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The Exorcist

Horror

Directed by William Friedkin

When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life. From TMDB

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Warner Bros. initially had low expectations for The Exorcist, since it was a horror film without major stars that had gone well over budget. The film was not previewed for critics and initially booked for 30 screens in 24 theaters, mostly in large cities and metropolitan areas. The film grossed $1.9 million ($10.2 million in 2024) in its first week, setting records for each theater it was booked in, with an average of $70,000, equivalent to $376,000 in 2024. Within its first month, it had grossed $7.4 million ($36.5 million in 2024) nationwide; studio executives expected it to surpass My Fair Lady as the studio's most financially successful film. The huge crowds forced the studio to expand…

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  • Villanelle’s Pink Dress 🍁🍂🐈‍⬛️🧙‍♀️🧛‍♀️🎃👻🟦 @tasslefizney1.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2025

    My daughter watched The Exorcist for the first time last night. I told her I never saw the movie because I read the book in like 6th grade & have never recovered 😂. This is what she just texted me: “The exorcist was fucked up what a wild book that must have been 😭”

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  • DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.netBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    First look at Mike Flanagan's ‘THE EXORCIST’ film, starring Scarlett Johansson, Chiwetel Ejiofor & John Leguizamo. The film follows a detective who watches the execution of a serial killer - only for his murder spree to continue in demonic ways. In theaters on March 12, 2027.

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  • The 70s Guy @stevenw888.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    On this day in 1974, Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells went to No.1 for the first time on the UK album chart, 15 months after being released (partly because part of it featured in the film The Exorcist). It went on to sell over 10 million copies worldwide. #TubularBells #MikeOldfield

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  • Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 12, 2024

    I've been reading The Exorcist (the book that the film was based on) and got a bit unexpectedly obsessed with this sentence.

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  • Trevors (1990) starring Kevin Bacon @slimyswampghost.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 22, 2025

    I'm listening to an audiobook of The Exorcist and i'm loving it very much, and one of the advantages the book has over the movie is Extended Lt. Kinderman (homicide detective) Content. It's like Columbo stumbled into a horror novel.

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  • M LeMont @mistersalesman @mistersalesman.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 2, 2024

    The Exorcist was the scariest movie that I've ever seen. What movie scared the hell out of you?

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  • Sarah. 🥀🦇🕸️ @vampireghuleh.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 16, 2024

    Horror Movie #PromoSky : 🖤 Creepshow 🖤 The Shining 🖤 The Exorcist & The Exorcist III 🖤 Nightmare On Elm Street III 🖤 May 🖤 Ginger Snaps 🖤 Excision 🖤 American Mary 🖤 The Omen & The Omen 2 🖤 Terrifier Trilogy 🖤 The Wicker Man 🖤 Evil Dead 2 🖤 Halloween & Halloween III 🖤 Scream

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  • Monica At The Movies @monicasmovies.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 18, 2026

    The Exorcist (1973) 🎬🖤 Directed by William Friedkin

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  • Trevors (1990) starring Kevin Bacon @slimyswampghost.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 8, 2025

    The Exorcist III is a much better horror film than The Exorcist, i stand by this. The writing and performances in this film are peerless in the genre, imo. And it's so malevolently WEIRD.

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  • Jackie Bouvier @jackiebouvier.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 10, 2026

    I cannot encourage this more strongly. Please read The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty and then watch the 1973 movie immediately after. I just did this and it was glorious. They are both so fucking good. And the cast is absolutely perfect. Report your findings.

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  • DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.netBluesky · Jan 17, 2026

    Mike Flanagan’s ‘THE EXORCIST’ film will release on March 12, 2027 in theaters. Starring Scarlett Johansson and Jacobi Jupe.

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  • Thylacine-rescue, Samhain enthusiast 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @thylacine-rescue.bsky.socialBluesky · May 30, 2026

    Yesterday’s movie poster snippet: The Exorcist, 1973 Did the movie deliver on what the poster promised?

