One of those brilliant subtle moments, which to me personally is also one of the most frightening. It gets you thinking about all the possible explanations, the most obvious being that the possessed Regan can move about freely if the demon so wishes, and the implications of that are horrifying.
The vandalism of the Mary statute. The cross, which inexplicably shows up in the house. It most likely was the property of the neighboring church . Yep! It was Regan all along!!!!
Hands down the creepiest part of the film, it rarely gets mentioned but is FAR more chilling than any spider walk scene,which is kind of a cheap jolt in comparison. She can get out of that damn bed and room any time she wants,oh yes!! She isn't walking, she is gliding!! :O
Folks in the 70s weren’t ready for this level of horror. I mean this reached a level where horror movies have never gone prior, that’s why it was and remains one of the most, if not THE most, horrifying movie in history.
The statue of Mary being defaced near the start is evidence that Regan had been wandering after hours. The silhouette looks as though it floats past the window. The more times you see the film the more little things not outright homed in on you'll find. It's the mark of any great director.
No. The desecration of the statute of Mary wasn't due to Reagan. Author William Peter Blatty has said that he was always surprised that people attributed it to Reagan/Demon and never figured out it was actually Father Karras that did it. Like Reagan, he would sleep walk with no recollection. As Reagen had conflicting issues of guilt regarding her father Howard and the divorce, Karras was haunted with guilt about his mother ( showing signs that the demon was after him, the initial target ) Father Karras had access to the church while Reagen didn't.
Well, I still have issues with Regan defacing the statue of Mary. I just don't see how it could have happened.I mean, there's at least one or two people outside, at any time of the day. They wouldn't notice a little girl, possibly floating through the air, with art supplies in her hands, heading towards the church blocks away? And then she got into the church and spent some time defacing the statue? No one noticed? Plus, unless Regan floated out the window, I don't see how she could have left the house without mom, Sharon, or the caretakers noticing. Still, this silhouette scene is excellent, but note that Regan does not leave the house in this scene. She can wander her room, but the neighborhood? Not convinced.
Aside from the book revealing it was Regan (while possessed briefly), the movie subtly suggests this as well. The beak of the bird sculpture Regan paints in the basement is similar to the pointed shapes /phallic symbols that are attached to the church statue. The red blood color is from the paints she uses. I think most people missed this message. Easy to overlook.
@johnbrowneyes7534 oh wow...I never put it together when Kinderman was asking "your daughter...she's the artist?" That he was looking for the church desecrator through her work...
The thought of Regan/demon being able to “make the straps disappear” and walk around that house at will scares the hell out of me. Little things like this in the movie are far creepier/unsettling than all the usual stuff that gets talked about.
Well, not to mention.. we're seeing it through the detectives view point who is already suspicious of that house. He see's Karras leaving after talking to Chris in the doorway, probably wonders why he is there, so being that it's from his stand point, is especially chilling and terrifying.
@@MVR326 I’m just finishing the book and the detective is watching the house cause when he went to visit Chris he got a sample of Regan’s painting in his nail when he scratched and compared with the paint from the virgin Maria statue and it’s the same.
Can you imagine the demon floating her around the house at will, with those gleaming eyes and that lolling tongue, while everyone thinks she’s tied up, unable to move? That’s the most horrifying thought of the whole movie. Great, now I have to sleep with the light on.
Damn I wish I hadn't read that! I'm 58 years old and the thought of seeing a possessed, grinning Regan drifting through a dark house at night is truly terrifying!
Can you imagine being Karl or Sharon going to the bathroom in the middle of the night and seeing messed up Reagan standing in a hallway? I think I would die from fright.
I find it real creepy that Regan can get out of that bed and move about, what's even creepier is her mother & the house assitant's in there sleeping! Now that scares the crap out of me!
I ve never spotted that! I always thought that she is tied to bed. The music in entire movie is so fitted but in this particular scene is just perfect. I think i m going rewatcch this masterpiece after discovered.
@@josephhernandez1885 Could be, there is no certain explanation only our perceptions and theories. Mine is that she/it was actually floating around, my perception was lead by the scene where Father Karras was about to meet the Demon, when he was upstairs with Chris Macneil they saw Karl trying to hold the door with a chair saying "It wants no straps", in my opinion Karl's body language and gestures holding the chair, indicates that he was trying not let out something out of that room, and I think Friedkin's intention was suggesting that too.
@@chuquiiithat’s an awesome point of view! Never really clicked my mind on that particular scene when Karl mentions “it wants no straps” I was just assuming he was climbing down from the attic and moved the chair that was in the way lol
This scene gives me goosebumps no matter how often I watch it, and I've seen The Exorcist COUNTLESS times. Extremely underrated, same with the score. That fucking sting aims right for our primal fear instinct.
When I first watched this film years ago, I immediately noticed that and thought to myself, "Wait... Isn't she strapped on the bed?" I got shivers. I'm glad I wasn't the only one who noticed. 🙂
The most overlooked scene in the film, and most frightening. Pazuzu can move at will, can undo the straps whenever he wanted, just didn't want to display that vulgar power.
@@demonofelru3214 There is an scene that in my opinión it is not being discussed enought on shows, podcasts, etc : When Kinderman is shown going to the Macneil house for the first time, Chris Macneil is seen walking down the stairs with the crucifix she had found under Reagan's pillow, in her hand, and leaving it on one of the tables in the first floor. As Kinderman leaves the house, Reagan possessed screams and stabs herself with the crucifix. Which suggests that a possessed Reagan came down while Kinderman and Chris were talking in the kitchen and took the crucifix
To me the scariest part of the whole thing is the demon was just fucking with them the whole time. It could have just got up at any moment and killed them. At the end when he comes back to the room it's just giggling after killing the older priest. It’s just a scary thought. Also I watched a detailed break down, where during the course of the movie different things around the house change places, meaning it was fucking around the whole time.
