Pazuzu (The Exorcist) to take complete control of her mind. However, with the aid of the priest Father Tomas and her family, Regan fights back against Pazuzu, regaining control of her mind, just as Father Tomas exorcises the demon from her body. William Peter Blatty's creations of Pazuzu and "The Exorcist" were based on a heavily reported series of 1949 events in St. Louis, Missouri concerning the possession of a 14-year-old known as "Robbie Mannheim" (or sometimes "Roland Doe"). Blatty, who was a student at Georgetown University, read about the story in Washington, D.C. newspapers and created "The Exorcist" twenty years later. In
The Exorcist (film) been released: In 1998, Warner re-released the digitally remastered DVD of "The Exorcist: 25th Anniversary Special Edition". The DVD includes the BBC documentary, "The Fear of God: The Making of The Exorcist," highlighting the never-before-seen original non-bloody variant of the spider-walk scene. To appease the screenwriter and some fans of "The Exorcist", Friedkin reinstated the bloody variant of the spider-walk scene for the 2000 theatrically re-released version of "The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen". In October 2010, Warner released "The Exorcist (Extended Director's Cut & Original Theatrical Edition)" on Blu-ray, including the behind-the-scenes filming of the spider-walk scene. Linda