The Exorcist

There are many real life horror stories that drew a lot of attention. There are many movies, books and even songs about those real life time horror events. For instance the movie "The Exorcist" is a 1973 American Supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin, released in 1973. The film is based on a true story that happened in the late 1940's, in the United States. The story is documented under the pseudonym "Ronald Doe" or "Robbie Mannheim". A 14-year-old boy was the alleged victim of demonic

''The power of Christ compels you! The power of Christ compels you! The power of Christ compels you!!! ...'' Father Merrin&Father Damien Karras from the movie -The Exorcist- This quote had been said like 10 times in quick succession in the movie ''The Exorcist'' and may have the right to be the most influental and memorable quote of the movie. Of course in order to underline the variety of ''exorcism'', the director of the film William Friedkin had to feature this quote out, which is actually

The Exorcist In this essay I will be talking about the symbols and their meanings and dichotomies found in the exorcist, as well as some elements of horror I found in the film and my own opinion about the film. The film was directed by William Friedkin and it is based on the novel The Exorcist from 1971. this film The Exorcist is about a mother who is an actor and her daughter who unfortunately has been possessed by the devil himself. It follows them and how the mother is trying to help her and

about symbols and what they mean, some dichotomies, horror themes, my thoughts on the topic and relating it to other films or books of the horror genre I find in The exorcist. I will also be giving an overview of the film The film was directed by William Friedkin and it is based on the novel The Exorcist from 1971. This film The Exorcist is about a mother who is an actor and her daughter who unfortunately has been possessed by the devil himself. It follows them and how the mother is trying to help

the air around Halloween, the film industry likes to fill in the holes between its major grossing seasons by filling the audience with fear. However, it was Christmas of 1973 that defined the new age of Horror, when William Friedkin released The Exorcist. According to Julia Heimerdinger of Academia’s online journal, Horror, as a whole, can

The Exorcist franchise is one wacky series. You had the amazing original film, which was one of the most intense horror films to come out at the time. Then, X years later we got the crazy, shitty Exorcist II: The Heretic, that had James Earl Jones flying on the back of a bug through the desert or something equally stupid. It wasn 't until X years later that we finally got a proper sequel, The Exorcist III, but that too was plagued with issues, with both Director/Author William Peter Blatty and the

In William Peter Blatty’s novel, The Exorcist, a thirteen year old girl becomes ill. The mother, Chris MacNeil, believes that her daughter is possessed by a demon after doctors are unable to diagnose the child. Mrs. MacNeil seeks help from Father Karras after the doctors tell her to go to a priest. Father Karras, a priest and psychiatrist, declined the idea of performing an exorcism on the girl after Mrs. MacNeil asked him for the favor. Father Karras tried to reason with Mrs. MacNeil that the girl

analyse the techniques used by Stephen King and William Blatty in two of their most famous novels. The purpose of this comparative analysis is to discover what language and stylistic features Stephen King in ‘’The Shining’’ and William Blatty in ‘’The Exorcist’’ use to create characteristics of the horror genre. I will discover how both authors use important writing techniques such as foreshadowing, mystery, surprise, fear and suspense, in order to create a horror theme throughout their novels, and I will

An exorcist is a Christian authority figure, often times a Catholic priest. The Roman Catholic Church has established an ecclesiastical position for exorcists, yet there are Christian ministers, who are neither Catholic nor priests, who perform exorcisms as well. Christian ministers who perform exorcisms are given guidelines for deciding when an exorcism is the best course of action. Their assessment often involves an examination and interview of the allegedly afflicted person to see if an exorcism

c) What did Dennings really do to Regan? One of the most appealing theory, about the little clues that are scattered throughout the novel and the movie that let us wonder if there is much more behind what we see on the foreground, is the question of Burke Dennings' murder. The film director's death is indeed curious. The viewer or the reader does not witness his death, but is merely told about it, at first no one knows who did it or how it happened. But we slowly learn, through the policeman,