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Great line
This movie needs a remake, reboot, sequel, prequel...fast!
R. Lee Ermey
The resort
The point of sleeping in coffins?
Best Bond Novel
Jan Harlan, Rob Ager & Graham Duff
Oppenheimer Visions
The End
Why are the aliens naked?
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Yeah, it's nonsense. The movie is based on Arthur Schnitzler's Dream Story. The movie movie shouldn't be taken literally in any way.
Finally, someone who gets it :)
Those are all good episodes. Just take them for what they are. I have memories of watching this series with my friends (back when it was new) and having a good time just laughing at it. To me it's a lighthearted show.
Honestly, I don't think the Demon is Pazuzu. It's never named. Merrin doesn't mention it to Karras which would be very important info for Karras to know about. Merrin is the expert.
I think like you said, the Demon just loses it's vessel when the body dies and then tries to inhabit another one if available.
Well, that might surprise Blatty, but Karras was clearly an easy target. Something to keep the Demon busy until Merrin arrived.
It's nice to learn what's in the book, but shouldn't be necessary.
"That wasn't clear to me and that's why I thought it was open to interpretation."
I thought the same for years. Like Blatty, I think the ending wasn't done very well as far as making it clear. Also, a lot of people (Me included) thought the Demon won in the end. It's pretty confusing but still a great ending I think.
"given how story driven it is"
I think that's a big part of it. Most people aren't expecting a serious story in any given horror movie and most don't provide it. The Exorcist is that rare kind of serious horror movie with great writing and acting so even if the viewer doesn't find it scary they can still enjoy an interesting story.
The Demon wanted revenge against Merrin. Merrin had fought the Demon once before in Africa.
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