{"id":11660,"date":"2019-10-31T08:43:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T12:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/?p=11660"},"modified":"2019-10-31T08:43:04","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T12:43:04","slug":"happy-halloween-from-mchugh-special-collections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/2019\/10\/31\/happy-halloween-from-mchugh-special-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Halloween from McHugh Special Collections!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the perfect time to remember William Friedkin\u2019s classic 1973 horror film, <em>The Exorcist.<\/em> Featuring a Jesuit priest\u2019s battle against a demonic possession, the film stars alumnus Jason Miller, \u201961, H\u201973 and is based on the novel by William Peter Blatty. The film would earn Jason Miller an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and Blatty a win for Best Adapted Screenplay.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Exorcist<\/em> was largely inspired by The Earling Possession Case of 1928, an exorcism conducted by Father Theophilus Riesinger in Earling, Iowa and detailed in 1932 by Rev. F.J. Bunse, S.J. Although copies are extremely scarce, one of two is preserved here at the University.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/10\/Halloween_Exorcist_Aquinas1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11661\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/10\/Halloween_Exorcist_Aquinas1-866x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/10\/Halloween_Exorcist_Aquinas1-866x1024.jpg 866w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/10\/Halloween_Exorcist_Aquinas1-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/10\/Halloween_Exorcist_Aquinas1-768x908.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/10\/Halloween_Exorcist_Aquinas1.jpg 1947w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/10\/Halloween_Exorcist_Earle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11662 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/10\/Halloween_Exorcist_Earle-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"494\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/10\/Halloween_Exorcist_Earle-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/10\/Halloween_Exorcist_Earle-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/10\/Halloween_Exorcist_Earle-768x995.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/10\/Halloween_Exorcist_Friedkin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11663\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/10\/Halloween_Exorcist_Friedkin-1024x903.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/10\/Halloween_Exorcist_Friedkin-1024x903.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/10\/Halloween_Exorcist_Friedkin-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/10\/Halloween_Exorcist_Friedkin-768x678.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the perfect time to remember William Friedkin\u2019s classic 1973 horror film, The Exorcist. 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