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Oct 31, 2023 9:30 AM CDT

Here Are the 10 Best Horror Movies Ever

Be prepared to scream (or at least hide under the covers)

(Newser) - In between those Halloween calisthenics of jumping up from the sofa to hand out candy to trick-or-treaters, you might want to squeeze in a horror flick or two to get into the holiday spirit. Time Out has some recommendations, thanks to its writers and "horror experts" who compiled a...

Taylor Swift Is Now Plugging a Concert Film

'Exorswift' Isn't
Happening, People

UPDATED

Sep 1, 2023 11:45 AM CDT

'Exorswift' Isn't Happening, People

New 'Exorcist' film moves opening date so it won't conflict with Taylor Swift's Oct. 13 concert tour flick

(Newser) - If you were hoping for another "Barbenheimer," you're not getting it. Friday the 13th (of October) was set to be the release date for both The Exorcist: Believer and for Taylor Swift's concert film about her Eras Tour. Now, however, Universal, the distributor for the horror...

Exorcist , Seventh Seal Actor Max Von Sydow Dead

Iconic Actor
With 'Deep Sense
of Nordic Angst'
Dead at 90

OBITUARY

Mar 9, 2020 8:21 AM CDT

Iconic Actor With 'Deep Sense of Nordic Angst' Dead at 90

Max von Sydow was best known for his roles in 'The Seventh Seal,' 'The Exorcist'

(Newser) - He played a chess game against Death in The Seventh Seal, took on the role of an ill-fated priest in The Exorcist, and, most recently, appeared in Game of Thrones as the Three-Eyed Raven. Now, his 65-year career has come to a close: Reps for Max von Sydow confirm the...

10 Highest Grossing Films Ever

Feb 23, 2017 8:01 AM CST

10 Highest Grossing Films Ever

'Gone With the Wind' is the king

(Newser) - With Oscars week upon us, 24/7 Wall St. has dug into Hollywood numbers to figure out the highest grossing films of all time. The site used data from Box Office Mojo, and the results reveal that 14 of the 25 films on the list came out prior to 1980. The...

William Peter Blatty, Exorcist
Author, Dead at 89

OBITUARY

Jan 13, 2017 1:25 PM CST

William Peter Blatty, Exorcist Author, Dead at 89

He did everything from drive a beer truck to sell vacuums before he hit it big

(Newser) - Novelist and filmmaker William Peter Blatty, who conjured a tale of demonic possession and gave millions the fright of their lives with the best-selling novel and Oscar-winning movie The Exorcist, has died at the age of 89, the AP reports. Blatty died Thursday at a hospital in Bethesda, Md., of...

Exorcist Director
Says He Filmed
Real-Life Version

May 20, 2016 10:31 AM CDT

Exorcist Director Says He Filmed Real-Life Version

'I don't think I will ever be the same'

(Newser) - "I don't think I will ever be the same having seen this astonishing thing," says William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist. No, he's not talking about the movie that terrorized you with a scene of a possessed child doing a backward spider crawl down the stairs....

Live Exorcism Airs
on TV Friday Night

Oct 30, 2015 11:54 AM CDT

Live Exorcism Airs on TV Friday Night

Bishop, psychic will be on hand for 'dangerous' rite: network

(Newser) - This should get you in the Halloween mood: The cable channel Destination America says it will broadcast a live exorcism on the St. Louis residence that once housed the inspiration for the film The Exorcist at 9pm EDT on Friday. Catholic priests performed a series of exorcisms on a Maryland...

Exorcist Author's
Georgetown Gripe
'Well-Founded,'
Says Vatican

May 14, 2014 8:47 AM CDT

Exorcist Author's Georgetown Gripe 'Well-Founded,' Says Vatican

William Peter Blatty doesn't think his alma mater is Catholic enough

(Newser) - William Peter Blatty, author of The Exorcist and a Georgetown graduate, doesn't think his alma mater is Catholic enough—and the Vatican just may be on his side. Blatty submitted a petition to the Vatican last fall asking that the school be stripped of its "Catholic" and "...

Empire Strikes Back
Bound for Library of Congress

Dec 28, 2010 9:11 AM CST

Empire Strikes Back Bound for Library of Congress

Saturday Night Fever also chosen for preservation collection

(Newser) - The Empire Strikes Back and Saturday Night Fever are among 25 films bound for a special Library of Congress archive this year. Some 2,100 films picked by the National Film Preservation Board and the public were nominated for preservation in the National Film Registry, the AP reports. The films...

Catholic Church
Seeks Exorcists

Tough Job, But...

Nov 14, 2010 6:52 AM CST

Catholic Church Seeks Exorcists

Clergy attend weekend training session in Baltimore

(Newser) - Do you have a knack for battling Satan? The Catholic Church may have just the job for you. With just five or six of US priests capable of performing an exorcism and demand for exorcisms rising as Catholics who hail from countries where the rite doesn't evoke head-spinning immigrate to...

Scorsese's Favorite
Horror Flicks

happy halloween

Oct 30, 2009 4:07 PM CDT

Scorsese's Favorite Horror Flicks

One of cinema's greats shares his favorite scary movies

(Newser) - Martin Scorsese wants to give you a Halloween treat: The legendary director, writing for the Daily Beast, lists his top 11 fright-fests.

The Haunting: “You may not believe in ghosts but you cannot deny terror!”
The Isle of the Dead: "There’s a moment in this

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