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Based on a novel by William Peter Blatty, [[Very Loosely Based on a True Story|and inspired by]] what was supposedly ([http://www.examiner.com/history-in-baltimore/the-not-so-real-life-story-that-inspired-the-exorcist it's been disputed]) [[The Tasteless But True Story|an actual documented exorcism]] from 1949, '''''The Exorcist''''' is the terrifying, shocking tale of an originally rather cute 12-year-old girl named Regan and the efforts of her mother, a famous ex-actress, her mom's secretary Sharon, and a pair of priests to save the poor girl's soul from the ravages of a powerful, malign entity called Pazuzu.

The original movie is considered one of the best horror movies of all time, and was followed by two sequels and (for complicated reasons) two versions of the same prequel, with varying levels of quality and success from each of them. However, the first sequel, ''Exorcist II: The Heretic'', is [[w:List of films considered the worst#Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)|considered to be one of the worst movies of all time]].

 

 

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