Exactly My friend, for instance the crucifix-masturbation scene, that same crucifix was downstairs minutes before Kinderman left the house and then suddenly it is reagan's room, meaning that the possessed Reagen came down while Kinderman and Chris were still talking in the kitchen
@chuquiii Good point. What that demon could have really done is not worth knowing. It took Farther Karras to pleade with it to take over it's soul to get rid of it.
@@MarcoGosatti43 I agree, in my opinion The most chilling point of all is the number of options that could have happened with the sole idea that the demon was always free at will. Sometimes I think of a kind of exorcist movie, but as seen from either Sharon's or Karl's point of view, them witnessing each of the events but from their rooms, I can imagine the scenes of them, not being able to sleep. inside their rooms every night and listening to sounds and even seeing things that happen in the house that are not shown in the movie, and this whole universe opens up thanks to the fact that the demon could always be free throughout the house. I would love to see even a short film based on that
@@chuquiii I went too far down the rabbit hole and watched a clip where Regan's voice ends and the demons voice begins. Had to watch sister act 2 and sleep with the lights on.
I watched both the original 1973 theatrical version and the full uncut "The version you've never seen" and I don't remember this scene in either version.
I have always believed that, she couldn't be there wandering about. I believe that, this was like a kinder man's vision as the scene in which regan turn her head around. These are things that didn't happen but the devil managed to make people believe to happen. In other words , I think the director put this scene to tell the audience that Kinderman was "affected" by the possession of the girl indirectly.
Ok, this comment is great! What you are pointing out is absolutely reasonable, the Head Spinning was an ilussion I agree with that. Great comment My friend
Kinderman's REACTION does not allow for such an interpretation. If it were just Kinderman's imagination, his facial expressions would be different. When he sees Regan's silhouette, he immediately looks straight at it.
I mean, in spite of the straps, she still spider walked down the stares, potentially twice if you count the deleted one where she walks around the house like a goanna and flicks her tongue. There's the destroyed statues in the church, and lets face it.. she killed Burke.. so she can't have been tied down there. So she's taking the restraints on and off at will.
See the thing that very few people appreciate about this story, whether from the movie or the book, is that the demon can easily remove the straps, this is not about the demon's physical power, it is about its influence over the people, how it can make them get mad to the point of the people around it want to die. If you recall correctly, it only killed one person, Dennings, Merrin die from a heart-attack, Karras killed himself.
If u read the novel, this incredible movie of course can’t duplicate everything in the book,otherwise it will b over 4 hours long,but in the novel there is prove that the demon didn’t kill Merrin,at that part of the story in the novel when Karras walks back in the room and sees Merrin dead,the demon shouts to Karras to bring back life into Merrin so they could finish their battle,in the movie the demon simply snickers and says nothing
Yes, the demon even says to Karras that it is "too vulgar a display of power" to make the straps disappear. Much more satisfying to persuade someone to do it instead.
0:38 me imagino eso la primera vez que vi la película pero sin la cortina puesta y me cae que me hubiera salido corriendo de mi casa 😰 jaja. ¡Gracias a la persona del CREW que se le ocurrió dejar esa cortina puesta en la ventana!
So, that means that The demon can move freely around the room?So she can untie herself the strings attached to the bed whenever she wants to giving the priests and her mum the false impression that she,s always strapped with strings, is that right?
She was also able to walk around the house while Chris was sitting with the detective. When the detective comes to the door, Chris places the crucifix on the lamp table. When she sees him out, the crucifix is missing, meaning Regan must have come down and gotten it herself.
In my opinion of the Kinderman scene where he watches Karras leave the McNeil house, he sees Regan float across the room from his car wing mirror. I think this is the demon’s way of taunting Kinderman by leaving a subtle gesture that Regan, in fact, pushed Burke dennings out of the window. Also the defaced statue in the local church is not too dissimilar to regans artwork that Kinderman playfully admired during his discussion with Chris McNeil
Great comment, in fact according to the book the demon has the ability to impose a vision into a weak or frightened mind, and that is the explanation of Regan's spinning head is possible and why she is still alive. And at the same time, in my opinion, the possibility of the demon removing the straps and moving freely around the house I think still remains open and that thought is what makes this scene and the movie even more fascinating and terrifying my friend. I would like to keep mention about the scene few seconds before Father Karras gets into the room to meet the demon, Karl was holding the door with a chair, scared of something getting out of the room, and remember when Karras gets in, Regan had the straps on. PD: Karl says "It wants no straps"
@@chuquiiithank you for the kind words. Also another observation in relation to Karl advising Karras “It wants no straps,” it seems a fitting response when Karras asks the demon to remove them and Regan says “that’s much to vulgar display of power!” In my opinion, the demon has already proved its point. It pushed Burke Dennings out of the window and it defaced the statue. Why then would it need to remove its own straps. Maybe it’s a way to test Karras’ faith as the demon knows Karras is losing his faith and suffers guilt from neglecting his mother.
@@british_sports_car I understand your point, totally valid. But I would ask why is Karl holding a chair to apparently keep the door close, if Regan is on straps?
That is the beauty of it my friend, will remain that way until the end. In my opinion, the ghostly way that shadows moves like floating, the height of the shadow, the background music, the look of kinderman, and remember the scene before Karras gets in the room to meet the demon, Karl was holding the door with a chair suggesting the will that nothing gets out of that room and how scared is everyone in that house of getting inside there, everything to me points out that the director tried to capture that evil essence on that shadow.
I like how this scene sort of is a call back to whenever Karras insists the demon "makes the straps disappear" and responds with it being a vulgar display of power But this scene implies what if it CAN make the straps disappear
Right up there with the flash of the demons face in Kindermans dream where his mother is walking down the subway steps..you only see it once but it’s enough to make you think for a second…..that only you have seen it! Fantastic cinema!
