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A review by booklovingmom_
The Exorcist Legacy: 50 Years of Fear by Nat Segaloff
4.0
With the 50th anniversary of the release of the original Exorcist coming up, this book delves into the last fifty years with this movie. It goes into detail about the original movie and its making and any subsequent sequels and spin offs inspired by this haunting movie.
I have never actually seems the Exorcist, and probably never will since I think it will keep me up at night. I am not a horror person, but I am glad I read this book. Without actually having to watch the movie, I feel like I now know enough about this phenomenon to not feel completely left out when references to this movie come up. This was a thoroughly researched book with a lot of detail and interesting information surrounding this movie and the craze that followed. I really enjoyed the first half of the book that talked solely about the movie and its making. The second half of the book got into the sequels and any other adaptation inspired by the original and, to me, it wasn’t as interesting as the first half, but it was still good. I think for Exorcist fans and horror fans who have seen and enjoyed this movie, this is going to be a great book! I enjoyed this book and I previously didn’t have much knowledge of the Exorcist, so I think true fans will love this!
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book!
I have never actually seems the Exorcist, and probably never will since I think it will keep me up at night. I am not a horror person, but I am glad I read this book. Without actually having to watch the movie, I feel like I now know enough about this phenomenon to not feel completely left out when references to this movie come up. This was a thoroughly researched book with a lot of detail and interesting information surrounding this movie and the craze that followed. I really enjoyed the first half of the book that talked solely about the movie and its making. The second half of the book got into the sequels and any other adaptation inspired by the original and, to me, it wasn’t as interesting as the first half, but it was still good. I think for Exorcist fans and horror fans who have seen and enjoyed this movie, this is going to be a great book! I enjoyed this book and I previously didn’t have much knowledge of the Exorcist, so I think true fans will love this!
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book!