American author, screenwriter and filmmaker best known for the 1971 novel The Exorcist and for writing and adapting it for the 1973 film; he wrote and directed The Ninth Configuration and wrote and directed/adapted The Exorcist III.

Born January 7, 1928; died January 12, 2017. Author of The Exorcist (novel, 1971); wrote the screenplay for the 1973 film and later wrote/directed The Ninth Configuration (1980) and The Exorcist III (1990).

Two DeBaser reviews discuss Blatty's work as filmmaker and writer. They praise performances, atmosphere and ambitious ideas, but criticize pacing, verbosity and some directorial choices. The Ninth Configuration is called pretentious yet fascinating; The Exorcist III is seen as uneven but supported by strong acting. Both reviews treat Blatty as a serious, polarizing figure in modern horror.

For:Fans of literary horror and cult cinema, readers of religious/philosophical fiction, and film students interested in acting, pacing and thematic ambition.

 "The Exorcist" from 1973 by the master William Friedkin was one of the films that radically changed the thinking of modern horror, along with another masterpiece cult that bears the name "Rosemary's Baby".

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 “In order for life to have appeared spontaneously on earth, there first had to be hundreds of millions of protein molecules of the ninth configuration. But given the size of the planet Earth, do you know how long it would have taken for just one of these protein molecules to appear entirely by chance? Roughly ten to the two hundred and forty-third power billions of years. And I find that far, far more fantastic than simply believing in God.”

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