when the exorcist first came out?
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On December 26, 1973, The Exorcist, a horror film starring the actress Linda Blair as a girl possessed by an evil spirit, makes its debut in theaters; it will go on to earn a reputation as one of the scariest movies in history.
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First Harry Potter film opens. On November 16, 2001, the British author J.K. Rowling's star creation–bespectacled boy wizard Harry Potter–makes his big-screen debut in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, which opens in movie theaters across the United States.
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The Exorcism of Emily Rose. An agnostic defense attorney is alarmed when she starts to believe her client -- a priest accused of negligent homicide after an exorcism gone wrong.
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Victor Halperin's White Zombie was released in 1932 and is often cited as the first zombie film.
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The Silence of the Lambs (1991) is the only horror film to win Best Picture, and only five others have been nominated for Best Picture: The Exorcist (1973), Jaws (1975), The Sixth Sense (1999), Black Swan (2010), and Get Out (2017).
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Even though Annabelle: Creation came out after both Annabelle and The Conjuring, it's a prequel to both. In fact, it's kind of remarkable that Annabelle: Creation is not only a fantastic horror film, but that it also connects so many dots throughout the franchise.
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Valak also has a link to the “Annabelle” story, which is a spin-off of the first “Conjuring” movie. In “Annabelle: Creation,” which takes place in 1955, we learn how the doll came to be haunted when a group of orphans and the nun who looks after them move into the home of a dollmaker and his wife.
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Halloween III: Season of the Witch is a 1982 American science fiction horror film and the third installment in the Halloween film series. ... Halloween III is the only entry in the series that does not feature the series antagonist, Michael Myers.
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The original Halloween, released in 1978, was written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill, and directed by Carpenter. The film is known to have inspired a long line of slasher films.
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Ancient Origins of Halloween Halloween's origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago, mostly in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1.
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['The Exorcist. 1974. Courtesy of Photofest. ... ', 'Jaws. 1976. Universal Pictures/Photofest. ... ', 'The Silence of the Lambs. 1991. Photofest. ... ', 'The Sixth Sense. 2000. Photofest. ... ', 'Black Swan. 2011. Fox Searchlight Pictures. ... ', 'Get Out. 2017. Justin Lubin/Universal Pictures.']
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The wearing of costumes at Halloween may come from the belief that supernatural beings, or the souls of the dead, roamed the earth at this time. The practice may have originated in a Celtic festival, held on 31 October–1 November, to mark the beginning of winter. ... The festival is believed to have pre-Christian roots.
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['The Last House on the Left (1972) ... ', '7.Night of the Living Dead (1968) ... ', 'The Wicker Man (1973) ... ', "Rosemary's Baby (1968) ... ", 'The Silence of the Lambs (1991) ... ', 'Halloween (1978) Compass International Pictures. ... ', 'Martyrs (2008) Wild Bunch. ... ', 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Bryanston Pictures.']
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A Christmas Carol is a novella by English writer Charles Dickens, first published on 19 December 1843. It has been adapted into a variety of mediums, with the first theater production taking place in London within six weeks of publication.
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Which came first, Pirates (the ride) or Pirates (the movie). That's an easy one. Pirates of the Caribbean, the ride, opened in the Magic Kingdom in 1973. The first movie (based on the ride) was released in 2000.
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The Vatican Tapes is a 2015 American supernatural horror film directed by Mark Neveldine from a screenplay written by Christopher Borrelli, which is in turn based on a story by Chris Morgan and Christopher Borrelli.
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['Venom – out October 2.', 'A Star Is Born – out October 3.', 'Johnny English Strikes Again – out October 5.', 'First Man – out October 11.', 'Smallfoot – out October 12.', 'Bad Times at the El Royale - out October 12.', 'Halloween – out October 19.', 'Hunter Killer – out October 19.']