A behind-the-scenes retrospective made for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the classic horror film, The Exorcist. Includes interviews with Linda Blair and the other stars of the film, along with commentary from the director and writer on some of the deeper meanings behind the elements they used to terrify their audiences, and previously unreleased footage including make-up tests and deleted scenes.
Direction
Friedkin's obsessive, borderline-dangerous methods finally revealed.
Practical Effects
The makeup tests that prove practical effects age like wine.
Writing
Blatty unpacks his theological anxieties with surprising vulnerability.
Director
Nick Freand Jones
Mark Kermode
Self - Presenter
Ellen Burstyn
Self - Chris MacNeil
William O'Malley
Self - 'Fr. Dyer'
William Friedkin
Self - Director
Max von Sydow
Self - Father Merrin
Linda Blair
Self - Regan
William Peter Blatty
Self - Author & Producer
Thomas Bermingham
Self - Technical Advisor
Jason Miller
Self - Father Karras
Owen Roizman
Self - Director of Photography
Dick Smith
Self - Make-Up Artist
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mark Kermode's obsessive fandom led to this documentary; he later wrote an entire book on the film and remains its most devoted scholar.
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