When the classic movie first screened in 1973, it horrified audiences. It was inspired by a 1949 exorcism in Mt. Rainier that the Washington Post wrote about at the time.
A pedestrian walks up "The Exorcist" steps on in Oct. 2020 in Washington. The staircase was featured in the 1973 film and are a reminder of the real-life story that is said to have served as the inspiration for the book that the movie was based upon. The boy launched into a violent screams and curses in Latin — a language he had never learned — every time the Catholic priest in front of him tried to cast the devil out.
Before the exorcism, it was said that the bed in which the boy was sleeping would suddenly move across the room, fruit from on top of the refrigerator would be tossed around the room, and strange scratching sounds came from the walls of his home. Although Blatty had been inspired by the story and followed up with at least one of the priests involved, he. The special effects were ahead of their time; green projectile vomiting, a teenager’s head rotating on a 180- and a 360-degree axis, and bodies and beds levitating. Local police were charged with ensuring that no one under 17 was attempting to see it, even when accompanied with parents or guardians.
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