The Exorcist (film) Siskel placed it in the top five films released that year. BBC film critic Mark Kermode believes the film to be the best film ever made, saying: "There's a theory that great films give back to you whatever it is you bring to them. It's absolutely true with The Exorcist—it reflects the anxieties of the audience. Some people think it's an outright horror-fest, but I don't. It was written by a devout Catholic who hoped it would make people think positively about the existence of God. William Peter Blatty, who wrote the book, thought that if there are demons then
Jeremy Davies (exorcist) conducting exorcisms ever since. In 1993, he co-founded, along with Father Gabriele Amorth and four others, the International Association of Exorcists which now has hundreds of members worldwide. His book, "Exorcism: Understanding Exorcism in Scripture and Practice" was published in 2008 by the Catholic Truth Society. In the book, he warns against the New Age, the occult, promiscuity, homosexuality and pornography saying that involvement in these things can lead to dire spiritual consequences. Jeremy Davies (exorcist) Father Jeremy Davies (born 1935) is an English Roman Catholic priest and a former physician. He is a leading exorcist and was co-founder of