William Peter Blatty

‘Exorcist’ creators haunt Georgetown 40 years later

By Brian Truitt — October 10, 2013
Returning to one of the key scenes from "The Exorcist" feels like a religious experience for the creative minds behind the 1973 film classic.

Faith, not spinning heads, takes center stage in ‘Exorcist’ play

By Angela Aleiss — July 3, 2012

LOS ANGELES (RNS) Mention the word “exorcism” to most people, and you get descriptions of levitating bodies, spinning heads, oozing green bile and hissing serpentine tongues.  But don’t expect to see these eye-popping visual effects in this summer’s stage version of “The Exorcist” at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. By Angela Aleiss.

William Peter Blatty, ‘Exorcist’ author, to sue Georgetown University in Catholic court

By Daniel Burke — May 18, 2012

(RNS) The author who turned Georgetown University into a horror scene in "The Exorcist" plans to sue the school in church courts, saying his alma mater has strayed too far from the church to call itself Catholic. By Daniel Burke.

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