The Exorcist Legacy
50 Years of Fear
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The Exorcist Legacy
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Narrated by:
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Joe Hempel
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By:
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Nat Segaloff
About this listen
On December 26, 1973, The Exorcist was released. Within days it had become legend. Moviegoers braved hours-long lines in winter weather to see it. Some audience members famously fainted or vomited. Half a century later, the movie that both inspired and transcends the modern horror genre has lost none of its power to terrify and unsettle.
The Exorcist Legacy reveals the complete story of this cultural phenomenon, from the real-life exorcism in 1949 Maryland that inspired William Peter Blatty's bestselling novel on which the movie is based, to its many sequels, prequels, TV series, and homages. Nat Segaloff, biographer of the film's director, William Friedkin, draws on original interviews with cast, crew, and participants as well as revelations from personal papers to present an intriguing and surprising new view of the making of movie, and its aftermath.
Segaloff also examines as never before the keys to the movie's enduring appeal. Friedkin and Blatty's goal was far more ambitious than making a scary movie; they aimed to make people "think about the concept of good and evil." The Exorcist succeeds, and then some, not just by creating on-screen scares, but by challenging viewers' deepest personal beliefs—and fears.
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There's also a very biased opinion repeated throughout the audiobook about the ending of the original Exorcist. We all know Blatty wanted everyone to know the devil did not win in the end. But to share my (very unpopular) opinion; the events of the tv series prove the McNeils definitely did not have a happy ending but instead were broken apart as a family and The Exorcist III: Legion story by Blatty himself tells us Father Karras was not only resurrected by the devil himself, but punished by having his body possessed by the Gemini killer for a full decade and half, having to witness his own hands torture and kill innocent people. So, objectively: who got a good ending?
It would've also been nice to mention the fact that Pazuzu, the demon who possessed Reagan (twice), is an actual demon from Babylonian times and he was considered one of the strongest demons who actually fought off other demons with ease. Pregnant women would have Pazuzu statues and icons everywhere to ward off other evil demons back in those days. This is why the exorcism fails, because he is one of the original demons in our history, and he has dominion over most others. This is also why there is no importance put over the demons name in the original film, because Merrin already knew who he was facing and the traditional methods do not work on someone who is considered to be a King of demons. Karras alone attempts to find the demon's name, but Father Merrin has no interest due to all of the above.
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