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 | Noel Marshall | Executive Producer |
| Writing | William Peter Blatty | Screenplay |
| Writing | William Peter Blatty | Novel |
| Camera | Owen Roizman | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Norman Gay | Editor |
| Production | William Peter Blatty | Producer |
| Editing | Evan A. Lottman | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joe Fretwell | Costume Design |
| Production | Juliet Taylor | Casting |
| Production | Louis DiGiaimo | Casting |
| Production | Nessa Hyams | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dick Smith | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Jerry Wunderlich | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Edward Garzero | Scenic Artist |
| Crew | Marcel Vercoutere | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | William A. Farley | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Fred J. Brown | Sound Effects Editor |
| Art | Bill Malley | Production Design |
| Sound | Eugene Marks | Music Editor |
| Camera | Josh Weiner | Still Photographer |
| Art | Charles Bailey | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| Camera | David Wynn-Jones | Focus Puller |
| Crew | John Nicola | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Ann Miles | Stunts |
| Crew | Rick Baker | Special Effects Assistant |
| Sound | Jack Nitzsche | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Joseph M. Caracciolo | Property Master |
| Production | David Salven | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Terence A. Donnelly | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Chris Newman | Sound |
| Sound | Randy Nite | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Ross Taylor | Sound Effects Editor |
| Lighting | Richard Quinlan | Gaffer |
| Directing | Nicholas Sgarro | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | C. Robert Fine | Sound |
| Sound | Hal Landaker | Sound |
