The Exorcist Was A Battle Between The Writer and Director | What's The Difference?

Before slashers properly took off with Michael Meyers, or the first xenomorph burst onto the scene or Jaws made it unsafe to go in the water, the 70s gave us a truly iconic horror film with The Exorcist. Written by William Peter Blatty, adapted from his own novel, and directed by William Friedkin, the film about a young girl possessed by a demon had audiences swooning and tossing up their pea soup. But the story of The Exorcist’s journey to the screen is one of a push and pull between Blatty and Friedkin. How happy could the ending have been? How subtle could the motives of the demon have been? And just how wildly different could the director’s cut be with only 11 additional minutes added? While we’re at it, the power of Christ compels us to also ask… What’s the Difference? For more mostly adjacently related content check these out! And be sure to subscribe to CineFix for more book vs. movie action in What’s the Difference!? Pet Semetary | What’s the Difference? -    • Pet Sematary - What's the Difference?   Bram Stoker’s Dracula | What’s the Difference? -    • Bram Stoker's Dracula - What's the Differe...   The Thing | What’s the Difference? -    • The Thing - What's the Difference?   And How about these other Horror Movie Lists!? Scariest Movie Moments of All Time -    • Scariest Movie Moments of All Time   Top 5 Horror Movies of All Time -    • Top 5 Horror Movies of All Time   Top 5 Horror Tropes of All Time -    • Top 5 Horror Tropes of All Time   And oh man are we talking about good movies all the time over on the Top 100 The Fly is Peak Body Horror Cronenberg -    • The Fly is Science Fiction’s Most Accessib...   RoboCop Has Cinema’s Greatest Shootout in a Cocaine Factory -    • RoboCop Features Cinema’s Smartest Shootou...   Sunset Boulevard is STILL a Crazy Middle Finger to Hollywood |    • Sunset Boulevard is STILL a Crazy, Meta Mi...   Parasite is Genre-Bending Social Satire at its Most Metaphorical -    • Parasite is Genre-Bending Social Satire At...   Groundhog Day Doesn’t Need to Explain Itself -    • Groundhog Day Doesn’t Need to Explain Itse...