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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    ‘Scare the hell into people’: ‘The Exorcist’ endures at 50

    Journalist and author Nat Segaloff’s new book, “The Exorcist Legacy: 50 Years of Fear,” is a behind-the-scenes look at the iconic horror film and its standing power.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 30, 2023 • 1 min read

    Journalist and author Nat Segaloff’s new book, “The Exorcist Legacy: 50 Years of Fear,” is a behind-the-scenes look at the iconic horror film and its standing power.

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    The full episode

    3 of 4
    ‘The music is opening up your body’: Check out new jazz tracks
    1. 0:00What lies ahead after Israeli forces invade Gaza
    2. 11:43Colorado trial could disqualify Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot
    3. 20:09‘Scare the hell into people’: ‘The Exorcist’ endures at 50You’re reading this
    4. 34:32Don’t put jazz in a box. Experience these new melodic, spiritual tunes
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