The Exorcist The Exorcist The Exorcist is an American media franchise that originated with William Peter Blatty's 1971 horror novel of the same name and most prominently featured in a 1973 film adapted from the novel, and many subsequent prequels and sequels. All of these installments focus on fictional accounts of people possessed by Pazuzu, the main antagonist of the series, and the efforts of religious authorities to counter this possession. The Exorcist is a 1971 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
The Exorcist (Turkish for "Satan"; the original film was also shown with the same name), is an almost scene-for-scene remake of the original. The same year in Germany, the exorcism-themed film "Magdalena, vom Teufel besessen" was released. In 1975, Britain released "The Devil Within Her" (also called "I Don't Want to Be Born") with Joan Collins as an exotic dancer who gives birth to a demon-possessed child. In 1987, Warner Brothers released an animated short starring Daffy Duck, entitled "Duxorcist" which was a parody of "Exorcist", where a group of spirits possess a female duck, and Daffy does succeed in getting them