Is the movie "The Exocist" based on emily rose as well?or is it based on someone else?

Question

is it the based on the same person as in the movie "the exorsicm of emily rose" or is "the Exorcist" based on another person?

Answer 1

IThe exorcism of emily rose is based on the story of a German girl (not Washington as someone said above) called Anneliese Michel.
She started having violent fits in 1968, and was diagnosed with epilepsy at the psychiatric centre in Wurnburg. She started to claim she was seeing devilish images, in her fits in 1970. By the time she was 20 (in 1973) her parents requested an exorcism and were denied it based on the fact she was not speaking in a language she had not learned, and was not adverse to religious objects.

It wasn't until 1975 when she was tearing her clothes off, biting, scratching etc etc, that her exorcism was approved by the Bishop of wurnburg. During the exorcisms they could be so strong she was reportedly held down by 3 men in chains. Among the demons that were claimed to be in her body were Lucifer and Hitler. They carried out 1 exorcism a week on her until 1976, when suffering from pneumonia - her body gave out and she died.
The official cause of death was starvation and Anneliese's parents and exorcists were charged with involuntary manslaughter.

Answer 2

"Based on a true story" doesn't mean the original story actually happened. Many purely fictional stories have used that expression as part of their story-telling, just to give it a little more publicity and reality. Fargo claimed to be based on a true crime ... until the Coen Brothers fessed up about it. The Amityville Horror was based on the stories a financially overwhelmed family made up to get out from under their mortgage (the DeFeo murders did take place there, but there is no evidence that anything the Lutzs claimed actually happened). So I view the story of Anneliese Michel with a grain or two of salt. William Peter Blatty's story The Exorcist is also based on a "true" case of possession, btw.

Answer 3

never thought about it. I always thought the exorcist was a fictional movie when I saw it years ago then emily rose came out saying based on a true story but never even connected the two hmmm good question

Answer 4

The Exorcist has nothing to do with the Emily Rose story. It is a book based on "true" story that occured in Washington DC. The film & the book were equally good in my opinion. Emily Rose is cheese compared to it.

Answer 5

I am not certain on this. I heard that it was based on an actual exorcism performed in St. Louis Missouri. The team of exorcists was composed of Jesuit priests. The exorcised person was Lutheran.

Answer 6

There 2 different stories, based on 2 different people , Shockinly i just found out that the exocist was based on a true story about a boy who was possessed, but they used ragen instead, ive provided a link to the site. I also found a site about Anneliese Michel the real emily rose and this site has her real pictures on there !!!, and also real recording of her voice and the excorsim audio . I was gonna listen to it but i chickened out lol let me know if you do chose to listen ugh never mind the thought of it is creepin the s*@t out of me :(

GoodLuck lol

Answer 7

The Exorcist is just a story about a girl who is possessed by a demon, not based on anyone specifically.

Answer 8

based on someone else, that person in real life was actually a boy, the book's writer wanted to protect the kid's identity.

Answer 9

2 different stories. the exorist was loosly based on the story of a mexican boy.

Answer 10

They're two different stories