I don't think it's Reagan at the window- it's the demon itself floating around the room casting a shadow. But if it is Reagans body then it leads to the creepy idea she can get up walk around and do just about anything at any time. She could kill everyone in the house while they sleep she just doesn't want too. It's not the kind of fun the demon wants to have ( or maybe yet )
@@JasonVoorhees10100 Exactly, what "If it is", Think about that moment when Karras goes to the McNeil house for the second time with the intention of collecting evidence bringing holy water (which it wasn't )and the voice recorder, at that moment the Demon opens a drawer in the desk next to the bed, at that moment brief moment, the director shows the power of the Demon and at the same time leaves it in the background by not choosing to show it no more, but in my opinion it is a clear example of what that Demon was able to do and not shown in the film
@oscarchuquillanqui8574 yea that and the levitating she eventually unties herself telekineticaly but it's used very sparingly throughout the movie. Well then again there's the scene where the whole room is going batshit and the drawer slides and blocks the door. It's quite silly to think they can tie it down honestly 😅 the more you think about it , it's kind of a gaping plot hole
@@JasonVoorhees10100 Exactly, there are some comments shared here, pointing the psicological damage the Demon wants to infringe on the people around, I think that is quite accurate
@oscarchuquillanqui8574 yea I don't think it really cares much about anything else it's main goal is to probably corrupt faith. By possessing a priest I think it saw as a better tradeoff then a little girl
La asistente Sharon, asi como los sirvientes Karl y Willie fueron muy leales y solidarios con Chris. Nunca la abandonaron ni se fueron de ña casa, a pesar de los terribles y terrorificos acontecimientos
Everyone are ignoring the fact that the demon appears in certain partsbof the movie, with a clear appearance, white face, red ice, black hair, is certainly horrible, so in this scene is not regan standing in frint of the window is the demon itself standing there, there's no 100% activity on the regan body by the demon, that was show wheb she was sleeping and writte message tobthe family
@@chuquiii Soundtrack of the two versions are different. The soundtrack of the 2000 version has been reworked. The old sound from 1973(the "original") is more direct and sounds more spooky.
For years I took it as another isolated creepy event caught by the eye of the detective- or at least he thought he saw something peculiar. Now I’m considering it to possibly be indicative of just one of many occurrences of unseen transmutating/molecular manipulation of its straps throughout the film- the demon had been freeing itself at will. In one instance, she appears to be bound , but then in the next moment , it’s freely levitating in the room? Huh??? It certainly didn’t allow Carl to bind her , but when Karras entered her room for the first time, it requested him to “..kindly undo these straps!” Huh? In my opinion, They’ve all been “played” the entire time; the demon engaged them in its theatrics just to wear down Karras. Well…. That’s my theory anyway!
For me, the way that Karl was holding the door with a chair, scared, it's an indication that something happened before or he felt o heard footsteps that something was trying to get out of the room. Just imagine how scary would be being in the position of Karl and hearing footsteps or running from inside of the room.
I definitely couldn't be 100% sure because I don't think if there is a direct answer from W. Friedklin about this specific scene. But because of the ghostly way in which the silhouette moves, the shot of Kinderman looking with a certain strangeness at the window, and all that happening just right after Karras's conversation with the demon about "kindly undo these straps" It all makes me think that it is Reagen who was always been able to move freely around the house, and that is all a mind game, a manipulative strategy by the devil. That's why that scene for me personally is one of the most if not the most terrifying in the movie.
I had a dream last night about this movie for some reason. Someone was talking to me explaining this scene. It’s not the girl, it’s the demon u see. The girl silhouette appears but she possessed. The evil spirit wanted to be seen. The person in the window is an very old spirit it’s super smart which makes it dangerous. Angels in heaven don’t even want to come close to it. I believe in Jesus 💯 But really wondering wth I dreamed about this 🤷🏾♀️👀🤔
Yes very disturbing. As a kid terrified me this scene. She could've walked about the whole house . So it implies that in her state shes more than able as if the physical affect was a ruse.. worse imagine what happened when she killed burke . ...think about it...uh
@@rustygazes256 I think that the scene where she opens the furniture drawer during the second meeting with Karras is a small example of the demon's power over objects in the environment, the fact that so little of the demon's material power is shown, is a choice of immense artistic value by Friedkin in my opinion
There are a lot unknowns in the Exorcist - minor incidents that bring up questions unresolved by the story. The shadow passing the window could as easily be Karl, though it could be Reagan were she somehow able to free herself from the bed bindings. But if she were able to free herself, why wouldn't she be running amok? Another question that never gets asked: Who committed the sacrilege to the Madonna statue in the Church? Was it Regan? There is a strong suggestion it is because of the papier-mâché phallus and breasts, painted orange-red, and somehow affixed to the statue. Recall, Regan had craft materials in the basement to make and paint that papier-mâché bird that keeps showing up in the basement scenes. So, was the demon-possessed Regan prowling the streets of DC some late night with art supplies in hand? Finally, why did the Saint Joseph statue standing across from the defaced Mary go undefaced, while the Mary statue is turned into a transsexual grotesque with oversized phallus and breasts? The Saint Joseph figure is interesting - his medallion image is seen numerous times throughout The Exorcist - he's like the patron Saint of the The Exorcist. What is the film saying about symbolic Motherhood versus Fatherhood?
Author William Peter Blatty has publicly stated that he was always surprised that the audience/reader never figured out that it was father Karras that desecrated the statue. They incorrectly assumed it was Reagen.
@@lauramorgan27 Agreed. You are totally incorrect. Author William Peter Blatty in his 1974 book " The Exorcist- From Novel To Film " states that he was aways surprised that the public never figured out that it was Father Karras that vandalized the statue of the virgin. They had incorrectly always assumed it was Reagen. And if you read the book, you'll see the Blatty states it was Karl that placed the crucifix in Reagen's bedroom. He lays it out all in the book.
