Linda Blair as Regan MacNeil, Max von Sydow as Fr Merrin and Jason Miller as Fr Karras in The Exorcist. Photograph: Silver Screen Collection
Memories of The Exorcist still possess the imagination and autumn pattern of Washington DC’s Georgetown University set more than 50 years on.
On Wednesday evening, the annual Halloween showing of William Friedkin’s horror film masterpiece took place on the lawn outside. And when the students don their Halloween Night gothic costumes, they have a timeless set in Healy Hall and the famous “Exorcist Steps as Insta” props.
Tucked away at the far corner of Georgetown’s boutique and eatery scene, the run of 75 narrow steps cutting between two austere brick walls to form a steep, daunting connection between Prospect Corner and 36th NW are worth the trek.
A friend visiting in late summer was adamant: your Lincoln Memori
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