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Why is Hollywood obsessed with Catholic exorcisms?

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(RNS) For nearly 40 years, Hollywood has been obsessed with the possessed. Since the 1973 blockbuster "The Exorcist" unleashed a head-spinning, pea-soup spewing, foul-mouthed and demon-possessed girl on the American imagination, a host of films featuring exorcisms...

Topics: Culture, Entertainment & Pop Culture
Beliefs: Buddhism, Christian - Catholic, Christian - Orthodox, Christian - Protestant, Hinduism, Mormon

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