Alan K is The Next Famous Movie Monster & This is Their Origin Story. Alan K has over a decade of journalism experience with a focus on horror, LGBTQ+ and entertainment. They have contributed to ...

Linda Blair as the possessed Regan floats above her bed in "The Exorcist" (1973), one of the best demonic possession movies of all time. Warner Bros. When people talk about demonic possession movies, ...

The Possession (2012), yet another in a recent deluge of films about demonic possession and exorcism supposedly based on real cases, opened this Labor Day weekend. (I have not seen the movie, so this ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Warner Bros. When you think of the best horror movies, there are plenty of characters and ...

St. Francis Borgia Helping a Dying Impenitent, Francisco de Goya Source: Wikimedia Commons/Public domain The idea that humans can be “possessed” by the devil, demons, or spirits has been an enduring ...

Fr. Vincent Lampert — a Catholic priest and the designated exorcist for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis — has witnessed people “foaming at the mouth, growling and snarling” during one of many ...

Russell Crowe has a thing for exorcisms. In 2023, we watched him be a very unserious person while he fought demons as the Pope’s personal exorcist. The Pope’s Exorcist didn’t hold back on the holy ...

Swap the clerical collars for a yarmulke, change the sacred incantations from Latin to Hebrew, leave out the pea soup, and you have a passable PG-13 version of “The Exorcist,” the granddaddy of all ...

To the editor: Lynn Hightower, a self-described “thriller writer” whose latest novel involves exorcism, began her op-ed article with a reference to her research on “demonic possession.” (“Exorcism is ...