The Exorcist Legacy

Advance Praise for The Exorcist Legacy: “The Exorcist Legacy conjures new scares while telling a great story about a landmark horror film. Insightful, surprising, and damn fun!” —Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Kagen the Damned and editor of Weird Tales Magazine “Veteran journalist Nat Segaloff engrossingly charts the making, marketing, and enduring reception of the spiritual horror blockbuster that has haunted the nightmares of two generations of filmgoers, as well as spawned a cottage industry of theories about the ‘curses’ that allegedly bedeviled the production…A great read even if you’re not a lapsed Catholic!” —Joe Dante, director of Gremlins, Innerspace, The Howling, and Matinee “The Exorcist is not just a classic, but a living, breathing presence in our culture. Nat Segaloff has followed it from the very beginning and is uniquely qualified to chart its history and impact.” —Leonard Maltin, film critic and historian “Nat Segaloff’s deep dive into all things Exorcist will spin your head around with exhaustive details, smart reporting, intriguing insights from cast and crew members, philosophical and religious explorations, and more. Segaloff tells his tale with intelligence, warmth, and lively occasional doses of skepticism and snark.” —Stephen Rebello, author of Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho and Dolls! Dolls! Dolls!: Deep Inside Valley of the Dolls, the Most Beloved Bad Book and Movie of All Time “Segaloff chronicles this legacy not as a fly-on-the-wall, but as a battlefield medic with his finger pressed firmly on the pulse. If there’s a more comprehensive and exhaustive history of The Exorcist, I have not read it.” —Ronald Malfi, bestselling author of Come with Me and Black Mouth