William Peter Blatty based this 1971 novel partly on a reported case of a child's demonic possession
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Exorcism of Roland Doe - Wikipedia  In the late 1940s, in the United States, priests of the Roman Catholic Church performed a series of exorcisms on an anonymous boy, documented under the pseudonym "Roland Doe" or "Robbie Mannheim". The boy, born circa 1935, was the alleged victim of demonic possession, and ... possessions in the 1971 novel The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty and the...
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The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty  Reviews, Discussion ...  masterpiece that book I read it and went to see the movie it scary me a lot. ...... The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty was released in 1971, we've all seen the ... Narrated by the author who won an Oscar for best writing/screenplay based on material ..... There is the demonic possession of Regan McNeil and the horrors that are...
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The Exorcist (novel) - Wikipedia  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 novel was inspired by a 1949 case of demonic possession and exorcism that Blatty ... by freelance journalist Mark Opsasnick indicates that Blatty's novel was based on an...
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The Exorcist (1973) - FAQ - IMDb  What actually happens in the opening scene in Iraq? ... Why did the demon choose to possess Regan MacNeil, a 12-year old girl? ... The Exorcist is a 1971 novel by American author William Peter Blatty, who also wrote .... This is supported visually in the movie: when the devil takes possession of Karras, as his irises turn the...
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The Exorcist (film) - Wikipedia  The Exorcist is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin, adapted by William Peter Blatty from his 1971 novel of the same name, and starring Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, and Jason Miller. ... The film earned ten Academy Award nominations, winning two (Best Sound Mixing and...
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Demons (Dostoyevsky novel) - Wikipedia  Demons (Russian: , Bsy) is a novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, first published in the journal The Russian Messenger in 18712. It is the third of the four great novels written by Dostoyevsky after his return ... There are three English translations: The Possessed, The Devils, and ...... Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Demons (1872).
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It (novel) - Wikipedia  It is a 1986 horror novel by American author Stephen King. The story follows the exploits of seven children as they are terrorized by the eponymous being, which exploits the fears and phobias of its victims in order to disguise itself while hunting its prey. "It" primarily appears in the form of a clown in order to attract its preferred ... Publishers Weekly listed It as the best-selling book in the United States in...