ITF Read: The Exorcist (1971 novel)

Pazuzu commands YOU to listen (to this discussion of William
Peter Blatty’s infamous book about demon possession). In episode
145, Luke & James discuss whether the source material lives
up to the claim on the cover that it is, “The most terrifying
novel ever written.”


 


Topics: real life exorcisms, a genre-defining tale, writing from
a place of truth, the skeptic perspective, using “real” horrors,
a serpentine penis, the power of coincidence, the fear of women’s
sexuality, and the real-life basis for Fr. Lankester Merrin.


 


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Intro/outro music: Torin - Tubular Bells  No
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