The Possession (2012), yet another in a recent deluge of films about demonic possession and exorcism supposedly based on real cases, opened this Labor Day weekend. (I have not seen the movie, so this ...

Fr. Vincent Lampert — a Catholic priest and the designated exorcist for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis — has witnessed people "foaming at the mouth, growling and snarling" during one of many ...

In the tale, the demon called himself Wiggo. As the Frankish courtier Einhard recounted, a young girl of about 16 began behaving erratically in the early ninth century C.E. Eventually, the girl’s ...

Tuesday marks 50 years since The Exorcist came out and shocked audiences with its depiction of a possessed 12-year-old girl. Its release kicked off an obsession with films about demonic possession.

The little girl is ripping out pages from the Bible and devouring them whole. She is a growling, contorting, entity. "Don't be scared," she says. Of course, it's not the child herself who's issuing ...

At the beginning of the end of The Exorcist: Believer, things go from bad to worse as Father Maddox (E.J. Bonilla), late to joining the exorcism due to fear of excommunication, is killed by having his ...

When you think of the best horror movies, there are plenty of characters and genres that might come to mind first. For me, one of the scariest kinds of horror movies has to do with demonic possession.

The horror author Rachel Harrison recommends books that offer emotional insight and social commentary beyond the scares. By Rachel Harrison Rachel Harrison is the New York Times best-selling author of ...