William Peter Blatty, an author whose novel The Exorcist and his later screenplay for the 1973 film about a demonic possession became a phenomenon and stirred fierce public debate about the occult, ...

William Peter Blatty (CAS ’50) died yesterday aged 89. William Peter Blatty (CAS ’50), the writer and producer of the 1973 horror film “The Exorcist,” died yesterday at the age of 89, according to the ...

The film was based on William Peter Blatty’s 1971 novel of the same name, which was loosely centered around the last known exorcism at the time sanctioned by the Catholic church. Since its release, ...

Lucye Rafferty/The Hoya Georgetown University alum and author of “The Exorcist” William Peter Blatty discusses supernatural phenomena in ICC Auditorium Thursday night. For a man who claims he was ...

'I'm Not Regan': Linda Blair played the young Regan MacNeil in the 1973 film adaptation of William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist. In the book, Regan becomes possessed by a malevolent demon who makes her ...

Author William Peter Blatty, who wrote the best-selling horror novel, "The Exorcist," has died at the age of 89. Blatty died Thursday, according to William Friedkin, who directed the film adaptation ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Novelist and filmmaker William Peter Blatty, a former Jesuit school valedictorian who conjured a tale of demonic possession and gave millions the fright of their lives with the ...

The author of the novel The Exorcist, William Peter Blatty, has died at the age of 89. Scott Simon spoke with him in 2011 about the novel — and... The Author Of 'The Exorcist,' William Peter Blatty, ...