The Ninth Configuration

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The Ninth Configuration is a 1978 philosophical horror novel (later adapted into a film) that blends dark comedy, metaphysics, and psychological drama in a story set in a remote castle-turned-military asylum.

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instanceOf black comedy novel
film
novel
philosophical horror novel
adaptedAs The Ninth Configuration (film)
alternateTitle Twinkle, Twinkle, "Killer" Kane! (revised version)
author William Peter Blatty
basedOn The Ninth Configuration
Twinkle, Twinkle, "Killer" Kane!
countryOfOrigin United States
United States
director William Peter Blatty
followedBy Legion
genre black comedy
black comedy film
metaphysical fiction
philosophical horror
psychological drama
psychological horror film
hasPageCount approximately 240 pages
hasSetting military psychiatric asylum
remote castle
language English
English
mainCharacter Captain Billy Cutshaw
Colonel Vincent Kane
mediaType print
narrativeForm prose
partOf William Peter Blatty's faith trilogy
precededBy The Exorcist
publicationYear 1978
publisher Harper & Row
releaseYear 1980
screenwriter William Peter Blatty
starring Ed Flanders
Jason Miller
Scott Wilson
Stacy Keach
theme existentialism
faith
redemption
sanity and insanity
the existence of God

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William Peter Blatty wrote The Ninth Configuration
The Ninth Configuration basedOn The Ninth Configuration (novel)
linked to: The Ninth Configuration