On this week’s episode of Read, Watch, or DNF, we hop on the orange line and head into Washington DC to examine the pit of despair that is humanity with William Peter Blatty’s novel The Exorcist and the 1973 film adaptation of the same name. And ask the question: Did Hollywood focus too much on shocking special effects and not enough on the story?

Also, in the 70s did we really believe poltergeists were science? But demons were ridiculous…