'The Exorcist' doesn't just have ties to demons but murder too.
There are many reasons people are talking non-stop about The Exorcist again. Apart from it being one of the greatest horror movies of all time, its 50 anniversary is fast approaching, and a direct sequel, The Exorcist: Believer will hit theaters just in time for Halloween. On top of all that, legendary director William Friedkin passed away earlier this year.
How Was Paul Bateson Cast in 'The Exorcist'? According to Esquire, in doing research for a particular sequence of his film, William Friedkin was given a front-row seat to a cerebral angiography at New York's University Hospital. The procedure, which has since largely been abandoned due to technological advances, was a uniquely brutal one that saw the insertion of a catheter into a patient's artery to obtain X-ray images of blood vessels in and near the brain.
When The Exorcist hit theaters in 1973, newspapers seized on reports of audience members having a variety of reactions to some of the film's more intense moments. From vomiting to fainting to fleeing the theater in a panic, the media made effective use of such incidents, no doubt boosting public interest in the film.
On September 22, Bell received an anonymous phone call from someone confessing to Addison Verrill's murder. Detailing the events of a night on the town, the mysterious caller told Bell that he and Verrill went to bars, did drugs, and ended up at the latter's apartment in the wee hours of the morning. Upon speaking to the NYPD about the call, Bell learned that the man he'd spoken to had intimate knowledge of the crime scene and was likely telling the truth.
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