Still, I was careful not to let my parents know that I was now in possession of this Bantam edition with its glossy purple cover framing a curiously enigmatic image. And one day I found it - on one of those unvisited shelves that at some point cross over from being a place about reading to a plank consigned to storage - beside a copy of The Joy of Sex and something called Slaughterhouse-Five. No one, though, had explicitly forbidden the book. In Provo, Utah, where I grew up, Mormon children - and in my world that meant all of my friends - reported how just a glimpse resulted in actual, irreversible possession. What my parents matter-of-factly declared too scary, friends confirmed with added notes of hysteria: 'Nothing more terrifying!' 'The most horrifying film ever made!' 'People pass out!' Mark Danielewski is the author of The Fifty Year Sword.

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It explored the efforts of her mother and two Catholic priests to save her. The William Friedkin-directed film centered on a 12-year-old girl possessed by a mysterious entity.

The original Exorcist became a major hit in 1973 and was nominated for 10 Oscars, including best picture. The stars of the new feature include Leslie Odom Jr. I guess it’s in the subgenre of horror, but dramatically, I’m approaching it very academically.”

As he previously told The Hollywood Reporter: “Technically, it’s an extraordinarily different film from Halloween. He has said he intended to leave horror behind for awhile, but ultimately said yes to this opportunity. Green, who revamped Halloween with a recent trilogy, is directing. She attempts to help the girls, one of whom has been carving Chris’ daughter’s name on her stomach.īlumhouse, Universal and Morgan Creek Productions are behind the project, which Universal acquired in a $400 million megadeal to make a trilogy that will be released in theaters and later appear on the streaming service Peacock. Tom Cruise Sends New Trailer, 20 Minutes of 'Mission: Impossible' Footage to CinemaConįinally, the parents call upon Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn, who is reprising her role from the original film as the possessed child’s mother).

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