What is up with that shadow figure that glides by Regan's window when Kinderman was watching it from his car? That was creepy as fuck. Can you imagine being up there with a ladder and peeking into her window at the same time that happened? What would you see?
sharemaybe a disembodied demon?
shareIt is Regan herself. She is actually able to untie herself, the Demon is a liar.
shareI can't help but think if the demon can untie itself, why not kill everybody in the house like she did to Burke? If it had done that, the possibility of an exorcism would've been decreased greatly and could've prolonged it's fun! I don't understand Pazuzu's logic here. I understand wanting revenge against Merrin but he's dying anyways.
shareThe demon doesn't want to kill everybody. He killed Burke as a way to get Chris to get an Exorcism. He wants Merrin to come as he wants all the people in the house to suffer by torturing Regan. He unties himself later on screen during the levitation.
shareBy having an exorcism, Pazuzu just shot himself in the foot IMO because it became his undoing. I think he should've thought things through a little more! He still could've tortured Regan(after killing her family) in an asylum while tormenting all the medical staff and expanding his evil. I think he should've had a better plan than just simply fucking around with a family, that's not gonna last! It's just the demon's logic seems very shallow and prideful to me, he could've done more than just being a sadistic asshole to the McNeil household. Maybe that's the point of the film.....evil has no real logic, just chaos and destruction. Just something to ponder!
shareHe wanted Merrin. He even screams his name during the recordings. And he got what he wanted, only through Karras' sacrifice was he defeated.
share fleischwolf is right. The demon was defeated by Karras' sacrifice. The exorcism had little effect.
Also, the demon wanted Merrin to watch Regan die. In the book the demon is very upset by Merrin's death.
The demon wanted Karris.
shareThat's what I thought. She was able to free herself.
shareMaybe I'm wrong and I might be thinking outside the box but I couldn't help but think that Reagan's spirit temporary left her body and escaped the demon. The shadow was Reagan's spirit (or ghost) moving around the room.
shareIt also could be other demons lurking in her room as well, when Karras plays the tape recording we can hear other voices in the recording arguing with each other about Regan's fate clearly indicating there are other entities involved with her possession, not just Pazuzu. The commentary talks about that.
shareWow, that's really scary to think that there was more than one demon in the room with her. It just intensifies the creepy factor of the film...
shareListen to William Friedkin's commentary on the director's cut when they get to the scene where Karras is listening to the tape after finding out it's really English, he indicates multiple demons are debating what to do with Regan and some of the demons are clearly terrified of Father Merrin showing up and each voice sounds kinda different if you listen carefully. It's really bizarre and messed up!
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