The Exorcist is a 1973 horror film directed by William Friedkin, adapted by William Peter Blatty from his 1971 novel of the same name. (star Linda Blair shown above)
Blatty, author of The Exorcist, will be at various destinations in Georgetown today that are significant to the book for a documentary on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary and the rerelease on Blu-Ray by Blue Collar Productions.
He also plans to sue Georgetown University according to Religion News Service.
“The author who turned Georgetown University into a horror scene in “The Exorcist” plans to sue the school in church court, charging that his alma mater has strayed so far from church doctrine that it should no longer call itself Catholic.
William Peter Blatty, who graduated from Georgetown in 1950, says the “last straw” was the university’s speaking invitation to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.”
In case you have forgotten how horrifying the movie was, here is a remembrance clip:
