Here are the real events that inspired — and were inspired by — William Friedkin's horror masterpiece. Blatty first heard about the case of “Roland Doe” when he was a student at Georgetown University.

Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Ritual. Considering it provided some inspiration for William Friedkin's seminal 1973 horror classic The Exorcist, the real-life exorcism case of Emma ...

Heralded as one of the scariest movies of all-time, 1973’s The Exorcist remains one of the most prestigious horror movies in the genre. With its gripping portrayal of Catholic priests exorcizing an ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The new movie The Ritual is based on a 1928 exorcism ...

From “The Exorcist” to “The Lighthouse,” many lauded scary movies were based on terrifying true stories. Here’s what really happened. By Hank Sanders We’re in the Spooky Season. Halloween costume ...

“The Deliverance” joins the pantheon of movies about demonic possessions supposedly based on events people experiences, like “The Exorcist” and “The Amityville Horror.” The movie begins with a title ...

Lee Daniels’ favorite movie of all time is “The Exorcist,” but when it came to making his own possession film, his mother was a hard no. The Oscar-nominated director wanted to tackle the haunting true ...

Horror guru Mike Flanagan is set to reboot The Exorcist franchise after the recent failed attempt, and it just added a ...

Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Exorcist. As written by William Peter Blatty, both in his original novel and his Academy Award-winning screenplay, The Exorcist (1973) did not happen.