Bij opgravingen in Noord-Irak vindt priester-archeoloog Merrin een duivelsbeeldje. Net op hetzelfde moment wordt in Georgetown actrice Chris McNeil opgeschrikt door vreemde geluiden in de kamer van haar twaalfjarig dochtertje Regan.
Nee, helaas is The Exorcist nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | William Friedkin | Director |
| Production | William Peter Blatty | Producer |
| Writing | William Peter Blatty | Novel |
| Writing | William Peter Blatty | Screenplay |
| Camera | Owen Roizman | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Norman Gay | Editor |
| Editing | Evan A. Lottman | Editor |
| Production | Noel Marshall | Executive Producer |
| Production | David Salven | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Randy Nite | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Chris Newman | Sound |
| Lighting | Richard Quinlan | Gaffer |
| Directing | Terence A. Donnelly | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Ross Taylor | Sound Effects Editor |
| Directing | Nicholas Sgarro | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Jack Nitzsche | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Juliet Taylor | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joe Fretwell | Costume Design |
| Production | Louis DiGiaimo | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dick Smith | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Edward Garzero | Scenic Artist |
| Camera | Josh Weiner | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Fred J. Brown | Sound Effects Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | William A. Farley | Hairstylist |
| Art | Charles Bailey | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Eugene Marks | Music Editor |
| Art | Jerry Wunderlich | Set Decoration |
| Art | Bill Malley | Production Design |
| Crew | Marcel Vercoutere | Special Effects |
| Art | Joseph M. Caracciolo | Property Master |
| Production | Nessa Hyams | Casting |
| Sound | C. Robert Fine | Sound |
| Sound | Hal Landaker | Sound |
| Editing | Bud S. Smith | Editor |
| Art | Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| Camera | David Wynn-Jones | Focus Puller |
| Crew | Ann Miles | Stunts |
| Crew | John Nicola | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Rick Baker | Special Effects Assistant |