Richard Thornley's Reviews > The Exorcist Legacy: 50 Years of Fear

Review from ARC: I haven't read other books about The Exorcist, but this strikes me as a warts-and-all history of the book, the movies, the TV series, and all involved. It's an important (and timely) tale to tell as many of the main characters are either not with us anymore (Blatty, von Sydow) or won't be with us for much longer (Friedkin, Burstyn). Most interesting for me were Friedkin and Batty's early years, and the impact these had on their telling of the original story. But even the lesser sequels have interesting histories that will appeal to fans of any part of this franchise. Fifty years on a good story is still a good story!