Could 'Exorcist' Steps in Washington soon be a historic landmark?
Washington (AFP) - The steep, narrow flight of 75 stone steps in the US capital's Georgetown area are part of Hollywood legend -- in "The Exorcist," a priest falls to his death in one of the film's most memorable scenes.
Now, Washington's so-called "Exorcist Steps" could soon achieve historic landmark status.
Andrew Huff, a self-proclaimed "student of the horror genre," is a huge fan of "The Exorcist," which was released in 1973, two years after the best-seller of the same name by William Peter Blatty.
In 2015, he organized a small ceremony attended by Blatty, a graduate of Georgetown University, and film director William Friedkin when a plaque noting the spooky staircase's role in movie history was mounted.
Blatty wrote the screenplay for the film, which tells the tale of efforts to rid a young girl of the demons that possess her via an exorcism conducted by two priests.
Now, 45 years after the film's release, Huff -- whose day job is in community relations at a local university -- is spearheading the effort to have the site classified as a landmark.
"It's deserving," Huff told AFP.
Washington (AFP) - The steep, narrow flight of 75 stone steps in the US capital's Georgetown area are part of Hollywood legend -- in "The Exorcist," a priest falls to his death in one of the film's most memorable scenes.
Now, Washington's so-called "Exorcist Steps" could soon achieve historic landmark status.
Andrew Huff, a self-proclaimed "student of the horror genre," is a huge fan of "The Exorcist," which was released in 1973, two years after the best-seller of the same name by William Peter Blatty.
In 2015, he organized a small ceremony attended by Blatty, a graduate of Georgetown University, and film director William Friedkin when a plaque noting the spooky staircase's role in movie history was mounted.
Blatty wrote the screenplay for the film, which tells the tale of efforts to rid a young girl of the demons that possess her via an exorcism conducted by two priests.
Now, 45 years after the film's release, Huff -- whose day job is in community relations at a local university -- is spearheading the effort to have the site classified as a landmark.
"It's deserving," Huff told AFP.
