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Exorcist Father Gary Thomas at the premiere of The Rite

The images are terrifying. Girls scream in agony, their bodies inhumanly contorted. They spit curses and growl in

unknown tongues.

Is ‘The Rite’ a Real Story? Behind the Horror Film’s Inspiration

Demonic possession, and those who battle it, have been a recurrent theme in films from 1973’s classic The Exorcist to this month’s thriller The Rite.

But to Father Gary Thomas The Rite is no Hollywood fantasy. It’s his life. The movie tells the story of the clergyman’s own chilling journey to becoming an exorcist, learning all he knows about battling the Devil from a venerable priest, played on screen by Oscar winner Sir Anthony Hopkins.

“I don’t think I’d ever seen Satan until I became an exorcist,” says Father Thomas, who spent a week  on the movie set in Hungary as an adviser.

“I’m not offended if someone doesn’t believe it. What I’ve described, I’ve seen.” Hopkins plays Father Lucas, based on Father Thomas’s mentor, Rome’s leading exorcist Father Car The Rite - Plugged In WEF