THE EXORCIST (1973) | Movie Reaction | Linda Blair | This movie was first of its kind 😱🤯😱🤯
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So this is the end of the marathon and we definitely wanted to give you all a classic scary movie, so here we are with 1973 The Exorcist. Starring the young Linda Blair. This movie is definitely in its age with the way it’s filmed and scripted. A lot of exposition in this film and a lot of images that stick in your brain eerie and weird vibes. The girl Linda plays is possessed and a priest who is divided in his faith try to help her. In the end him and another priest try to do a Exorcism but the possession is too strong killing both in the end. This film definitely paved the way for a lot of horror and how it’s cinematically portrayed and it’s really cool to see how even modern horror films tv series and more take from the iconic movie.
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Horror makes one feel, disturbed, unease, fearful, and or uncomfortable. This movie clicks all of those boxes. This movie and many other similar types reach those nodes throughout the 70's and 80's.
He said “Nazi” bastard, not “fancy” bastard. and it had unnecessary s#%+ in it? Nope, every shot of this film feeds back into the plot. This is still in the top 5 horror films ever made regardless of its time.
Right its story telling
"Looks like Sylvester Stallone".Italians and Greeks do have a lot of admixture.
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The Exorcist is unparalleled in it’s brilliant storytelling. A mother who “has no religious beliefs” desperately seeks and begs for help from a priest who lost his mother and has “lost his faith”. It won the screenplay Oscar for good reasons.
The pendant necklace is what protects the wearer from the demon and evil.
The cultural conversation around the film, which also encompassed its treatment of Catholicism, helped it become the first horror film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, one of ten Academy Awards for which it was nominated, winning for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Sound. It was the highest-grossing R-rated horror film (unadjusted for inflation) until the 2017 release of It.
Brilliant movie. Scared tf out of me as a 9 year old when it was released. And yes the opening IRAQ scenes has everything to do with what happens later. That little figurine of the demon, Pazuzu is the entity that possess Regan. Father Merrin was not taking “nerve” pills in that scene, but nitroglycerin pills for a heart condition. The house and the stairs are still here in DC to this day and are huge tourist attractions.
Yea he is very naive
The pills that Father Merrin were taking are called Nitroglycerin. They're used to take away chest pains for a heart condition called Angina.
The potency of Friedkin's direction cannot be denied. Salute!
"The parts we were here for" comment at the end of your reaction explains everything. It explains why the entire movie went over both your heads. You watched a movie to see nothing but gore and that is all you saw. You missed 95% of this movie. You even talked a good bit about the beginning of the movie being in Egypt and how they have guards there to keep you from vandalizing things when it was plain written on the screen that they were in Iraq and obviously on a professional dig. You guys have a lot of maturing to do before you can even see what is in a movie, much less comment on it. Sorry to be so harsh but you can improve, just pay attention, have a modicum of humility and try to follow the story.
Maybe you should find a new reaction channel if you feel that way. They’re not professionals, they just wanted to watch a movie. If it didn’t meet your “standards” or “expectations”, that’s your prerogative. You sound like an asshole who is way too wholly invested in controlling how someone else feels about a movie. By the way, the movie isn’t even THAT great. People watch it for possessed Regan, not because they care if it’s Egypt, Iran, Iraq or wherever else or even for the storyline. you need friends, but I’d venture to say you have zero because of your crappy know it all attitude. I’ll bet you are one miserable sad old person.
That wasn't a plain x-ray, but a cerebral angiogram.
There were no MRI's or CT scans then, so the only way to look at the brain was to look at any abnormal blood vessels being affected by something in the brain, like a tumor
Sounds like hell 😭
This movie is brilliant. First, Father Merrin had a heart condition and was taking nitroglycerin pills, not nerve pills.
Linda Blair deserved an Oscar for that! 😮😮😮
Fun fact: Max von Sydow was 43 years old when he played Lankester Merrin, the old priest. Max had his Hollywood breakthrough eight years earlier playing Jesus in "The Greatest Story Ever Told" which is a cinematic masterpiece. Even if you dislike Jesus movies you need to watch it. Every frame is so beautifully composed with the mise-en-scene, lighting, scenography, direction that it could pass for a painting. Before that he was and continued to be a beloved Swedish actor of stage and movies, most known for his performances in Ingmar Bergman's movies. One of his most famous roles was the knight Antonius Block in "The Seventh Seal". In Hollywood he was mostly relegated to smaller roles. One role I particularly liked is that of the Devil in "Needful Things" (1993) based on Stephen King's novella.
