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The Devil You Say

I’ve always been creeped out by Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells music that was used for The Exorcist soundtrack. When we interviewed him for our new series Movies That Shook the World, we asked about his inspiration. Could it have been…SATAN?

"I used to get panic attacks, phobias, I couldn't stand closed spaces," he told us. "I couldn't stand heights. I couldn't travel by airplane because I'd get claustrophobia. I was disturbed and I even felt I was possessed. You know, I felt POSSESSED. And that came out in Tubular Bells." But does he actually believe in possession and exorcism? "My mother was a very staunch Catholic. She had some psychological problems which were unfortunately very serious. At one point when I was growing up she was hearing voices and the local priest came from the church and did an exorcism at my house to try and get rid of this spirit that was bothering my mother."

– Gabriel Rotello

Movies That Shook the World begins September 8 at 10PM on AMC.

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