(ANALYSIS) The man who wrote “The Exorcist” knew what he was doing. The late William Peter Blatty was a witty Hollywood veteran (he wrote the Pink Panther classic “A Shot in the Dark”), as well as an ...
Based on the William Peter Blatty novel, The Exorcist was a critical and commercial hit, and one of the rare horror movies to reach renown outside genre aficionados. The Exorcist franchise is full of ...
To air on TV, Coppola had to trim some scenes of violence. 10. The Exorcist Book by William Peter Blatty, 1971 Film by William Friedkin, 1973 Reasons for ban or censorship: Immorality; challenged as ...