The Exorcist

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty became infamous by leaving a scar on all of its readers, with the horrific undergoing of a thirteen-year-old girl. The film, The Exorcist, directed by William Friedkin also captures the novel and the events with a chilling, yet superb cast and screenplay. The book and film begin with Chris, a successful actress that is dealing with a minor case of depression, divorce and a healthy, pretty child: Raegan. As the two progress, Chris notices a change in Raegan that is violent, profane, and extremely sexual. Eventually, it becomes evident to the majority of the characters in the book, that Raegan is indeed possessed by a daemon due to the changes in her appearance and drastic change to her personality. Blatty…

stories, but the effectiveness of the special effects turn the films into pieces of artwork that are visually entertaining and support the story. However, in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde there was far less blood and gore used. Although Hyde was killing, it did not show lots of blood and gore. Compared to American Werewolf in London, where there was lots of blood and gore used. This adds to creation of the horror due to the fact that the audience is seeing this werewolf tear people apart with the…

William Friedkin’s The Exorcist, is, in many ways, the scariest movie of all time. It’s not just a brilliant and terrifying motion picture, although it’s that; it’s also a great human experience, one that invites moviegoers to experience fearful emotions, face the unknown and shape our belief systems. The Exorcist, may not have won the academy award for best picture, it is, however, a brilliantly successful scary movie that still gives us nightmares even today. The Exorcist is intense and excels…

From its release in October 1973, The Exorcist generated an unprecedented amount of pandemonium among movie goers worldwide. Theaters across the us, and the world, were flooded with patrons hoping to experience the shock and terror that was inspiring such notorious media coverage. Media outlets across the globe were reporting murders and suicides attributed to the film, “in San Francisco a deranged patron charged the screen in an attempt to kill the demon; in Harlem a priest attempted to…

Young people are vulnerable and susceptible to being persuaded to subvert traditional values and beliefs. Arguably, this idea is presented in William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973), which demonstrates a threatening force that is crippling American society. Chicago Sun-Times film critic, Roger Ebert describes this film as “a frontal assault” on spectators that exploit their feelings and leaves viewers shaken after watching (1973). Indeed, the sexual perversion and foul play to religious…

being released from Regan is the best ending possible and what the viewer ultimately wants. In the end, both priests wound up dead and even priest Karras was possessed under his loss of emotions. The last symbolic moment I will discuss is, “The early manifestations of the demon as an 'imaginary friend' seem like a substitute for the girl's absent father. A different sort of Father restores the situation. Beyond this The Exorcist plays on the guilt of women moving into the work-place” (Cull 47).…

is the most psychologically useful out of the altered states of conscious stated, as its performance allows expansion of awareness and unity of thoughts through relaxation. Further, there has been positive outcomes of its use, for instance, medication “can be highly therapeutic because it is expected to reduce stress and anxiety” (Shiraev & Levy, 2016, p.130). This could be accomplished by withdrawing from our daily worries or pleasures that distract us and simply detaching to feel serenity and…

The movie The Exorcist (1973) is one of the most profitable horror movies ever made. This movie is about super natural events happening to a little girl called Regan. This type of events start worrying her mother when Regan starts hurting herself. Her mother worried try many ways of medicine to try to find what is wrong with her child, and after searching for many time, she found out her daughter was possessed. It is here when a local priest called Jason Miller is asked for the mom to help her.…

In the 1973 version of The Exorcist, director William Friedkin presents the story of a possessed little girl. In the movie the little girl, Regan, is possessed by a demon and her body is completely taken over by it. The movie’s opening scene provided the clues towards later answering who the demonic is in the movie. Throughout the entire film you see occurrences of the demon taking over the actions and bodies of its host. The opening scene is an example of when the demonic over took the…

method ; mentioning that doing a exorcism is going back to the Middle Ages time. This create a doubt whether his a real priest comparing with Merrin, the other priest. Also the sexual act content is repeated here in the movie compared with Rosemary ' baby. In this films is acted by using sexual content words in different part of the movie. Another way it presented when Regan being possessed started to put the crucifixion in her female genitals using sexual content words at the same time. Also,…