He's the three eyed raven in game of thrones as well
Those are not nerve pills. Nitroglycerin for his heart. The opening sequence is very much connected to the story. The 2 artifacts from different time periods were an invitation to Merin to face off with the demon. He had exorcised him once before. If you note during father Karas's dream, the falling medallion is the same one they found in Iraq.
This movie is way better than any exorcism made now
The reason the x ray thing was so loud is cause technology wasn't as advance as it is now.
One of my favorite horror films my oldest daughter just watched it and really appreciated the film for kick starting the horror genre. The scary thing it's based on real case of an exorcism that took place in the 50's
Yes! And the young man actually went on to have a very successful career as a NASA engineer, working on the Apollo missions & even the Space Shuttle. He lived his life, however, in fear his colleagues would discover his identity or ‘previous life’. They did not; he passed a cpl of yrs before it was divulged- not too terribly long ago.
The film gives a nod to NASA w the Astronaut at the party aka ‘you’re gonna die up there’.
I’m so glad he was able to exit this world w the anonymity he sought. Pretty remarkable it was kept under wraps! All involved in the film who allowed him to remain a private citizen & to do so for nearly 5 decades… class act in my book!
The film is a classic and consistently continues to be ranked highly by today’s filmmakers themselves, almost always in the Top 3 of genre horror, landing often at #1 aka 🐐
No the necklace was the protector, in that sequence when he demands the devil take him, Reagan rips it off his neck first. The Priest at the end understood that.
Your minds are imbedded in and very dependent on contemporary digital effects such as CGI. If you haven’t done so read Paula Scott’s comment. It is constructive criticism not a put down. Thank you both for your reaction channel. I subscribed:)
And them making comments oh it was fine at that time. And saying oh they didn't record that outside. Its like they were trying to find faults. Your right their spoiled on cgi
@robertarodecker2558 Cgi should be there to inhance a film, but these days horror movies are nothing but cgi
This film changed the world. That's all.
The Exorcism of Emily Rose is horrorifying cause it actually happened in real life and the girl died during the Exorcism because she refused to eat or drink. And everyone who said who knew her when she was normal said she was a great student.
The Exorcist was released in 24 theaters in the United States and Canada in late December 1973. Despite initial mixed critical reviews, audiences flocked to it, waiting in long lines during winter weather and many doing so more than once. Some viewers suffered adverse physical reactions, fainting or vomiting to scenes in which the protagonist undergoes a realistic cerebral angiography and later violently masturbates with a crucifix. Heart attacks and a miscarriage were reported; a psychiatric journal published a paper on "cinematic neurosis" triggered by the film. Many children were allowed to see the film, leading to charges that the MPAA rating board had accommodated Warner Bros by giving the film an R-rating instead of the X-rating they thought it deserved, in order to ensure its commercial success. Several cities attempted to ban it outright or prevent children from attending.
It was not based on a book. It was based on a true story with a bit of exadurated hype like the twisting of Regan's neck. In reality, Regan was a boy and not a girl. But Blair fit the part to play him. The entire film was cursed due to so many deaths involving people who were part of this film behind and on screen. It was the first of its kind and never anything people had ever seen back in the day. This is why it is the best, and number one horror film of all time. There won't be any other horror film to duplicate the Exorcist. Esp with the fact that Blair was just a child playing such a character, it was a painful role for her to play because it hurt her back.
*FUN FACT*
At least 60% of horror films between the 70's and 80's were either based on true events or true stories. Which is why horror films like the Exorcist remain as classics and one of a kind. A few of the horror films I know of that are based on true events are...
*THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSECRE*
*THE OMEN*
*OPEN WATER* (not old but it's a scpychological thriller)
True stories
*THE EXORCIST*
*THE HAUNTING IN CONNETICUT*
*1976*
*THE AMITYVILLE HORROR*
True what you say except the movie is based off of William Blatty’s best seller. Also Blatty wrote and won an Oscar for the screenplay.
Fireworks' reactions have me dying of laughter😂😭☠️
One of the best horror films ever William’s direction was simply amazing.
The demon knew it was tap water and didn’t want an exorcism performed so that that explains the violent reactions
This has been called and known as “the thinking man’s horror movie”. Some don’t get it.