An argument could be made for both. The book always put Reagen in the vicinity whenever information was being shared ( which would explain why the demon knew so much ) But Karl was extremely protective of Reagan having lost his daughter Elvira to drug use in the book's subplot. I think it was Karl in the window.
@@gingerpeachy3044 I saw the stage version of The Exorcist in L.A. with Brooke Shields as Chris and Richard Chamberlain as the exorcist. Author William Peter Blatty wrote the stage version in hopes of a Broadway transfer. It was an extremely disappointing evening of theatre. The production was just to MTV and the story dumbed down. Everything was explained away. The characters of Sharon ( Regan's tutor/Chris' assistant ) and Wille and Karl were replaced by a new character who was a survivor of the Rwandan genocide. She ran the household/ was Reagan's tutor and Chris's assistant. The play makes the point that everyone in the house was demon Pazzuzu's target ( The movie made the case as well when Father Karras asks Father Merrin why is all this happening? Director William Friedkin cut the scene ) The play didn't. Unlike the movie, in the play both Chris and her assistant attend the exorcism, in addition to three extra priest to assist Merrin & Karras. During the exorcism the three priest turn into demons and start to physically. mentally and sexually attack Chris, Father Karras and Chris's assistant. Only the assistant ( and Father Merrin )was able to rebuke and fight off her demon. She had seen, experienced the horrors of Rwanda and carried no guilt about surviving it. Chris was still dealing with guilt over the death of her first child Jamie who died when she was a young struggling actress in NYC and haunted by not being able to afford to take him to a doctor in time still consumed her ( Brooke Shields was devastatingly powerful delivering the monologue ) And of course Karras' guilt over his mother's death and crisis of faith made him a target as well.Going back to Karl from the book, he carries guilt over his daughter's death ( which would explain why he was so loyal and protective of Regan ) We are to assume the reason for Regan's possession was her perceived guilt over her parents divorce in which she may have felt responsible. The underlying theme being, all the major and minor characters suffered from some form of guilt/inner conflict making them targets. That was my take away from the play which I guess could be applied to the characters in both the book and film.
Why would it be karl. Dude in the car looked confused as to what he seen. From a directors point. Why would they put that in the intending it to be karl.@@jasonmerrin4505
Exactly it's creepy no matter who it was. In my opinion, Karl was too scared to be there alone with Reagan, remember he was holding the door with a chair when Karras went upstaits and also: the way it was shot, the way Karras was leaving, the ghostly movement, the apparently long hair in shape, for me every single aspect points that it was Reagan
other than the demon's appereance, I'd say another thing about this scene. We know the Karras's mother is in Heaven. If we want to think on God and the Devil, Pazuzu know Karras's mother is dead but can't know her name since she's not with Pazuzu.
Lol she just walked away or floated away like "huh, im the main gossip here." Aint nodody else. That entity was in everybody's koolaid so to speak......and they (characters) judged him for it. No Angel should ever be in midst of gossip 😅 not heavenly like. Even for the fallen.........
Well, there was a missed opportunity. Sharon goes to the kitchen at night to get a glass of water, and there's a possessed Regan, by the light of the open refrigerator door, enjoying a left over chicken wing or drinking directly out of the milk carton.
One of those brilliant subtle moments, which to me personally is also one of the most frightening. It gets you thinking about all the possible explanations, the most obvious being that the possessed Regan can move about freely if the demon so wishes, and the implications of that are horrifying.
Exactly! my friend
Yes, especially since she is supposed to be strapped to the bed.
She probably does, there's a second spider walk where she crawls around on the floor flicking her tongue and she bites the nanny.
@@IH8COMERCIALRNB That was just an alternative version of the spider walk that made it into the director's cut
The vandalism of the Mary statute.
The cross, which inexplicably shows up in the house. It most likely was the property of the neighboring church .
Yep! It was Regan all along!!!!
Ive watched this movie 100 times at least and that part never registered with me until watching just now.
Great My friend! pleased to know that I'm helping the community
Hands down the creepiest part of the film, it rarely gets mentioned but is FAR more chilling than any spider walk scene,which is kind of a cheap jolt in comparison. She can get out of that damn bed and room any time she wants,oh yes!! She isn't walking, she is gliding!! :O
100% agree
It was keeping an eye on Fr Karras, he's a threat
Walking around while the rest sleeps.
@@Sean-t9n So scary to think
Folks in the 70s weren’t ready for this level of horror. I mean this reached a level where horror movies have never gone prior, that’s why it was and remains one of the most, if not THE most, horrifying movie in history.
Well-Said. Great observation.
@@RyGil91 There are more details to be found yet that makes this movie unique
The moment he shadow floats away is creepier than most horror scenes today
Amen! 👋
Absolutely!
The statue of Mary being defaced near the start is evidence that Regan had been wandering after hours. The silhouette looks as though it floats past the window. The more times you see the film the more little things not outright homed in on you'll find. It's the mark of any great director.
No. The desecration of the statute of Mary wasn't due to Reagan. Author William Peter Blatty has said that he was always surprised that people attributed it to Reagan/Demon and never figured out it was actually Father Karras that did it. Like Reagan, he would sleep walk with no recollection. As Reagen had conflicting issues of guilt regarding her father Howard and the divorce, Karras was haunted with guilt about his mother ( showing signs that the demon was after him, the initial target ) Father Karras had access to the church while Reagen didn't.
Well, I still have issues with Regan defacing the statue of Mary. I just don't see how it could have happened.I mean, there's at least one or two people outside, at any time of the day. They wouldn't notice a little girl, possibly floating through the air, with art supplies in her hands, heading towards the church blocks away? And then she got into the church and spent some time defacing the statue? No one noticed? Plus, unless Regan floated out the window, I don't see how she could have left the house without mom, Sharon, or the caretakers noticing. Still, this silhouette scene is excellent, but note that Regan does not leave the house in this scene. She can wander her room, but the neighborhood? Not convinced.
