The Exorcist Was a True Pop Culture Phenomenon First, a bit of “Exorcist 101.” The novel by William Peter Blatty was based on reports of an actual exorcism performed on a 13-year-old boy that ...

The werewolf sub-genre has gotten a lot of love lately. Between last year's Werewolves and this year's Wolf Man remake from Universal, horror fans have had a handful of new nightmares to howl over.

That’s how the narration starts in the original trailer for The Exorcist. It promptly jumps to quick flashes of the possessed Regan MacNeil (Linda Blair) in black and white, and the demonic ...