William Peter Blatty (CAS ’50) died yesterday aged 89. William Peter Blatty (CAS ’50), the writer and producer of the 1973 horror film “The Exorcist,” died yesterday at the age of 89, according to the ...

William Peter Blatty, an author whose novel The Exorcist and his later screenplay for the 1973 film about a demonic possession became a phenomenon and stirred fierce public debate about the occult, ...

Lucye Rafferty/The Hoya Georgetown University alum and author of “The Exorcist” William Peter Blatty discusses supernatural phenomena in ICC Auditorium Thursday night. For a man who claims he was ...

Of course, Friedkin was well-aware that he wasn't directing a documentary at the time. "Blatty made it all up," the filmmaker told Yahoo Entertainment in 2018, referring to author William Peter Blatty ...

July 1971 Blatty discussed the idea for his novel with Harold Keen. It was the nation's best selling book then. New FBI Director Kash Patel will also be named acting head of the ATF, official says ...

William Peter Blatty’s novel, The Exorcist, conjured up one of the most iconic but divisive horror franchises in media history. With the first movie released in 1973, director William Friedkin‘s ...

Author William Peter Blatty, who wrote the best-selling horror novel, "The Exorcist," has died at the age of 89. Blatty died Thursday, according to William Friedkin, who directed the film adaptation ...