Aside from the book revealing it was Regan (while possessed briefly), the movie subtly suggests this as well. The beak of the bird sculpture Regan paints in the basement is similar to the pointed shapes /phallic symbols that are attached to the church statue. The red blood color is from the paints she uses. I think most people missed this message. Easy to overlook.
@thehighllama8101 it's confirmed in the book it was Regan
@johnbrowneyes7534 oh wow...I never put it together when Kinderman was asking "your daughter...she's the artist?" That he was looking for the church desecrator through her work...
The thought of Regan/demon being able to “make the straps disappear” and walk around that house at will scares the hell out of me. Little things like this in the movie are far creepier/unsettling than all the usual stuff that gets talked about.
Amen!
Well, not to mention.. we're seeing it through the detectives view point who is already suspicious of that house. He see's Karras leaving after talking to Chris in the doorway, probably wonders why he is there, so being that it's from his stand point, is especially chilling and terrifying.
@@MVR326 I’m just finishing the book and the detective is watching the house cause when he went to visit Chris he got a sample of Regan’s painting in his nail when he scratched and compared with the paint from the virgin Maria statue and it’s the same.
That scene chilled me it looked like she was floating around the room
That's because she was. 😬
@@seventhfirestephanie8740it's so creepy 😮
Lol
YES!
It seems to me as well, levitating around the room
Can you imagine the demon floating her around the house at will, with those gleaming eyes and that lolling tongue, while everyone thinks she’s tied up, unable to move? That’s the most horrifying thought of the whole movie. Great, now I have to sleep with the light on.
Makes me happy to share this :)
The light’s not going to help…😳
Damn I wish I hadn't read that! I'm 58 years old and the thought of seeing a possessed, grinning Regan drifting through a dark house at night is truly terrifying!
I don't know if I'm gonna make it tonight after watching this
It always freaked me out thinking she was up creeping around the house in the middle of the night. It appears she rarely left the bed.
Can you imagine being Karl or Sharon going to the bathroom in the middle of the night and seeing messed up Reagan standing in a hallway? I think I would die from fright.
@@laserramon9926 that doesn't bear thinking about 😮😮
What’s scary is in all of RUclips…the piano scene is missing….tell me Satan doesn’t have power over media…without telling me
@@kylejohnson6070 Dude just type "exorcist piano scene" into your search bar
@@laserramon9926 They would so have a scene like that if it was made today,along with plenty of LOUD NOISES ;)
One of the creepiest scenes in the movie for me, super underrated.
@@DarkClouds-v8 Welcome to the clan My friend!
Such an underrated scene. Thanks for posting.
Exactly! It is so underrated that I've never seen a single comment about it in probably 50 reviews/critics/interpretations on RUclips ir anywhere
I find it real creepy that Regan can get out of that bed and move about, what's even creepier is her mother & the house assitant's in there sleeping! Now that scares the crap out of me!
I can imagine different frames about that, a first person view of Regan walking around the house and bedrooms
I ve never spotted that! I always thought that she is tied to bed. The music in entire movie is so fitted but in this particular scene is just perfect. I think i m going rewatcch this masterpiece after discovered.
You should do it my friend! I have seen it at least 15 times and I'm still fascinated and influenced in an artistic way by this masterpiece.
The demon can move about freely but allows the tied straps to create a false sense of security. Chills!!!
Exactly
I think it was manifesting it's form at the window when it is literally still strapped to the bed. Demons can do that too
@@josephhernandez1885 Could be, there is no certain explanation only our perceptions and theories.
Mine is that she/it was actually floating around, my perception was lead by the scene where Father Karras was about to meet the Demon, when he was upstairs with Chris Macneil they saw Karl trying to hold the door with a chair saying "It wants no straps", in my opinion Karl's body language and gestures holding the chair, indicates that he was trying not let out something out of that room, and I think Friedkin's intention was suggesting that too.
@@chuquiiithat’s an awesome point of view! Never really clicked my mind on that particular scene when Karl mentions “it wants no straps” I was just assuming he was climbing down from the attic and moved the chair that was in the way lol
Think she had that crucifix stuck somewhere in that scene?
This scene gives me goosebumps no matter how often I watch it, and I've seen The Exorcist COUNTLESS times. Extremely underrated, same with the score. That fucking sting aims right for our primal fear instinct.
@@Spookedjay Welcome to our tribe My friend! I feel completely identified with everything word you are saying
The Godfather of horror movies …literally it feels like this movie could be in the same universe as movies like The Godfather
I agree, this is art at it's best
When I first watched this film years ago, I immediately noticed that and thought to myself, "Wait... Isn't she strapped on the bed?" I got shivers.
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who noticed. 🙂
We should start a community only for this underrated scene 😅
Satan hates the The Virgin Mary. Karras’s mother’s maiden name is Mary. That’s why she didn’t say her name.
The most overlooked scene in the film, and most frightening. Pazuzu can move at will, can undo the straps whenever he wanted, just didn't want to display that vulgar power.
100% agree
One of the scariest scenes. She's like I'll be in bed when you enter. The jokes on you! 😬👺
For as many times as I have seen this I never noticed her silhouette in window until this video! This masterpiece still amazing after 51 years!
@@demonofelru3214 There is an scene that in my opinión it is not being discussed enought on shows, podcasts, etc :
When Kinderman is shown going to the Macneil house for the first time, Chris Macneil is seen walking down the stairs with the crucifix she had found under Reagan's pillow, in her hand, and leaving it on one of the tables in the first floor.
As Kinderman leaves the house, Reagan possessed screams and stabs herself with the crucifix.
