The Exorcist Archives

January 3, 2022By Meg Shields

What Makes ‘The Exorcist III’ Jump Scare So Effective

Sometimes the scariest thing in the world is stillness. And giant metal scissors.

November 17, 2021By Meg Shields

‘The Exorcist’ was the Christmas hit that rocked Hollywood. Here’s why audiences in 1973 found the film so scary.

January 28, 2021By Luke Hicks

The writer-director’s debut feature, ‘Saint Maud,’ is finally coming to US screens. We got on the phone with her nearly a year ago.

May 8, 2020By Meg Shields

What an excellent day for a celebration of Mercedes McCambridge.

April 9, 2020By Meg Shields

Nightmare fuel or experimental masterpiece? You decide.

September 29, 2019By Kieran Fisher

People being thrown out of windows is one of cinema’s most entertaining tropes.

August 17, 2018By Brad Gullickson

We chat with the director about following in the footsteps of a cinematic masterpiece and riding the line between exploitation and truthful terror.

March 20, 2018By Brad Gullickson

Friedkin’s new documentary, The Devil and Father Amorth challenges our modern concepts of evil.