The Exorcist (1973)

When a little girl begins showing strange behavior, rather than say "teens, what you gonna do?" her mom calls in the priests.

Banned

1973 - Singapore - Initially banned but re-rated for M18 after cuts to "a scene of a disfigured statue of the Virgin Mary, and a scene of the possessed girl stabbing herself in the crotch with a crucifix while uttering “Jesus f**k you!”...[for] “films that denigrate any religious group” and “language that denigrates religion or is religiously profane”

Sources

ALA. "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009." Retrieved on 17 Aug 01 from http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009

Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ALA. 2014.

Friedkin, William. The Exorcist. Warner Brothers, 1973.

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