Which suggests that a possessed Reagan came down while Kinderman and Chris were talking in the kitchen and took the crucifix
Is it just me or is Kindermann the Devil himself. Watching over the demon all the way through.
Interesting Theory
I always thought it was Regan/demon levitating objects but some of these other comments have some interesting ideas.
Exacto My friend, this a clear example, why this movie is fascinating for a lot of us.
To me the scariest part of the whole thing is the demon was just fucking with them the whole time. It could have just got up at any moment and killed them. At the end when he comes back to the room it's just giggling after killing the older priest. It’s just a scary thought. Also I watched a detailed break down, where during the course of the movie different things around the house change places, meaning it was fucking around the whole time.
Exactly My friend, for instance the crucifix-masturbation scene, that same crucifix was downstairs minutes before Kinderman left the house and then suddenly it is reagan's room, meaning that the possessed Reagen came down while Kinderman and Chris were still talking in the kitchen
@chuquiii Good point. What that demon could have really done is not worth knowing. It took Farther Karras to pleade with it to take over it's soul to get rid of it.
@@MarcoGosatti43 I agree, in my opinion The most chilling point of all is the number of options that could have happened with the sole idea that the demon was always free at will. Sometimes I think of a kind of exorcist movie, but as seen from either Sharon's or Karl's point of view, them witnessing each of the events but from their rooms, I can imagine the scenes of them, not being able to sleep. inside their rooms every night and listening to sounds and even seeing things that happen in the house that are not shown in the movie, and this whole universe opens up thanks to the fact that the demon could always be free throughout the house.
I would love to see even a short film based on that
I'm reading these and not that creeped out, but we'll see when i try to sleep tonight!
We all share that feeling
@@chuquiii I went too far down the rabbit hole and watched a clip where Regan's voice ends and the demons voice begins. Had to watch sister act 2 and sleep with the lights on.
@@broadway520sister act 2 😂😂😂😂 Whoopi is terrifying!!
I watched both the original 1973 theatrical version and the full uncut "The version you've never seen" and I don't remember this scene in either version.
Don't worry, my friend, almost no one does.
For me this is Horror at it's best
Me too - I’ve seen this film about 10 times and I’ve never noticed this. What?! 😱
I have always believed that, she couldn't be there wandering about. I believe that, this was like a kinder man's vision as the scene in which regan turn her head around. These are things that didn't happen but the devil managed to make people believe to happen. In other words , I think the director put this scene to tell the audience that Kinderman was "affected" by the possession of the girl indirectly.
Ok, this comment is great! What you are pointing out is absolutely reasonable, the Head Spinning was an ilussion I agree with that. Great comment My friend
Kinderman's REACTION does not allow for such an interpretation. If it were just Kinderman's imagination, his facial expressions would be different. When he sees Regan's silhouette, he immediately looks straight at it.
I just assumed it was Reagan moving sideways possessed.
It's my guess too, there is many indicators that this could be
I mean, in spite of the straps, she still spider walked down the stares, potentially twice if you count the deleted one where she walks around the house like a goanna and flicks her tongue. There's the destroyed statues in the church, and lets face it.. she killed Burke.. so she can't have been tied down there. So she's taking the restraints on and off at will.
She wasn't being strapped down yet when she killed Burke.
See the thing that very few people appreciate about this story, whether from the movie or the book, is that the demon can easily remove the straps, this is not about the demon's physical power, it is about its influence over the people, how it can make them get mad to the point of the people around it want to die. If you recall correctly, it only killed one person, Dennings, Merrin die from a heart-attack, Karras killed himself.
100% agree
If u read the novel, this incredible movie of course can’t duplicate everything in the book,otherwise it will b over 4 hours long,but in the novel there is prove that the demon didn’t kill Merrin,at that part of the story in the novel when Karras walks back in the room and sees Merrin dead,the demon shouts to Karras to bring back life into Merrin so they could finish their battle,in the movie the demon simply snickers and says nothing
@@gingerpeachy3044"In Time."
Yes, the demon even says to Karras that it is "too vulgar a display of power" to make the straps disappear.
Much more satisfying to persuade someone to do it instead.
@@MrJjcattexactly
0:38 me imagino eso la primera vez que vi la película pero sin la cortina puesta y me cae que me hubiera salido corriendo de mi casa 😰 jaja.
¡Gracias a la persona del CREW que se le ocurrió dejar esa cortina puesta en la ventana!
Terror absolutamente fino así es
So, that means that The demon can move freely around the room?So she can untie herself the strings attached to the bed whenever she wants to giving the priests and her mum the false impression that she,s always strapped with strings, is that right?
Horror at it's finest
She was also able to walk around the house while Chris was sitting with the detective. When the detective comes to the door, Chris places the crucifix on the lamp table. When she sees him out, the crucifix is missing, meaning Regan must have come down and gotten it herself.
@@DeadAbeVigodaahhh but it wasn't Regan 👹👹👹👹
@@DeadAbeVigoda And no one heard her because the demon made her glide.
In my opinion of the Kinderman scene where he watches Karras leave the McNeil house, he sees Regan float across the room from his car wing mirror. I think this is the demon’s way of taunting Kinderman by leaving a subtle gesture that Regan, in fact, pushed Burke dennings out of the window. Also the defaced statue in the local church is not too dissimilar to regans artwork that Kinderman playfully admired during his discussion with Chris McNeil
Great comment, in fact according to the book the demon has the ability to impose a vision into a weak or frightened mind, and that is the explanation of Regan's spinning head is possible and why she is still alive.
And at the same time, in my opinion, the possibility of the demon removing the straps and moving freely around the house I think still remains open and that thought is what makes this scene and the movie even more fascinating and terrifying my friend.
