation.
Medical science is baffled by Regan’s plight, and, in her increasing despair, Chris turns to troubled priest and psychiatrist Damien Karras, who immediately recognizes something profoundly malevolent in Regan’s distorted features and speech. On Karra’s recommendation, the Church summons Father Merrin, a specialist in the exorcism of demons…
If you’ve read The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty here are the five books we recommend!
Jeremy Thorn, United States Ambassador to England, and his wife Katherine become the parents of a beautiful boy whose destiny is to fulfill the most horrible prophecy ever made.
Frank and Julia are having an affair in a quiet house on a quiet street. Not your ordinary affair. For Frank bit began with his own insatiable sexual appetite, a mysterious lacquered box - and then an unhinged voyage through a netherworld of imaginable pleasures and unimaginable horror…Now Frank - or what is left of Frank - waits in an empty room. All he wants is to live as he was before. All Julia can do is bring her unfulfilled passions… and a little fresh blood…
Lauren Saunders moved to Black Wells, Colorado to escape a toxic relationship that stole three years of her life. But her hopeful optimism of a fresh start is dashed after a brutal, supernatural attack sends her screaming from a nightclub into the cold, winter night.
Her journey toward recovery lads her to the doorstep of William Daniels — a professional spiritual intercessor and occult consultant. Together they will descend into an occult labyrinth of dark forces and oppressive spirits.
The men on board HMS Terror have every expectation of triumph. As part of the 1845 Franklin Expedition, the first steam-powered vessels ever to search for the legendary Northwest Passage, they have scientifically supported an enterprise as has ever set forth. As they enter a second summer in the Arctic Circle without a thaw, though, they are stranded in a nightmarish landscape of encroaching ice and darkness.
Endlessly cold, with diminishing rations, 126 men fight to survive with poisonous food, a dwindling supply of coal, and ships buckling in the grip of crushing ice. But their real enemy is far more terrifying. There is something out there in the frigid darkness: an unseen predator stalking their ship, a monstrous terror constantly clawing to get in.
Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fifth grade when they bonded over a shared love of E.T., roller-skating parties, and scratch-and-sniff stickers. But when they arrive at high school, things change. Gretchen begins to act…different. As the strange coincidences and bizarre behaviour start to pile up, Abby realizes there’s only one possible explanation: Gretchen, her favourite person in the world, has a demon living inside her. And Abby is not about to let anyone or anything come between her and her best friend. With help from some unlikely allies, Abby embarks on a quest to save Gretchen. But is their friendship powerful enough to beat the devil?
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