Linda Blair as the possessed Regan floats above her bed in "The Exorcist" (1973), one of the best demonic possession movies of all time. Warner Bros. When people talk about demonic possession movies, ...

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St. Francis Borgia Helping a Dying Impenitent, Francisco de Goya Source: Wikimedia Commons/Public domain The idea that humans can be “possessed” by the devil, demons, or spirits has been an enduring ...

The Possession (2012), yet another in a recent deluge of films about demonic possession and exorcism supposedly based on real cases, opened this Labor Day weekend. (I have not seen the movie, so this ...

Fr. Vincent Lampert — a Catholic priest and the designated exorcist for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis — has witnessed people “foaming at the mouth, growling and snarling” during one of many ...

Russell Crowe has a thing for exorcisms. In 2023, we watched him be a very unserious person while he fought demons as the Pope’s personal exorcist. The Pope’s Exorcist didn’t hold back on the holy ...

We saw a lot of demonic possession on our TVs and movie screens in 2023, from "Evil Dead Rise"... UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #2: (As character) Mommy's with the maggots now. DETROW: ..."The Pope's Exorcist" ...

Katherine is a Horror Features author for Collider, but loves movies in (almost) all shapes and genres. She went to school in Virginia for English and Film Studies before heading out to Las Vegas. She ...

Tuesday marks 50 years since The Exorcist came out and shocked audiences with its depiction of a possessed 12-year-old girl. Its release kicked off an obsession with films about demonic possession.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character) Mom? UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #2: (As character) Mommy's with the maggots now. DETROW: ..."The Pope's Exorcist" and "Exorcist: Believer." (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...