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Curse on the movie exorcist Did you watched the movie exorcist. If not then watch it.
But before watching this deadly horror movies lets know some facts about it.
The film is based on a novel written by William Peter Blatty – a text that is based on actual events involving the reported possession of a young boy.
Movie version released in december 26, 1973.
While watching the movie many people in the theaters got fainted and some vomited. It is reported that while watching the movie one boy attacked the tv screen to kill the devil.
And the surprising part is that there were continuous death while making and also after the movie was completed.
There were 9 deaths in total.
Here are the facts( Quotes from different websites)
Jack MacGowran, the actor that played the role of Burke Dennings, died shortly before the film release. On January 30, 1973, MacGowran died as a result of complications from the flu at the age of 55: just over a month before the film’s official release (“Jack MacGowran”). MacGowran was cremated after his death and his ashes scattered in the sea (“Jack MacGowran”). Strangely, MacGowran’s character also dies in the film; Burke is killed by the possessed child when he is left alone with her.
Valsiliki Maliaros also died before the release of The Exorcist, the woman that played the role of Father Karras’s mother; died and was 90 years old when she passed away on February 9, 1973 of natural causes (“The Exorcist”). In addition, Lee J. Cobb, the actor that played the role of Lieutenant Kinderman, died three years after the film’s release in 1976 at the age of 64 from a heart attack (“Lee J. Cobb”). He was buried in Los Angeles County in the Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in the Garden of Shemot 1, Lot 421 (“Lee. J. Cobb”). Still other deaths occurred during the production of the film; there is a rumor that Max von Sydow, who played the role of Father Merrin, had a brother that passed away in Sweden while The Exorcist film was in production (“The Exorcist – The Film”). Some accounts argue that the latter incident is not true and that the actor had no siblings whatsoever. However, Evelyn Burstyn reveals in an interview that Max von Sydow did indeed have a brother that died during the time that the film was in production (“Curse of The Exorcist”). Burstyn further asserts that one of the cameramen had a wife that had given birth and the child died while the film was in production, and she further confirms that the man responsible for refrigerating the set died (“The Curse of the Exorcist”). Meanwhile, it is reported that Linda Blair’s(the child that played the role of being possessed by the evil) grandfather died during filming, that an African American night watchman on the set also died, another incident confirmed by Burstyn; and that a man pointed out by Blair in the film died (“The Curse of the Exorcist”). Strange events continued to plague the cast and crew of the film throughout production
And many incidents used to take place regularly on the sets.
When the movie hit the theaters, some of the reactions to the film were not too promising; Billy Graham, an evangelist, spoke out about the film and suggested that “the forces of darkness” were aligned with the film and that “there is a power of evil in the film, in the fabric of the film itself” (“The Exorcist: Aftermath”). Reports of movie theaters offering vomit bags to viewers, people continuously fainting after watching the film and even getting injured ironically fueled the success of the film further. Some reports suggest that one man fainted in the movie theater, fell forward, and subsequently hit the movie seat in front of him and broke his jaw (“The Exorcist – The Film”). Some movie theaters even kept a supply of smelling salts on hand for those that fainted after watching the film
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