The Exorcist Legacy by Nat Segaloff review

You may think that everything that can be written, has been about The Exorcist but think again.

Nat Segaloff, who previously wrote the biography of one William Friedkin, has put together an expansive document of not just the first film, but all the film and TV iterations of The Exorcist lore.

While the initial half of the book does cover the 1973 classic in book and film format, Segaloff goes beyond that and in-depth with all of the sequels, prequels and excellent television series. They even squeeze in a chat with David Gordon Green ahead of the sequel trilogy, which initially debuts this October.

This is clearly written with admiration and respect and Segaloff does goes in-depth on elements of the script in some areas and grabs the interviews with the right people for all of the films. The talk around Dominion and Exorcist: The Beginning are a whole story worth buying this book for alone.

A real journey into how not to make a movie. There is also the ill-fated sequel The Heretic, the multiple versions of Exorcist III plus the premature cancellation of the Fox series.

You may think you’ve read everything about The Exorcist, but think again, as The Exorcist Legacy will tempt you like a demon and possess you to devour it in no time.

The Exorcist Legacy by Nat Segaloff is released on 25 July 2023 by Kensington Books.