Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here are the real events that inspired — and were inspired by — William Friedkin's horror masterpiece. Blatty first heard about ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recently, I scoured Reddit and our very own BuzzFeed community in search of real-life exorcism and possession stories. Whether ...

In a recent note, the International Association of Exorcists (IAE) offers some important clarifications regarding the practice of exorcism, in light of various errors that have come to affect some ...

The real-life exorcism at the heart of "The Ritual," a new horror thriller opening in movie theaters June 6, has a Wisconsin prologue. "The Ritual" recounts a 1928 exorcism conducted at a convent in ...

Marco Vito Oddo is a writer, journalist, and amateur game designer. Passionate about superhero comic books, horror films, and indie games, he formally worked as a Senior Writer for Collider. When he's ...

The Pope's Exorcist might be a mostly fictional story, but Father Gabriele Amorth was a real person — and one of history's most prolific exorcists. Available now on Netflix US, the movie follows a ...

Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Exorcist. As written by William Peter Blatty, both in his original novel and his Academy Award-winning screenplay, The Exorcist (1973) did not happen.