The Exorcist: The Complete Anthology

Includes Director Commentaries, Featurettes, Extended Cuts, Intros, Deleted Scenes and more!

Out on:Blu-Ray 26th Oct. 2015

On October 26th 2015, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) will release The Exorcist: The Complete Anthology, the entire collection.

A true cinema landmark, the theological thriller is one of the top ten box-office performers of all time. The Exorcist took 10 Academy Award® nominations, including Best Picture, and won two Oscars®, for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as winning for Best Sound. Subsequently, the film went on to become a multi-million pound franchise. Directed by Friedkin (Oscar®-winner for The French Connection - Directing 1971) and written by William Peter Blatty, the film is based on his best-selling novel, which sold nearly 13 million copies in the US and was the #1 book on the New York Times Best Seller List for 57 weeks, 17 of them at #1.

In 1977 John Boorman (Deliverance) directed Exorcist II: The Heretic starring Linda Blair and Richard Burton; in 1990, the creator of the series, William Peter Blatty, wrote and directed Exorcist III starring George C Scott. In 2004 Renny Harlin (Cliffhanger) directed The Exorcist prequel, Exorcist: The Beginning. The anthology also includes Paul Schrader’s film Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist that the production company originally shelved in favour of Harlin’s film. Blatty himself regards Schrader’s film as ‘a handsome, classy, elegant piece of work’.

ABOUT THE FILMS

One evening at an unassuming house in Georgetown, Washington, two priests (Jason Miller and Max Von Sydow) arrive to perform an exorcism on a 12-year-old girl (Linda Blair). The girl’s mother (Ellen Burstyn) believes her daughter has been taken over by a demonic entity…

So begins an unimaginable battle between good and evil, and the start of the most chilling horror film series ever made - released here for the first time ever as a complete set, with a host of extras including alternate versions of the original classic, which, at over 40 years old, is still as chilling as ever.

Blu-ray includes the complete series of Exorcist films

The Exorcist (1973)
The Exorcist: Extended Cut (1973)
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
Exorcist III: The Legion (1990)
Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
Dominion: Prequel To The Exorcist (2005)

Special Features

The Exorcist:
Commentary by William Friedkin/William Peter Blatty
Vintage featurettes The Fear of God, Stairway to Heaven, The Final Reckoning
Deleted scenes including original ending
Storyboards
Introduction by William Peter Blatty

Exorcist II: The Heretic:
Deleted scenes

Exorcist: The Beginning:
Commentary by Renny Harlin/behind the scenes

Dominion: Prequel To The Exorcist:
Commentary by Paul Schrader and deleted scenes

Gallery

RELEASE INFORMATION

Distributor
Warner Home Video
Certificate
18
Release date
26th October, 2015

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