A couple who thought they'd found a bargain dream home realised that the cheap deal was due to it being the house that inspired an infamous horror film.  Chillingly, it was where a Catholic priest performed an exorcism on a teenage boy. The infamous spiritual events inspired the hit 1971 novel and 1973 movie The Exorcist.

Danielle Witt and Ben Rockey-Harris discovered the three-bedroom house last year, which they claim was going for $377,000 (R5 579 600), over $500,000 lower than its estimated value. The excited couple thought they had bagged a bargain when they secured the home in August, but later found out about the house's terrifying history online, MailOnline reports.  

Miraculously, the couple said they weren't scared of the home's history.  Rockey-Harris told NPR: "I thinking I'm going to get a Catholic priest Halloween costume this year and get an amplified speaker and have The Exorcist soundtrack just playing on a loop on our front porch for trick-or-treaters."