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‘Rarely does a film cause national hysteria’: The Exorcist turns 50

In 1973, the demonic horror shocked and compelled the US, remaining a vital landmark for the genre in the decades since

The Guardian - US

The most DC story ever? Maybe it’s ‘The Exorcist’ - Roll Call

Most prominent Washington tales are political, but homegrown horror “The Exorcist” has been creeping people out for more than 50 years.

Roll Call

"The Exorcist" and men's fear of girls

The latest in the franchise poses the question: What's scarier to a man than a hysterical girl? Two of them!

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Satan, scandal and S Club 7: The remarkable story of The Exorcist child star Linda Blair

The former actor was just 14 years old when she terrified a generation of filmgoers as a schoolgirl who spits obscenities and masturbates with a crucifix after being possessed by the Devil. What followed was an Oscar nomination, an arrest and some of the wildest career moves you could imagine.…

The Independent UK

The Exorcist review – Friedkin’s head-swivelling horror is still diabolically inspired

The 50th anniversary extended director’s cut of the 1973 tale of teenage possession still shocks

The Guardian - UK

My friend Billy: Mark Kermode remembers The Exorcist director William Friedkin

The Observer film critic on his hero, who died last week aged 87, a man dedicated to telling stories his way and who had a wicked sense of humour

The Guardian - UK

The Exorcist remains the scariest movie of all time – thanks to William Friedkin

How did a 70s horror film withstand the test of time? The answer is a bold director with a daring vision

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William Friedkin obituary

American director behind two of the great film cult classics of the 1970s: The French Connection and The Exorcist

The Guardian - UK

William Friedkin, director of 'The Exorcist' and 'The French Connection,' dead at 87

The Oscar winner's other credits include To Live and Die in L.A., Cruising, Rules of Engagement and a TV remake of the classic play and Sidney Lumet movie 12 Angry Men.

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William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist and The French Connection, dies aged 87

Oscar-winning director was also best known for films including ‘Killer Joe’, ‘Cruising’ and ‘To Live and Die in LA’

The Independent UK

William Friedkin: French Connection and Exorcist director dies aged 87

Oscar-winning film director William Friedkin, whose career included hits such as The French Connection and The Exorcist, has died aged 87.

Evening Standard

William Friedkin, Oscar-winning director of ‘The Exorcist,’ ‘The French Connection,’ dies at 87

Friedkin was born and raised in Chicago, and graduated from Senn High School.

Chicago Sun-Times

William Friedkin, Oscar-winning director of 'The French Connection' and The Exorcist,' dead at 87

William Friedkin, the Oscar winning director of two gripping film classics, “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist,” has died

The Independent UK

You need to watch the scariest movie of the 20th century before it leaves Netflix this week

A can't-miss classic, 'The Exorcist' has surprising origins in the game show winnings of author William Peter Blatty.

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45 years ago, the worst Exorcist sequel almost killed the franchise forever

The Heretic was conceived as nothing more than a “low-budget rehash” heavily reliant on unused footage from The Exorcist.

The Conversation

Friday essay: scary tales for scary times

Progress, the German philosopher Walter Benjamin once wrote, is a storm. The winds that propel us forward also uproot and tear apart what we leave behind. The modern world is a world of progress and it leaves in its wake the ruins of the old world.

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