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52 years ago TODAY, heads were literally turning when “The Exorcist” was released in 1973! William Friedkin turned possession horror into prestige panic, with Linda Blair’s Regan and Ellen Burstyn’s desperate mom doing the emotional heavy lifting, and Max von Sydow showing up like a walking exhale of dread. It’s the rare movie that made people line up to get scared, then leave the theater arguing about what they just witnessed. It became the first horror film nominated for Best Picture and score

Following the release of the original “The Exorcist” in 1973, Linda Blair, who portrayed the possessed girl Regan MacNeil, faced an extreme and disturbing reaction from the public. The film’s intense and realistic depiction of demonic possession left audiences deeply unsettled, leading to a widespread belief that Blair herself was somehow associated with the supernatural events depicted in the movie. As a result, Blair received hundreds of death threats daily, with some people genuinely believin