I would like to keep mention about the scene few seconds before Father Karras gets into the room to meet the demon, Karl was holding the door with a chair, scared of something getting out of the room, and remember when Karras gets in, Regan had the straps on.
PD: Karl says "It wants no straps"
@@chuquiiithank you for the kind words. Also another observation in relation to Karl advising Karras “It wants no straps,” it seems a fitting response when Karras asks the demon to remove them and Regan says “that’s much to vulgar display of power!” In my opinion, the demon has already proved its point. It pushed Burke Dennings out of the window and it defaced the statue. Why then would it need to remove its own straps. Maybe it’s a way to test Karras’ faith as the demon knows Karras is losing his faith and suffers guilt from neglecting his mother.
@@british_sports_car I understand your point, totally valid. But I would ask why is Karl holding a chair to apparently keep the door close, if Regan is on straps?
@@chuquiiigood point. Again the demon manipulates which is the greatest trick
@@british_sports_carFor me this is the greatness of this scene and the movie, keep us sharing our different perspectives 🙌
I’m not completely sold on the idea that it’s Regan’s shadow. I think it is deliberately ambiguous. Perhaps it’s Chris,Sharon or Karl.
That is the beauty of it my friend, will remain that way until the end.
In my opinion, the ghostly way that shadows moves like floating, the height of the shadow, the background music, the look of kinderman, and remember the scene before Karras gets in the room to meet the demon, Karl was holding the door with a chair suggesting the will that nothing gets out of that room and how scared is everyone in that house of getting inside there, everything to me points out that the director tried to capture that evil essence on that shadow.
@@chuquiiiGood points!
I like how this scene sort of is a call back to whenever Karras insists the demon "makes the straps disappear" and responds with it being a vulgar display of power
But this scene implies what if it CAN make the straps disappear
Right up there with the flash of the demons face in Kindermans dream where his mother is walking down the subway steps..you only see it once but it’s enough to make you think for a second…..that only you have seen it! Fantastic cinema!
Karra's mother 🤗
You mean karras mother lol
Not the detective’s mom
I don't think it's Reagan at the window- it's the demon itself floating around the room casting a shadow.
But if it is Reagans body then it leads to the creepy idea she can get up walk around and do just about anything at any time. She could kill everyone in the house while they sleep she just doesn't want too. It's not the kind of fun the demon wants to have ( or maybe yet )
@@JasonVoorhees10100 Exactly, what "If it is", Think about that moment when Karras goes to the McNeil house for the second time with the intention of collecting evidence bringing holy water (which it wasn't )and the voice recorder, at that moment the Demon opens a drawer in the desk next to the bed, at that moment brief moment, the director shows the power of the Demon and at the same time leaves it in the background by not choosing to show it no more, but in my opinion it is a clear example of what that Demon was able to do and not shown in the film
@oscarchuquillanqui8574 yea that and the levitating she eventually unties herself telekineticaly but it's used very sparingly throughout the movie. Well then again there's the scene where the whole room is going batshit and the drawer slides and blocks the door. It's quite silly to think they can tie it down honestly 😅 the more you think about it , it's kind of a gaping plot hole
@@JasonVoorhees10100 Exactly, there are some comments shared here, pointing the psicological damage the Demon wants to infringe on the people around, I think that is quite accurate
@oscarchuquillanqui8574 yea I don't think it really cares much about anything else it's main goal is to probably corrupt faith. By possessing a priest I think it saw as a better tradeoff then a little girl
La asistente Sharon, asi como los sirvientes Karl y Willie fueron muy leales y solidarios con Chris. Nunca la abandonaron ni se fueron de ña casa, a pesar de los terribles y terrorificos acontecimientos
Everyone are ignoring the fact that the demon appears in certain partsbof the movie, with a clear appearance, white face, red ice, black hair, is certainly horrible, so in this scene is not regan standing in frint of the window is the demon itself standing there, there's no 100% activity on the regan body by the demon, that was show wheb she was sleeping and writte message tobthe family
Very chilling scene. I do love this movie but I like the original best.
Great, but what do you with "the original" I guess this scene is from it, 1973
@@chuquiii it is the original. Your channel is amazing.
@@chuquiii Soundtrack of the two versions are different. The soundtrack of the 2000 version has been reworked. The old sound from 1973(the "original") is more direct and sounds more spooky.
@@KULTKLASSIKER-re9slOhhhhh!!! 😮😮😮 I am going to check that detail, great info!!!!
I can’t see this movie alone and I am 47
Absolutely understandable
I was thinking about movie last time and yesterday Willim Friedkin died.What a coincidence. R.I.P.
RIP
Esta escena aparece en la pelicula??
Por supuesto! esta escena la recuerdo desde niño (tengo 38)
Está justo después de que el Padre Damian se encuentra por primera vez con Regan poseída
For years I took it as another isolated creepy event caught by the eye of the detective- or at least he thought he saw something peculiar. Now I’m considering it to possibly be indicative of just one of many occurrences of unseen transmutating/molecular manipulation of its straps throughout the film- the demon had been freeing itself at will. In one instance, she appears to be bound , but then in the next moment , it’s freely levitating in the room? Huh??? It certainly didn’t allow Carl to bind her , but when Karras entered her room for the first time, it requested him to “..kindly undo these straps!” Huh?
In my opinion, They’ve all been “played” the entire time; the demon engaged them in its theatrics just to wear down Karras.
Well…. That’s my theory anyway!
For me, the way that Karl was holding the door with a chair, scared, it's an indication that something happened before or he felt o heard footsteps that something was trying to get out of the room. Just imagine how scary would be being in the position of Karl and hearing footsteps or running from inside of the room.
Who’s shadow is it? It can’t be Regan as she’s tied to the bed.
I definitely couldn't be 100% sure because I don't think if there is a direct answer from W. Friedklin about this specific scene.