Yep.....you also have to pay attention. Doing this as a reaction really is not a good way to watch this film (or any film for that matter). It doesn't give you a chance to immerse yourself self in the story or appreciate the tension and build up, because once you start conversing it shatters it. You also miss a lot constantly commenting on everything.
Those pills that the Priest and your grandmother took were not nerve pills. They were nitroglycerin pills. My grandmother carried them too. They are used to quell angina (heart pain).
The medical staff who injected the needle into the Regan during the hospital scene, was an actual staff member of Bellevue Hospital in NYC where the testing scenes were filmed. Years after this movie, he was arrested for being a serial killer and convicted. Has nothing to do with the movie, it's just another really warped thing peripherally connected to this movie.
This movie actually won 2 academy awards and was nominated for 5 more
Actually nominated for 10 Oscars including best picture and 3 acting nominations. It won for sound design and screenplay.
Of course the beginning of the movie has to do with the rest of it. The silver St Joseph medallion was probably left at the excavation site to protect against Pazuzu the demon. When it was removed so did it's protection. The fighting dogs symbolized *Unleash The Hounds Of Hell or Release the Dogs of War* the battle will soon begin. When demonized Regan pulled the St Joseph medallion off Karras his protection was also taken away. Father Merrin takes nitroglycerin for a heart condition caused by the stress of performing a previous exorcism. Pazuzu battled Father Merrin in Africa and wants to battle the old ailing Father again. Pazuzu beckens Merrin's name in the reverse recording. It's aware Father Merrin is approaching even before he shows at the door and demandingly bellows Merrin's name when he enters Regan's home. The ending scene is your own interpretation. Paul Bateson appeared as the radiological technologist in the hospital scene. He was an actual radiographer who was later convicted of murder and was a suspected serial killer
Ok. The head Ft. Merrin found was the head of a statuette of Pazuzu the king demon of the wind - an ancient Mesopotamian demon. This demon would offer you protection from other demons (at a price of course). This is why Ft. Merrin said "Evil against Evil". Then, when he is facing the larger statue of Pazuzu and the black and white dog start to fight viscously - that is Pazuzu telling Ft. Merrin - "we are about to do battle (again)" - which is why Ft. Merrin says, "There is something that I must do" when that guy at the dig site says "I wish you didn't have to leave".
When the one priest mentions that Ft. Merrin has experience with an exorcism that lasted for months and almost killed him - that was the first battle with Pazuzu.
Damn classic 👊🏼
More of a psychological thriller than a horror film. I love that Friedkin intentionally tried to make this movie more of a documentary style. I love the slow burn and, for me, this movie does jump scares the way they should be done (the phone ringing, Regan yelling "Merrin", etc). The book really makes a difference in understanding the head turns and everything. Remember, Merrin warns Karras before the exorcism that the attack is psychological. Head turns clearly don't physically happen. It is all done psychologically. Amazing movie!
Yep, in fact Linda Blair confirmed in an interview:"They made a dummy of me in the makeup and that`s what turned its head around, no I can`t turn my head around.Nobody in real life can,possessed or otherwise.It`s just not physically possible.The scene where I was screaming "Mother,please make it stop!", that was me.The bed set malfunctioned and I was thrown around on that thing for hours,I had to get a full spinal reconstruction surgery afterwards."
@@d.a.w.975 Exactly!
I was 8 when this came out and I snuck into the theater with my friend and his older brother. It was pretty intense for a little kid. I had trouble sleeping for quite a while. I met Linda Blair in 2018 and of course got an autographed photo of her as the demon. I got to talk to her for a while. She's really sweet and laughed when I told her how she traumatized my childhood because she's heard that a million times. Also she learned to accept that she would always be known as Regan the possessed girl since for years she tried to escape the Exorcist legacy. She's realized the massive impact this film had on popular culture and the psyche of our society. By the way the puke was 'Anderson's Pea Soup'.
People were passing out and vomiting in the movie theaters you can watch it on line
The Exorcist III is a really good sequel to check out as well. Takes place years after this one. A unique take.
I agree, i love especially THAT scene...
the desecrations show us that there's a powerful dark spirit influencing the locals..just like the dogs in Nineveh
When i was a kid,we used to say that real evil intervened this movie while they were shooting😅😅But i'm still scared of this movie till today and I'm 30😅
My favorite super natural thriller of all time. Scared tf out of me as a 9 year old when it came out in 73. Now it’s my top scary movie of all time. It’s brilliant and disturbing.
