Writer Stephen King has led tributes to the author of The Exorcist William Peter Blatty, who has died aged 89. The writer and filmmaker's death was announced on Twitter on Friday by The Exorcist ...

William Peter Blatty, the author whose best-selling book The Exorcist was both a milestone in horror fiction and a turning point in his own career, died last Thursday in Bethesda, Maryland. He was 89.

Writer Stephen King has led tributes to the author of The Exorcist William Peter Blatty, who has died aged 89. The writer and filmmaker's death was announced on Twitter on Friday by The Exorcist ...

When you have written the book that inspired what many people regard as the scariest movie of all time, it's rather hard to repeat that success. When William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist was adapted ...

Mon, Oct 28 – Thu, Oct 31 Halloween In a 1978 review of John Carpenter’s Halloween, film critic Pauline Kael wrote, “Halloween has a pitiful, amateurish script (by Carpenter and his producer, Debra ...

There’s a debate as to whether Malachi Martin really did inspire The Exorcist, but as a new Netflix film reveals, the Kerry priest led a fascinating life, ...

The Exorcistmight be one of the greatest horror films of all time, but only one other movie in the long-running franchise is even worth watching. Based on the eponymous novel by William Peter Blatty, ...