The Exorcist
1973 ‧ Horror ‧ 2h 13m
8/10 IMDb
86% Rotten Tomatoes
82% Metacritic
One of the most profitable horror movies ever made, this tale of an exorcism is based loosely on actual events. When young Regan (Linda Blair) starts acting odd — levitating, speaking in tongues — her worried mother (Ellen Burstyn) seeks medical help, only to hit a dead end. A local priest (Jason Miller), however, thinks the girl may be seized by the devil. The priest makes a request to perform an exorcism, and the church sends in an expert (Max von Sydow) to help with the difficult job.
Initial release: December 26, 1973 (USA)
Director: William Friedkin
Box office: 441.3 million USD
Screenplay: William Peter Blatty
Did you know: “The Exorcist” is the ninth-highest-grossing film of all time in Canada and the US (110,599,200 estimated admissions).
Linda Blair
American actress
Linda Denise Blair is an American actress and animal rights activist. Blair is best known for her role as the possessed child, Regan, in the film The Exorcist, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe.
Born: January 22, 1959 (age 59 years), St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Height: 1.52 m
Residence: Coto de Caza, California, U.S.
TV shows: Born Innocent, Scariest Places on Earth
Siblings: Debbie Blair, Jimmy Blair