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Jun 10, 2026

    Mike Flanagan’s ‘The Exorcist’ film starring Scarlett Johansson has wrapped filming 🎬 Releasing in theaters March 12, 2027

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Jan 17, 2026

    Mike Flanagan’s new ‘The Exorcist’ film starring Scarlett Johansson releases in theaters March 12, 2027

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  • Trevors (1990) starring Kevin Bacon @slimyswampghost.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 5, 2026

    Favourite horror movie for every year of the 1990s: 1990: The Exorcist III 1991: Silence Of The Lambs 1992: Ghostwatch 1993: Leif Jonker's Darkness 1994: In The Mouth Of Madness 1995: Demon Knight 1996: The Frighteners 1997: Cure 1998: Disembodied 1999: Ravenous

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  • Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 11, 2023

    I just threw The Exorcist on the TV because I needed a comfort movie and this says a lot about me as a person and not all of it is good.

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  • DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.netBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    First poster for Mike Flanagan's ‘THE EXORCIST: MARTYRS’, starring Scarlett Johansson. The film follows a detective who watches a serial killer's execution - only for his murder spree to continue in demonic ways.

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  • Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 8, 2025

    Happy Birthday to WILLIAM PETER BLATTY, author of the novel THE EXORCIST. He won an Oscar for the screenplay of the book's iconic film adaptation and ended up writing and directing THE EXORCIST III

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  • Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 8, 2025

    I've said it before, yeah. I'll use a visual example (they're generally easier to understand) Take a film like The Exorcist. Half of it is spent establishing the characters before the exorcism takes place. Whether you find it scary or not during the first half doesn't make it less of a horror film

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  • Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 26, 2024

    THE EXORCIST William Friedkin's horror masterpiece was released OTD in 1973. Lil trivia: Max Von Sydow was only 44 years old when he played the octogenarian Father Merrin thanks to the magic of movies & the genius of make up Maestro Dick Smith. Re: its release date, is THE EXORCIST a Xmas movie?🤔

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  • 🎃SteveEveLibertineScreⒶm🎃 @steveevelibertine.bsky.socialBluesky · May 12, 2026

    Currently watching The Exorcist while I eat leftover spaghetti!

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  • Chris • クリストファー @cbseamonkey.bsky.socialBluesky · May 19, 2026

    Post your favorite 31 movie posters for the month of May. One poster per day. No explanations needed. No particular order. #FilmSky #Movies #Film #MoviePosters Day 18: The Exorcist (1973)

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  • Horror & Coffee @foundfootagefan.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2026

    Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 The Exorcist (1973) By Andrew Rowland

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  • Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 5, 2026

    Favourite horror movie for every year of the 1990s: 1990: The Exorcist III 1991: Silence of the Lambs 1992: Bram Stoker's Dracula 1993: Jurassic Park 1994: Heavenly Creatures 1995: Magnetic Rose 1996: Crash 1997: Lost Highway 1998: Ringu 1999: Eyes Wide Shut

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  • Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.comBluesky · Nov 24, 2025

    Scarlett Johansson will star in Mike Flanagan’s THE EXORCIST. “Scarlett is a brilliant actress whose captivating performances always feel grounded and real, from genre films to blockbusters,” said Flanagan. The film will tell an all-new story.

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  • Bessie The Traveling Cow @bessiethecow.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2025

    Happy Halloween! Can anyone guess where I am? These are the famous "Exorcist steps" in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington DC. The steps were built in 1895 and made famous by the 1973 supernatural horror film The Exorcist. Luckily, I didn't fall, I just carefully posed. Stay safe everyone!

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  • Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vetBluesky · Mar 30, 2026

    How is The Exorcist III a 1990 movie when it looks like it was filmed in 1971

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  • Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.comBluesky · Mar 13, 2026

    Filming has begun on Mike Flanagan's THE EXORCIST. Plot details remain under wraps, but the film will tell an all-new story set in The Exorcist universe. Not a remake. Nothing to do with The Exorcist: Believer. Scarlett Johansson stars.

