William Peter Blatty, the novelist and Oscar-winning screenwriter most famous for landmark horror film “The Exorcist” as well as the director of two films, “The Ninth Configuration” and “The Exorcist ...

William Peter Blatty (CAS ’50) died yesterday aged 89. William Peter Blatty (CAS ’50), the writer and producer of the 1973 horror film “The Exorcist,” died yesterday at the age of 89, according to the ...

NEW YORK — Novelist and filmmaker William Peter Blatty, a former Jesuit school valedictorian who conjured a tale of demonic possession and gave millions the fright of their lives with the best-selling ...

Mike Flanagan needs to match the original's mix of faith and doubt if he wants his Exorcist movie to work.

Lucye Rafferty/The Hoya Georgetown University alum and author of “The Exorcist” William Peter Blatty discusses supernatural phenomena in ICC Auditorium Thursday night. For a man who claims he was ...

"Dimiter," William Peter Blatty; Forge, 304 pages. I've adored the novelist William Peter Blatty since I was a preteen; 1971's "The Exorcist" (which I probably shouldn't have read at age 10, but did) ...

What does William Peter Blatty have to do with Mystery Men Comics #3? Well, a boy named William Blatty was chosen as a contest winner of a one-dollar prize for the best letters received explaining ...

Mike Flanagan, who previously tackled Stephen King adaptations 'Gerald's Game' and 'Doctor Sleep,' is writing and will direct ...

William Peter Blatty, an author whose novel The Exorcist and his later screenplay for the 1973 film about a demonic possession became a phenomenon and stirred fierce public debate about the occult, ...

“The Exorcist” author William Peter Blatty, left, joins Linda Blair, who starred in the 1973 film and William Friedkin, the film’s director, Sept. 29, 2010, at a screening of the remastered film at ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Novelist and filmmaker William Peter Blatty, a former Jesuit school valedictorian who conjured a tale of demonic possession and gave millions the fright of their lives with the ...