Here are the real events that inspired — and were inspired by — William Friedkin's horror masterpiece. Blatty first heard about the case of “Roland Doe” when he was a student at Georgetown University.

Panned by critics and hailed by audiences as one of the greatest horror films ever made, William Friedkin's "The Exorcist" is a classic that always finds its way onto the screens of viewers during ...

Here are the real events that inspired — and were inspired by — William Friedkin's horror masterpiece. Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Exorcist. As written by William Peter Blatty, ...

Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Exorcist. As written by William Peter Blatty, both in his original novel and his Academy Award-winning screenplay, The Exorcist (1973) did not happen.