The 1973 film, Exorcist is one of the scariest movies ever made! The movie was based on a real-life story of the exorcism of a 14-year-old boy in Maryland, US. However, there are a few things that happened behind the scenes that sound absurd but have been verified and confirmed to be true.
Many actors believed that the set of the film was haunted. Once, the set had caught fire and it turned burned everything. The source of the fire was never known. The strange part is that the fire burned everything in the set except the room of Regan where the exorcism scene was shot. Due to the mysterious fire, a priest was called to purify the set and the production was delayed by 6 weeks.
Many actors who had an on-film deth, ended up dyng in real life within a few months after the movie's release. Seven crew members passed away from unexplainable reasons. One of the extras used in the movie was also found guilty of committing a mrdr.
On the day of the movie’s premiere in Rome, there was a heavy downpour and an unexpected lightning storm. A lightning struck a 400-year-old wooden cross which fell into the centre of the theatre. Not that just, several members of the crew were considered possessed in actual life too during the filming and exorcisms had to be performed on them.