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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?

Was The Exorcist set haunted? Crew members thought that technical difficulties and the actors' injuries were caused by a haunting.

“The Exorcist” exposed people around the world to the question of evil in a new and terrifying way. It also laid the groundwork for a different kind of horror story.