I'm hoping this makes sense :) ...I did go on a bit of a rant ;)
As most fans will no doubt know; #williampeterblatty once said "I don't want them to think that #thedevil won!" (them being us, the audience.)
... but; (please, keep in mind, I am in no sense of the word religious- I made up my mind a while ago I don't believe in any #God anyone has to work to convince me is up there- although there are things beyond this world I'm inclined to believe could be there:) when I think about it from a #spiritualrealm / #forcesofgoodandevil P.O.V; I don't think the #priests , even with their God's help, do win- and they most probably were never supposed to, because " #captainhowdy " doesn't allow them to.
Think about it like this;
-the demon in the film is #omnipresent , meaning it can be everywhere all at once.
-It's able to assert (if I'm using that word right) an astounding level of control over who and whatever it wants to, even before Regan is fully possessed.
-If the statue they excavate at the start of the movie is anything to go by; it's an ancient, merciless kind of evil with a grudge against a mortal man.
-It's extremely cunning and mischievous, and horrendously powerful.
-It's particularly pissed at #FatherMerrin , for somehow being able to drive it out of its chosen host the first time
which is why it asks for the exorcism, because it is obviously well aware that it "damn near killed" him years previously, so
-it's very ready for round 2
because it knows the ball's in its court, and it can finish the old man off- even going through the motions of reacting to #fatherkarras's bogus #holywater it obviously knows is from a tap, so it can drop the name of the priest it wants to perform the exorcism in that #englishinreverse recording it lets Karras make.
"What an excellent day for an exorcism."
"...You'd like that?"
"Intensely."
"But wouldn't that drive you out of Regan?"
"...It would bring us together."
So; does it not then follow, that the demon could've easily killed the two priests on the spot, if it wanted to, before the battle even begins? I'd say yes. But instead, it chooses to go through with putting on a whole big show, for the exorcism- feigning being in pain from the actual holy water, and the supposed force behind the verses, and making the bed shake, and the vomiting, and spinning Regan's head around, and levitating her, and all its best schtick- as a way of reminding Merrin what he faced before, what it's capable of, and an ongoing way of tormenting Karras and testing his faith- hitting below the belt enough to use the guilt Karras experiences over his mother's death against him-
"He is a liar... the demon is a liar! He will lie to confuse us... but he will also... mix lies with the truth... to attack us!"
"YOU KILLED YOUR MOTHER! Y'LEFT HER ALONE TO DIE!"
"SHUT UP!!"
"SHE'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU! BASTARD!"
-while; at the same time, it's watching them start to weaken, and doubt themselves- laughing, as it senses what it's always known would happen; Merrin's heart is about to give out.
From what we see in Karras's last scene, it's delivered the deathblow on the old man itself, and then sat back to watch the younger one try to save him- giggling in the voice of the little girl it's inhabiting; mocking him, as he arrives at the awful realization he's too late.
The only reason Karras gets it out of Regan, and then through the window with him is because- after receiving a forceful, commanding 'invitation' from him, during a hate-filled pummelling- it removes the #stchristophermedal he's wearing and lets itself in.
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Ghosts of the Void
Ghosts of the Void (2023)
#JasonMiller #MichaelReagan #CarterShimp #TedraMillan #NancyWagner #ChrisAmos
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Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
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50 years ago today, cinema was changed forever. ‘The Exorcist’ was released December 26, 1973. #TheExorcist #WilliamPeterBlatty #WilliamFriedkin #EllenBurstyn #MaxvonSydow #JasonMiller #LindaBlair
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#31PelículasDeHorror #Halloween2023 #TheExorcist √
Con este post inicio una selección de #31PelículasDeHorror que recomiendo para #Halloween2023.
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Seconds Bowl, Jason Miller, 2004, Brooklyn Museum: Decorative Arts
Size: 1 1/2 x 9 in. (3.8 x 22.9 cm)
Medium: Glazed earthenware
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/197442
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