Bijou After Hours is presented by the Bijou Film Board
After Hours is a late-night series featuring cult classics, fan favorites, recent releases, and the best in modern genre films. Saturdays at 11pm during the semester. FREE for UI students -- simply show your student ID at the box office! Tickets only $6.50 for general public.
"The Exorcist, with its excellent cast, mounting intensity, and ingeniously
constructed surprises, is still a commanding achievement." -Philadelphia Inquirer
THE EXORCIST
Blatty transformed the little boy in the 1949 incident into a little girl named
Regan, played by 14-year- old Linda Blair. Suddenly prone to fits and bizarre
behavior, Regan proves quite a handful for her actress-mother, Chris MacNeil
(played by Ellen Burstyn, although Blatty reportedly based the character on his next-
door neighbor Shirley MacLaine). When Regan gets completely out of hand, Chris
calls in young priest Father Karras (Jason Miller), who becomes convinced that the
girl is possessed by the Devil and that they must call in an exorcist: namely, Father
Merrin (Max von Sydow). His foe proves to be no run-of- the-mill demon, and both the
priest and the girl suffer numerous horrors during their struggles