He didn`t say "fancy bastard", he said "butchering Nazi pig" because one of the other directors(Karl) was an ex-Nazi collaborator and Burke like a lot of Brits back then and today was part Askenazi Jewish and a vegetarian.
Karl was Swiss. He and his wife were domestic servants hired by Chris MacNeil. He was not another "director." Burke called him such things for "sh*ts and giggles," (as Austin Powers would say), especially after getting drunk, which was often. I don't know where you got the Ashkenazi or the vegan connection. It's not mentioned in the original novel or implied in the film that Burke is Jewish, let alone of Ashkenazi descent, nor is he identified as vegetarian or vegan. He is simply a bit of a stock character: the drunken, annoying, but erudite, Englishman. Based on his age, he would have grown up during WW2 so he would have strong feelings against Germans, especially if he experienced the Blitz. Since German is one of three official languages of Switzerland, he assumed Karl was German, despite Karl's many attempts to assert his Swiss origin. He knew this irritated Karl so he would provoke him at any given opportunity.
Rick James and Linda Blair had a relationship from 1982 to 1984.
‘70’s bro. Ouija board thing was brand new. This movie set the precedent. And no. It was the demon talking to the doctor.
The ouija board has been around since the late 1800s. There was a renewed interest in the occult and paranormal in the 70s which brought back interest in the ouija board.
@@blkluv100 The OP was saying that the occult connotations of the Ouija board were new in the `70s,my dude.
@@AspieMediaBobby No, do your research ouija boards were modeled after "spirit boards" used in the 1800s to contact the dead. The ouija board itself was created in 1890, it was not "brand new".
Best horror ever👍
Great reaction to this horror classic! And yes, The Exorcist was truly ahead of its time.
obsession in this film is real and what the camera shows is true, man does not believe in Satan and in this movie there is a real story about obsession and what Satan does with man is true
Keep the devilishly great creep factor going. 1976's "The Omen".
Yo, I love Both of y'all reaction to this scary movie and it's funny that what y'all think about that, Whiite Gold is hilarious and cute, Fireworks is so hilarious and funny with James Brown laugh. Great job guys 😎✌️🌹🧨🎆🎇🏅🏆
It was Linda Blair's character that desecrated the statue at the church in the scene with the Ouija board if you look in the background you can see her painting set.
"Windier than a sack full of farts." 😆 🤣 😂
1. I was 13 when I saw this in the theater with friends. What rating system they had at the time wasn't really
followed that closely. By word of mouth, I was aware of the head spinning, vomiting and language but what
freaked me the most was the demon flashes.
2. When the doctor is looking at Regan's skull x-ray and says, "Nothing in there" I always 🤣
3. The spider walk down the stairs was NOT in the original release.
4. Father Merrin and the demon had a previous encounter where he almost killed the father. Merin doesn't
acknowledge the receipt of the note and tells Karras there's no need for analysis.
5. The demon doesn't kill Merrin. From the beginning we know he has a heart problem most likely brought
on by the previous encounter.
6. Karras doesn't kill the demon. He does manage to draw it out of her and sacrificed himself for her.
7 Karras is confessing and asking for forgiveness of his MORTAL SIN of suicide with the other priest.
The special visual effects were done by the master of horror make up effects.... Dick Smith... Forget todays C.G.I.S computer effects that look see thru... This guy was ahead of his time by miles...
The Exorcist set box office records that stood for many years. For almost half a century, until the 2017 adaptation of Stephen King's It, it was the top-grossing R-rated horror film. In 1999, The Sixth Sense finally bested The Exorcist as the highest-grossing supernatural horror film; it remains in third place after It claimed that title as well.On both charts The Exorcist, along with The Blair Witch Project, are the only 20th-century releases in the top 10.
You gotta see Exorcist 3 after this. Skip the 2nd one.
William Friedkin's thoughts on The Exorcist 2 really sum it up. The Exorcist 3 definitely has to be watched. Brad Dourif is fantastic.
Exorcist 3 is incredible.
If tou watch the prequels, it will explain the fathet/Archeologists. The piece he found on the digs were things he dropped as a young man. The voice was done by a woman that chain smoked and drink for the role.
