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45 years later, “The Exorcist” retains its ability to shock

December 3, 2018 Titus Techera 6

William Friedkin’s The Exorcist is the most famous horror movie that is also explicitly Catholic. The film, which turned 45 this year, was written by William Peter Blatty from his own novel—he won the Oscar […]

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“Deliver Us” documents exorcisms while avoiding clichés and sensationalism

December 29, 2017 K. V. Turley 9

Throughout Deliver Us the tone is a correct one: sober, measured, open. The filmmakers capture the film’s subjects—both exorcists and those seeking deliverance—in a way that […]

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