Night mother: a personal and cultural history of The exorcist

Part 1: Invocations. Mercedes McCambridge eats a raw egg ; My mother and The Exorcist ; Excavation ; The loud silence

Part 2: Summoning the evils spirit. Six visions of the devil and his demons ; Magical mirrors ; Something sharp ; James Baldwin sees The exorcist in 1973

Part 3: Profession of faith. The priests of my youth

Part 4: Laying of hands on the possessed. The operating theater ; Father Karras dreams of his mother

Part 5: Concluding prayer of thanks.