Read the DVD box. You're watching the so-called "version you've never seen." This came out in the '90's or early '00's. There's a lot of added gimmickry in this that wasn't in the 1973 version. It was also with this release that they started in with all that "based on a true story" schtick. Like the great Paul Mooney said: "People will believe anything."
Psychological Thriller. Horror films go back to the 19 tens 1920s 1930s
Movie magic has been around since 1930's.
Congratulations. Of all the reactions you are the only ones who figured out what caused it.
Hey you guys! I just found you. I wanted to say that the voices of the demon were done by a woman! Yes they were. You see, the woman smoked a lot of cigarettes and purposely messed up her voice. Then I'm sure they slowed it down to sound male. But in some respects, it sounded higher at times and you can tell. You amazed yet? Haha. 😂
HOLY SHIT
Nobody slowed down her voice to sound male. Mercedes McCambridge had a naturally very deep speaking voice and was best known by her voice alone. I first saw her in an episode of Bewitched and was scared as a child of how deep her voice was. I'd read that she made herself vomit by eating lots of raw eggs and pulpy apples at one time then pulling a scarf around her neck to stimulate the convulsions needed to throw up. What an actress, even when you never get to see her!
Mercedes McCambridge (if I spelt it correctly) insisted on drinking raw eggs, chain-smoking cigarettes, and drinking whiskey to rough up her voice, while the director tied her to a chair while recording to try to give the feeling of "escaping bonds".
Orson Welles, during their time, called her the "World's Greatest Living Radio Actress". She lived a very troubled life as an alcoholic, but maintained her status as a legend.
The vomit effect was pea soup.
In the angiography scene, the radiologist's assistant was played by a real life serial killer, Paul Bateson.
It was a great reaction but you over commented during the exorcism and ruined that scene a bit.
A lot of reactors over comment throughout though rather than just react and comment in the quieter moments.
The slow build up of the movie gives it more substance and makes the characters more real which makes the escalation more shocking.
She crab walked down the stairs lol
The story about Father Merrick is in the movie DOMINION. It shows the story of him in Iraq when he was young. Those are nitroglycin pills, you take when your feeling a heart attack about to happen.The white collar is a Catholic Priest. suprised you didnt know that? The candle flame was due to small gas leak Id suspect, so thats why the ignored it.1973 medical technology. XRAY machines make noise..Most scary movie I have seen. I was 11 when I saw it at the movies. There were some picketors about language and violence were present. This was based upon a REAL Story..........Evil is real
The 80's started in 1976. The Cars, Star Wars, KISS, Gary Numan, Jaws...
Ouija boards were classed as harmess familly games at that time and were sold in toy shops as simple board game.
70s 80s movie cool.
The girl didn't start this . What started this was the war that Marin started In Egypt with the demon . Reagan would have been just fine if Marin had not have done that exorcism . He failed , and the Demon followed him !!
Hello from Ontario Canada i am a Paranormal and Supernatural researcher and Investigator i have been Researching the world of the Paranormal and Supernatural for 35 years here is a little background about this movie it is loosely based on an actual real life exorcism that took place in the 1940s however the person possessed was not a girl he was a boy by the name of Roland Doe .
I can't imagine doing an exorcism on a single day, let alone exorcisms that last months. The true story that this is based on lasted multiple months that started in Maryland, and was finished in St.Louis.
nice cool
In the 70’s no one knew what a Ouija board was??!! Everyone was so ignorant and naive back then. Right! 🙄🤣
I dontvthink so. He didn't get it. They didn't believe in god. That didn't help her
I like watching first viewing video's of movies, especially horror movies like The Exorcist. The best reactions are when the viewer's are making comments about the movie, not personal things, family stories, etc. The viewers comments should move the movie forward as the movie itself does. When the comments go off track, the movie suffers as well, as do we, the watchers of your video. Best wishes on future reactions.
The original board had nothing to do with it. Devil possessed her before the original board came into play
The director put air conditioners in Reagan’s room until the temp reached below zero
Check out the exorcist the beginning explains the father and how the demon meet
"How did you pull that effect off?"Simple, they took the pea soup,mixed it with the scarification demonic makeup and the bed set which was the only automated part of the entire filming process and unsurprisingly the only part which malfunctioned as well because `70s technology sucked!
I'm going to comment _before_ I watch this just to say: I hope this is the director's cut...
I remember Smoking And Non-Smoking Sections in restaurants during the '90s. Also, remember Joe Camel.
