An actual mid-century 1900s possession case served as inspiration for the classic movie’s head-spinning fictional terrors.

the girl's mother realizes her daughter has been possessed by the devil--and that her daughter's only possible hope lies with two priests and the ancient rite of demonic exorcism.

Scott as Detective Kinderman, played ... a sad priest with no faith, can solve the problem. The film climaxes with Karras and the elderly Father Merrin (Max Von Sydow) performing the exorcism ...

Celebrated Swedish actor Max von Sydow, who memorably played a priest in the iconic horror film The Exorcist and received two Oscar nominations over the course of his illustrious career ...

With Exorcist: The Beginning, filmmakers hoped to craft an origin ... The film picks up with Merrin, a priest who turned away ...

Al Pacino reveals he's never seen The Exorcist despite playing one in his new movie, The Ritual. The classic 1973 horror film ...

Is ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’ a true story? While the movie itself is full of outrageous demonic invention, the titular central priest was indeed a very real man who worked for the Vatican for ...