Demons today are characterized in horror movies like "The Ring," "The Conjuring," and "The Exorcist" as paranormal entities—supernaturally powerful beings, with little relevance in reality. But in the ...

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character) Mom? UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #2: (As character) Mommy's with the maggots now. DETROW: ..."The Pope's Exorcist" and "Exorcist: Believer." (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...

"The Possession" tells the terrifying tale of a mysterious wooden box containing an ancient Hebrew evil spirit, the Dybbuk. In medieval Jewish folklore, the Dybbuk was a transmigrating demon or ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...