The Haunted Boy: The Secret Diary of the Exorcist (2010)

This is the untold story of The Exorcist, a chronicle of true events based on the priest's secret diary the world was not to see.

Directors:

Christopher Saint Booth, Philip Adrian Booth

Writers:

Raymond Bishop (true story), Christopher Saint Booth (screenplay),

Stars:

Keith Age, Christopher Saint Booth, Philip Adrian Booth

Cast

Credited cast:
Keith Age	...	Himself Ghost Hunter
Christopher Saint Booth	...	Himself Filmmaker
Philip Adrian Booth	...	Himself Filmmaker
William Bradshaw	...	Himself Demonologist
Francis X. Cleary	...	Himself Priest
Stephen Cromwell	...	Soldier
Eileen Dreyer	...	Herself Great Niece of Father Bowdern
Timothy Dugan	...	Father Walter Halloran
Justin Goodrich	...	The Haunted Boy
Travis Hedland	...	Student / Transforming Soldier
James Long	...	Himself Demonologist
Greg Myers	...	Himself Paranormal Investigator
Michael O'Hear	...	Father Raymond J. Bishop S.J.
Sandra Oates	...	Herself Paranormal Investigator
Peter Palmisano	...	Father William Bowdern

Storyline

While filming a haunted asylum in St. Louis, Missouri, documentary filmmakers uncover a secret diary of the infamous 1949 exorcism of a 13 year old boy possessed by the devil that later inspired the book and movie, The Exorcist. Utilizing hi-tech paranormal gadgetry along with a legion of supernatural experts, they search out to capture the scariest entity known to man, the Unholy Ghost. Nothing you have ever seen or heard before gets you closer to the ungodly truth of what really happened in this most terrifying, best selling story of all time! For the first time ever, investigate the real Exorcist house and the infamous Haunted Boy's bedroom where this horrific exorcism occurred. Battle demons while exploring ancient churches and asylums with the last surviving priests. Witness never-before-seen video, historical events, paranormal evidence from the actual case files. Exclusive interviews with the real Exorcist's and Haunted Boy's blood line. This is the untold story of The Exorcist...

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Plot Keywords:

exorcist | priest | diary | exorcism | devil | 

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Taglines:

What is your name, it answered Legion.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 October 2010 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Spooked Productions, Twintalk Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Based on the actual Exorcist diary.

User Reviews

Deeply Unsatisfying

I saw this movie earlier tonight (10/21/2010) at its world premiere in the Tivoli Theater in St. Louis, MO.

It was very disappointing.

Touted as a docudrama exploring the true history of the events that inspired William Blatty's 1971 book/1974 movie "The Exorcist", instead the audience was subjected to 90 minutes of the random meandering nonsense that happens when wannabe ghost hunters are given a camera and a budget.

Divining rods... ouija boards... evps... ambiguous shadowy figures... digitally blurred faces speaking in electronically disguised voices... embarrassingly lame re-creations... erratic timelines... tiring repetitions... irrelevant sidetracks... an aggressively bad soundtrack... sigh...

Viewers hoping for an illuminating exposé will have to settle for an incredibly frustrating lack of substance. This movie offered no coherent facts or details that would lead to a clearer understanding of what actually happened to this boy, who was involved, why, and what they actually did.

I left the movie confused and knowing scarcely more about this case than I did when I arrived.