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One of the most influential horror films of all time, released on December 26, 1973, is also one of the darkest portraits of Washington, D.C.

Because nothing is scarier than a movie plot line that is plausible enough to happen to you or someone you know

A look back at William Friedkin’s 1973 film.

During his tenure at this US space agency, Hunkeler contributed to the historic Apollo space missions of 1960.

The Exorcist isn't a true story, but it was inspired by a reported real-life possession that made headlines. Learn all about The Exorcist's scary origins.

A recent book chronicles the life of a Catholic priest behind the Alcoholics Anonymous movement.

Everyone’s a badass when watching a horror movie until somewhere in the opening credits the words “Based on a True Story” come up.

James Gunn claims one of his teachers in high school was one of the real priests who inspired the classic horror film 'The Exorcist.'

If not at the top, “The Exorcist” is high on the list of scariest novels and scariest movies of all time. What many people don’t realize is that author William Peter Blatty based the 1971 book on a real account of a case of demonic possession and exorcism which occurred in 1949 that Blatty heard... Read more »

Hunkeler would live his life in fear that his NASA colleagues may discover the movie The Exorcist’ was based, in part, on his life, companion says