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  • Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 1, 2026

    Not a joke or an April Fools post: I hate the “spider walk” scene in THE EXORCIST. It’s completely inorganic to the fabric and flow of the movie and Friedkin was right to cut it. I hate that it’s been such a go-to visual for the movie since 2000.

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  • ✨John Carpenter’s BOObies✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 13, 2026

    THE EXORCIST III is a good movie no I will not be taking questions.

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  • Darrell Clem @darrellclem.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 5, 2025

    #StrictlyInstrumental Day 5 Tubular Bells, theme from my favorite #horror movie, The Exorcist, is a creepy tune that reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. Often copied, but this is the original 45rpm single. youtu.be/fZfs3Hl1t-o?... #MusicChallenge

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  • Brian Keene @briankeene.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 8, 2025

    I never get tired of watching George C Scott and Ed Flanders play off each other in The Exorcist 3. Absolute masterclass in acting and reacting to the other actor. Also, obligatory reminder that The Exorcist 3 is the best film in the franchise and the 2nd best horror film of all time.

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  • Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.comBluesky · Feb 4, 2026

    Academy Award-nominated actor Chiwetel Ejiofor has joined the cast of Mike Flanagan's THE EXORCIST. The all-new film will be released theatrically on Friday, March 12, 2027, and is set to shoot in New York City.

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  • 🖤🌹🪦MorTosha Addams @headintheclouds13.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 16, 2026

    The Exorcist (1973) While NOES was my 1st real horror movie I watched, at 7. At 6, in day care, one of the employees was watching the film and I watched a while, intrigued & scared. Later, as a kid I bought a ouija board because of the film. Which, after using, immediately boxed and hid away. 🫣😆

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  • David Gaider @davidgaider.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 30, 2025

    I maintain that Constantine was actually a solid movie - just not a good adaptation of Constantine the comic book. Also, the Exorcism of Emily Rose is probably my favourite exorcism horror film... and that includes the Exorcist.

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  • Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.comBluesky · Jan 17, 2026

    Mike Flanagan's THE EXORCIST starring Scarlett Johansson will release in theaters March 12, 2027. Flanagan’s film will tell an all-new story set in The Exorcist universe and it’s definitely NOT a sequel to The Exorcist: Believer.

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  • JPSea ..✳️🈶 @jpsea83.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2025

    The Exorcist (1973) dir. William Friedkin #Cinema 🎟️🎚️ 📽️🎞️ #FilmSky

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  • The 70s Guy @stevenw888.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 26, 2025

    26 December 1973 saw the release of the film 'The Exorcist' which went on to become a cult movie. Part of the soundtrack was provided by Mike Oldfield's excellent 'Tubular Bells' which propelled that album into the US top 10. #TheExorcist

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  • Monica At The Movies @monicasmovies.bsky.socialBluesky · May 12, 2025

    The Exorcist (1973) Directed by William Friedkin

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  • The Other Happy Place @theotherhappyplace.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 30, 2026

    I remembered that not very good exorcist movie "The Exorcist: Believer" from like 2023?? And I was like "how did that end again??" And OH MY GOD THE ENDING SO BLEAK LMAO

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  • Movies from HELL @26mfhpod.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 16, 2025

    (1974) Kazuo Umezu Artwork done for a Japanese publication at the time of the Japanese release of the 1973 film THE EXORCIST

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  • Horror & Coffee @foundfootagefan.bsky.socialBluesky · May 15, 2025

    Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 The Exorcist (1973) By Christopher Franchi

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  • Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 28, 2026

    ‘OBSESSION’ has dethroned ‘THE EXORCIST’ as the sixth highest-grossing horror movie of all time at the domestic box office. #Obsession

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  • 🎃🕸 Purga-Tori, the Queen of Samhain 🕸🎃 @purgatorihorror.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 25, 2024

    Horror fact: There was technically a foreign remake of The Exorcist (1973). Şeytan (1974) or "Turkish Exorcist" is that film. Released just 1 year after William Friedkin's film, Şeytan is basically scene-for-scene The Exorcist.

