DAILY STAR
A sequel to the cult horror classic The Exorcist is set to prompt screams in cinemas across the world – 50 years after the original was released.
The 1973 flick, which included iconic scenes like a girl’s heading moving all the way around her neck, terrified a generation.
And makers of the latest supernatural blockbuster, The Exorcist: Believer, hope to achieve the same spine-chilling outcome five decades on.
But many younger cinema buffs will have no idea that the movie (and other spooky productions mentioned below) is actually inspired by a blood-curdling true story.
The person unfortunate enough to stir morbid interest was an anonymous boy dubbed Roland Doe. This is already a contrast to The Exorcist where the child is a girl called Regan MacNeil.
Rolald, believed to be 13, was subjected to exorcisms in the 1940s in Maryland after it was feared he was possessed by a demon. His unusual behaviour was sparked after he tried to contact his dead aunt who once gifted him a Ouija board.
Priest Raymond Bishop scribbled in his diary that furniture moved and objects levitated when the boy was close. The lad also spoke in a guttural voice during disturbing exorcisms where his bed would shake and objects would fly.