A lot of people miss this - The ouija board had nothing to do with the possession. The priest did... He desecrated a grave/tomb and the owner was hunting him down to get it all back... You mentioned the statue head call back but didn't see the pendant that Merrin said looked too new to be in that grave/tomb - because it was on Fr. Karras' neck. So many people are too use to today's horrors when it comes to that game board (made by Parker Brothers) and have what really started it take the blame...
Cause if you watch The Omen, the dog had nothing to do with that boy...
As long as there's no Oxygen we are allowed to smoke right in the patient's room
Congrats 9n your one year anniversary guys. Yeah this movie freaked me out alot as a kid and even as an adult still freaky imo one of the scariest and classic horror films this was based off a book but the book was based off real life case except it was a boy not a little girl.
There isna sequel but its ok the 3rd movie is much better and has bead dourif aka Chucky lol so worth it.
This film was based on a novel by William Peter Blatty which was in turn influenced by 3 real-life exorcisms,the exorcism of Roland Doe in St. Louis(Which inspired the levitation,"help me" scar on the possessed child`s body,the demon communicating through a ouija board(In reality, it got to Roland by masquerading as the ghost of his eccentric aunt who was fascinated by astrology and New Age spirituality) and the exorcism being performed by two Jesuit priests(Jesuits are basically the elites of the Catholic Church so they usually prefer to leave exorcisms to lower-level priests who don`t have as much to lose if the exorcism fails which they usually do IRL,only the few successful ones get reported back to the Vatican generally.),the exorcism of Annelise Michel in Germany(The demon claiming to be Satan himself and speaking of itself in plural calling back to the Legion story in the Bible) which also influenced the Exorcism of Emily Rose.The vulgarity,aversion to holy relics and gross-out effects are archetypal of effects of demonic possession reported since the Middle Ages.And another that actually happened in Georgetown.Of course,only the first exorcism worked which further goes toward my point:Most of them fail, that`s why many in the church are reluctant to keep performing exorcisms in the modern day.
That's a 1973 MRI or Cat Scan! Lol
This Is Great Movie overall , Oscar nominated performances and good message about why faith in Jesus is important. Father Karras is one of my favorite characters
This is going to be epic.
Carl in the film never smoked
He's taking nitroglycerine and placing them under his tongue. They are for his heart.
watch the mom in "Requiem for a dream"
Ya he called the butler a Nazi bastard …He was throwing out Nazi names to him like saying you went bowling with Goebbels who was a high ranking Nazi..Burt was stirring the pot
Very good reaction guys, if you want to continue with this franchise, PLEASE only react to "The Exorcist 3" and "Exorcist: The Beginning," since you can view them as a trilogy.
Come on. Ask yourselves if you would immediately go to the supernatural as the culprit for her troubles? Most of us would keep going to doctors.
Thats how loud MRI's are today
This story is staged in the present modern times. In the modern times were everything has technological and reasonable. Because of this today many don't believe on the spiritual realm which could be either from God/Absolute Good or from Evil/Suffering.
What is important was the girl was saved. This film has scenes that may trouble or shake your faith. But it was necessary to show how evil can defile and harm what held holy precious and love. What the film tries to convey is that our faith will be tested by stronger adversary. But we must remain strong and rise up. And sometimes people may not comprehend it but we must be ready to mimic Christ who offered his life for us in order to save us.
The Iraq scene implies that the demon/ evil has existed even from the primordial past. Fr Merrin has done exorcism before and possibly met this demon. The battle between and the demon will conclude in this movie.
Aside from demon possession it's a story of the priest seeking redemption and made the ultimate sacrifice. Fr Kharis faith was terribly weakened due to the guilt from his mother's death.
His redemption came when Regan's mother asked if her daughter will die. Realizing that he could not allow another tragedy to happen Fr Kharis returned to the room determined to save the child from the demon. This regained his strength and faith.
NOTE : Back then Catholics believed suicide is a sin. So the scene where Fr Kharis confesses his sin before he dies was necessary in order for him to received salvation.
Check out the exorcism of Emily rose. That's the only adaptation of this genre that come close to this movie
Sorry that growling Demon was me yawning XD
🎯👁 *The cure for demon possession?? Get a new and better room mate:*
*Revelation 3:20-21 Jesus said, "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne."*
*John 3:16-21 Jesus said, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”*
Name of the demon is Pazuz. One of devils Capo's.