![]() ![]() ![]() In Kansas City, police used tear gas to disperse an impatient crowd who tried to force their way into a cinema. In Chicago, frustrated moviegoers used a battering ram to gain entry through the double side doors of a theater. On opening day of the film, lines of the novel's fans stretched around city blocks. ![]() Two years after its publication, The Exorcist was, of course, turned into a wildly popular motion picture, garnering ten Academy Award nominations. ![]() A small group of overwhelmed yet determined individuals must rescue Regan from her unspeakable fate, and the drama that ensues is gripping and unfailingly terrifying. Inspired by a true story of a child's demonic possession in the 1940s, William Peter Blatty created an iconic novel that focuses on Regan, the eleven-year-old daughter of a movie actress residing in Washington, D.C. Originally published in 1971, The Exorcist, one of the most controversial novels ever written, went on to become a literary phenomenon: It spent fifty-seven weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, seventeen consecutively at number one. Genres: Fiction, General, Horror, Media Tie-In ![]()
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