The Exorcist and events that unfolded.

The exorcist is unarguably one of the creepiest movies ever made. People literally passed out in theatres and couldn’t sleep for months after watching the movie.

Although the movie is creepy, the events that occurred during the filming were perhaps even creepier. The Exorcist is based on the book of the same name which in turn is based on the real story of a boy named “Ronald doe”(name was changed at the request of the family). This boy was possessed and an exorcism was done by the priests. During the exorcism, the boy managed to get free from the restraints and injured one of the priests. Roland went on to live a normal life and does not have a single memory about any of those incidents. During the filming so many haunting events occurred that people labelled the move as cursed by a demon.

In the beginning, the house used for filming caught fire and was completely burned down except for Regan’s room (character that was possessed in the movie) which was left unharmed. The actress who played Regan’s mother was injured during the scene. The actors Jack Mackgowran and Vasiliki Maliaros who were to die in the film, died in real life when the film was in post production. The actor who played father Damian karras was nearly killed when a motorcycle hit him. In total 9 people associated with the film died. It wasn’t just the actors that were affected by the movie but the relatives of the actors were also affected. Some of the relatives had horrific accidents. One of the voice actor’s son killed his wife and children and then committed suicide. Some people believed the movie to be cursed and playing the movie in theatres would be like challenging the evil. The release of the film was banned in many countries including all the middle Eastern countries. Some of the theatres handed out barf bags because people kept vomiting in the theatres. A lot of people left the theater before even completing the movie because it was too much for them to handle. Linda blair ( actress who played Regan) got so many death threats from the people that she had to walk around with bodyguards.

In many theatres as soon as the movie started people claimed to have heard a strange howl from outside the theater during late night shows and that happened in different parts of the world. The movie terrifird the audience as well as actors who worked in the movie. Though the movie does not have effects like the movies of today have but the expression of horror on the faces of actors creates genuine fear among the people watching the movie.

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