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Word: encephalogram (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...location in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C., when the daughter is possessed by a raging demon-the Devil himself. To depict the permutations of this evil spirit, Director Friedkin and Writer Blatty go in for cheap shocks and crude novelty. There are gruesome details of an encephalogram being taken on the girl in search of some physical origin for her symptoms; there are also scenes showing her genitals being maimed with a crucifix, copious vomiting, a cacophony of obscenities and miscellaneous bestiality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Beat the Devil | 1/14/1974 | See Source »

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