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  • Erik Larsen @eriklarsen.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 24, 2025

    The only movie I have ever walked out of was the Exorcist and in my defense--I was 11 years old and I was NOT ready for that.

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  • ismua ᴮˡᵘᵉˢᵏʸ ᴱˡᵈᵉʳ📯 🌈⛵💜 @ismua.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2025

    #Howl-A-Ween 👻 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 1️⃣5️⃣: TV/Movie horror theme 🗣️ Mike Oldfield • The Exorcist 🔊 Tubular Bells

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  • Screamer Jim @screamerjim.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 22, 2023

    The Exorcist [1973] is a Train Movie

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  • Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 8, 2023

    "I'm going to put on a comfort movie." /puts on The Exorcist

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  • snackerü @snackeru.bsky.socialBluesky · May 18, 2026

    I still can’t get over that the Berger “Dandelion” Fountain and was paid for in large part by the money Benjamin Berger made in his movie theaters from wildly successful showings of The Exorcist. Seriously.

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  • ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.comBluesky · Jan 22, 2026

    The Exorcist 7, an Asylum movie starring Pauly Shore with a budget of $1.2 million

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  • Bimbo Saggins @bitzydimbo.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 23, 2024

    the Exorcist is an xmas movie.

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  • Joel Yancey @joel-yancey.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 11, 2024

    #NowListening #QueuedUp Tubular Bells (1973) by Mike Oldfield #progrock * notable for containing The Exorcist film soundtrack. Actually a solid album.

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  • Gerdzilla @gerdzilla.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2025

    ☄️🍎🐀🐧 #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky Night of the Creeps (1986) The Battery (2012) Mother’s Day (1980) The Exorcist III (1990)

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  • Dr Rehaminator's Monster Cock @drrehaminator.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 11, 2026

    4. The following movie franchises should never have been a franchise: The Exorcist, Friday the 13th, Halloween, Scream, Texas Chainsaw Massacre

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  • lemmylemonade @[email protected]Lemmy · Apr 19, 2026

    Could you guys give me horror/thriller movie recommendations?. I am a longtime horror fan who's searching for a good horror movies to watch. A movie like *The Exorcist* that actually made me feel scared. Something that's inherently scary, and not because of jump scares. I have watched many popular horror movies and movie series like the *Anabelle*, *The Insidious* (my favourite), The Conjuring (another favourite), *The Babadook* and more. I am looking for movies set in 90s, 70s or earlier, that…

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  • #OneHitWondered @onehitwondered.bsky.socialBluesky · May 15, 2025

    #OneHitHistory Birthday wishes out to English musician/songwriter & producer Mike Oldfield, #BOTD in 1953. Oldfield earned US #OneHitWonder honors in 1974 after the haunting intro to “Tubular Bells” was used in the 1973 film The Exorcist (redefining horror soundtracks.) #OneHitWondered #MusicSky

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  • All The Right Movies @alltherightmovies.comBluesky · Aug 14, 2026

    THE EXORCIST | EPISODE OUT NOW Georgetown, 1973, and the film that changed what horror could get away with. We tell the full story behind it, with big opinions and a lot of laughs. On all podcast platforms. alltherightmovies.com/podcast/the-...

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  • Jandri🔞 @jandri.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 2, 2025

    My honest take is that The Exorcist is a perfect movie, while Exorcist III is better but isn’t perfect

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  • 🌌Jack🌟Off🌟All🌟Trades🌌 @wnycubby.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 23, 2024

    Day 4/100 of Horror Movie Watches: *The Amityville Horror (1979) *Trick r Treat (2007) *The Exorcist (1973) *Curse of La Llorona (2019)

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  • weinberg @weinbergs.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 11, 2026

    The Exorcist Universe = one great film, an excellent moment in Part 3, and a whole bunch of crap.

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