10 Recent Horror Reveals Nobody Was Ready For

11. Honorary Mention: Angela Rance = Regan MacNeil - The Exorcist

An honorary mention here, as your writer didn't realise it's somehow six years since Fox's The Exorcist TV series last aired... and thus had already written up the below blurb about the show's huge reveal. Some may argue that six years might be viewed as recent, but when the rest of this list features projects released in the last three years, The Exorcist could only get an honorary nod at best.

Throughout 2016 and 2017, Fox delivered some truly stunning, utterly terrifying horror television with its two seasons of this show. Unfortunately, not enough people watched to convince Fox to pursue a third year, although a major part of those low ratings was the network's bizarre decision to air the series in a famously-tough Friday night slot.

For the first season, The Exorcist's attention was on the Rance family, who sought assistance from Fathers Ortega and Keane when teenager Casey becomes possessed by something nefarious. While all involved with the series insisted the show was totally unrelated to the Exorcist movies, that debut season's fifth episode pulled out a magnificent jaw-dropper of a twist.

"My name is Regan MacNeil."

With those words, Geena Davis' Angela Rance revealed she was actually the poor youngster who had suffered so much in William Friedkin's The Exorcist and John Boorman's Exorcist II: The Heretic.

Genuinely, this is one of the most impressive, shocking reveals in modern horror history. And for how they marketed the show as something entirely different, creator Jeremy Slater and his cast and crew deserve all the praise in the world.

Now, if only we could one day get a third season...