
Exorcist Sequel in Development With Blumhouse, Halloween Director
December 22, 2020The Exorcist was directed by William Friedkin and was based on the novel by William Peter Blatty. It starred Linda Blair as Regan MacNeil, a young girl who was possessed by the demon Pazuzu.
We recently ranked The Exorcist as #2 in our Top 25 Horror Movies of All Time list, saying “bottom line: It is the best horror movie about the consequences of belief ever made.”
In 2016, The Exorcist was made into a television show for Fox, but it was cancelled after just two seasons. It’s average of 1.32 million viewers made it Fox’s lowest-rated show of the year.
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