Once hailed as "the scariest movie of all time," William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist” follows the paranormal possession of a ...

Whether spinning cinematic yarns about New York cops or a South American convo, the late William Friedkin prized authenticity above all things. That even applied to scenarios that seemed beyond the ...

With The Exorcist: Believer about ready to scare audiences all over again, it seems like a good time to look back at the original. And if there was ever a movie worth seeing in theaters, it was The ...

The 1970s were an amazing year for cinema. Many talented emerging directors had untethered creative reign and financial ...

In 2013, USA TODAY spent the day with "The Exorcist" director William Friedkin and author William Peter Blatty in downtown Washington, where they discussed important sites and inspiration behind the ...

The horror genre is possessed by countless exorcism-themed titles, but to this day there’s only one The Exorcist. William Friedkin’s 1973 classic celebrates its 45th anniversary this December, and it ...

The devil’s been plenty busy on screen in the past 50 years. Think of all the possession films that “The Exorcist” spawned – some good, many bad, and arguably none quite as unsettling as the original ...