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Horror fanatics can now watch Exorcist: Believer across UK cinemas, but just like its predecessors, the film is not exempt form a long history of back luck since receiving a slew of chilling reviews.
Well before the movie's release, during its way-behind-schedule, more-than-200-day shoot in Manhattan and elsewhere, there were so many similarly spooky happenings that many believe director William Friedkin’s petrifying classic was cursed. Actors and crew members perished, a huge fire shut down production for more than a month and star Ellen Burstyn, who returns in the new film as Chris MacNeil, severely damaged her back.
The mythology around William Friedkin's film is arguably as terrifying as its demonic star. But how true is any of it?
William Friedkin’s The Exorcist remains one of the best horror movies ever made. It is also a film indelibly of its moment — a perfect snapshot of the simmering anxieties of early 1970s America.
And, no, it's not because of projectile puking, evil contact lenses, or yelling "The power of Christ compels you!"