April 5 (Reuters) - When actor Russell Crowe began reading about the history of real-life Catholic priest Father Gabriele Amorth, who claimed to have performed over 50,000 exorcisms, he was intrigued.

When the “The Exorcist” premiered 50 years ago, in December 1973, some theatergoers fainted or broke down in tears. A few even vomited. The film, which cast a young Linda Blair as a girl claiming to ...

Universal Pictures has released a brand new The Exorcist: Believer poster for Blumhouse’s forthcoming horror thriller sequel, which will feature the return of Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn as she ...

The film has had an ongoing impact on pop culture and contemporary Christianity, Thomas told NPR. "I mean, the Church of England I'm ordained in," she said, "we actually had to go back and look at ...

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Universal Pictures (via FearHQ.com) has released the first trailer for The Exorcist: Believer, and while we're not sure how well it's going to go over with fans of the original, it does at least make ...

A few days ago Belief St. Louis blogger Michael Tsichlis wrote a piece on the local history that inspired the movie "The Exorcist". I'm not from St. Louis and only heard the back story of the film as ...

Priests, played by Max von Sydow and Jason Miller, try to help a possessed child in The Exorcist, from 1973. The Exorcist on the marquee at the Warner Rendezvous cinema in London in March 1974. The ...

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After half a century, The Exorcist is still considered one of the scariest movies ever made. But one priest says it's a movie deeply concerned... A priest explains what 'The Exorcist' tells us about ...