The Exorcist (novel) The Exorcist (novel) The Exorcist is a 1971 horror novel by American writer William Peter Blatty. The book details the demonic possession of twelve-year-old Regan MacNeil, the daughter of a famous actress, and the two priests who attempt to exorcise the demon. Published by Harper & Row, the novel was the basis of a highly successful film adaption released two years later, whose screenplay was also written and produced by Blatty, and part of "The Exorcist" franchise. The novel was inspired by a 1949 case of demonic possession and exorcism that Blatty heard about while he was a student in
The Exorcist: Italian Style during which the amulet is yet again lost and found, first by Dr. Schnautzer (the Mayor's physician) who briefly turns into an Hitler-esque figure and finally is swallowed by the Exorciccio himself. In the final scene the Mayor complains that the supernatural events so far occurred must have a diabolical origin; the Exorciccio (now possessed) rebukes putting in doubt the existence of the Devil, before vanishing in a plume of smoke. The Exorcist: Italian Style L'esorciccio (internationally released as The Exorcist: Italian Style and The Exorciccio literally "The Exor-Chuck, as 'Ciccio' is the Italian diminutive for 'Francesco' (Frankie), as Chuck/Chuckie