But because of the ghostly way in which the silhouette moves, the shot of Kinderman looking with a certain strangeness at the window, and all that happening just right after Karras's conversation with the demon about "kindly undo these straps"
It all makes me think that it is Reagen who was always been able to move freely around the house, and that is all a mind game, a manipulative strategy by the devil.
That's why that scene for me personally is one of the most if not the most terrifying in the movie.
@@chuquiii yes I agree with that unnerving to say the least 😱
She got out of those straps easily enough during the exorcism. A vulgar display of power if you ask me.
I had a dream last night about this movie for some reason.
Someone was talking to me explaining this scene. It’s not the girl, it’s the demon u see. The girl silhouette appears but she possessed. The evil spirit wanted to be seen. The person in the window is an very old spirit it’s super smart which makes it dangerous. Angels in heaven don’t even want to come close to it.
I believe in Jesus 💯
But really wondering wth I dreamed about this 🤷🏾♀️👀🤔
@@thebmarieshowopinion what does that have to do with cats?
Yes very disturbing. As a kid terrified me this scene. She could've walked about the whole house . So it implies that in her state shes more than able as if the physical affect was a ruse.. worse imagine what happened when she killed burke . ...think about it...uh
@@rustygazes256 I think that the scene where she opens the furniture drawer during the second meeting with Karras is a small example of the demon's power over objects in the environment, the fact that so little of the demon's material power is shown, is a choice of immense artistic value by Friedkin in my opinion
There are a lot unknowns in the Exorcist - minor incidents that bring up questions unresolved by the story. The shadow passing the window could as easily be Karl, though it could be Reagan were she somehow able to free herself from the bed bindings. But if she were able to free herself, why wouldn't she be running amok? Another question that never gets asked: Who committed the sacrilege to the Madonna statue in the Church? Was it Regan? There is a strong suggestion it is because of the papier-mâché phallus and breasts, painted orange-red, and somehow affixed to the statue. Recall, Regan had craft materials in the basement to make and paint that papier-mâché bird that keeps showing up in the basement scenes. So, was the demon-possessed Regan prowling the streets of DC some late night with art supplies in hand? Finally, why did the Saint Joseph statue standing across from the defaced Mary go undefaced, while the Mary statue is turned into a transsexual grotesque with oversized phallus and breasts? The Saint Joseph figure is interesting - his medallion image is seen numerous times throughout The Exorcist - he's like the patron Saint of the The Exorcist. What is the film saying about symbolic Motherhood versus Fatherhood?
It was Regan. She snuck out and went to the church. That's where she got the crucifix.
@@lauramorgan27 Nope. it was Father Karras that desecrated the statue. It was Karl that placed the crucifix in Reagan's bedroom.
Author William Peter Blatty has publicly stated that he was always surprised that the audience/reader never figured out that it was father Karras that desecrated the statue. They incorrectly assumed it was Reagen.
@@jasonmerrin4505 totally incorrect
@@lauramorgan27 Agreed. You are totally incorrect. Author William Peter Blatty in his 1974 book " The Exorcist- From Novel To Film " states that he was aways surprised that the public never figured out that it was Father Karras that vandalized the statue of the virgin. They had incorrectly always assumed it was Reagen. And if you read the book, you'll see the Blatty states it was Karl that placed the crucifix in Reagen's bedroom. He lays it out all in the book.
I always wondered if that was her or Carl in the book he was her primary care taker while she was possessed
An argument could be made for both. The book always put Reagen in the vicinity whenever information was being shared ( which would explain why the demon knew so much ) But Karl was extremely protective of Reagan having lost his daughter Elvira to drug use in the book's subplot. I think it was Karl in the window.
@@jasonmerrin4505 Not unless Karl learned how to float!
@@gingerpeachy3044 I saw the stage version of The Exorcist in L.A. with Brooke Shields as Chris and Richard Chamberlain as the exorcist. Author William Peter Blatty wrote the stage version in hopes of a Broadway transfer. It was an extremely disappointing evening of theatre. The production was just to MTV and the story dumbed down. Everything was explained away. The characters of Sharon ( Regan's tutor/Chris' assistant ) and Wille and Karl were replaced by a new character who was a survivor of the Rwandan genocide. She ran the household/ was Reagan's tutor and Chris's assistant. The play makes the point that everyone in the house was demon Pazzuzu's target ( The movie made the case as well when Father Karras asks Father Merrin why is all this happening? Director William Friedkin cut the scene ) The play didn't. Unlike the movie, in the play both Chris and her assistant attend the exorcism, in addition to three extra priest to assist Merrin & Karras. During the exorcism the three priest turn into demons and start to physically. mentally and sexually attack Chris, Father Karras and Chris's assistant. Only the assistant ( and Father Merrin )was able to rebuke and fight off her demon. She had seen, experienced the horrors of Rwanda and carried no guilt about surviving it. Chris was still dealing with guilt over the death of her first child Jamie who died when she was a young struggling actress in NYC and haunted by not being able to afford to take him to a doctor in time still consumed her ( Brooke Shields was devastatingly powerful delivering the monologue ) And of course Karras' guilt over his mother's death and crisis of faith made him a target as well.Going back to Karl from the book, he carries guilt over his daughter's death ( which would explain why he was so loyal and protective of Regan ) We are to assume the reason for Regan's possession was her perceived guilt over her parents divorce in which she may have felt responsible. The underlying theme being, all the major and minor characters suffered from some form of guilt/inner conflict making them targets. That was my take away from the play which I guess could be applied to the characters in both the book and film.
Why would it be karl. Dude in the car looked confused as to what he seen. From a directors point. Why would they put that in the intending it to be karl.@@jasonmerrin4505
But wait ! Was she tied in the bed in this scene and her shadow was jus wondering
She was tied to the bed. But the demon can apparently use astral projection to float around
@@dogpd3Or really doing it, that's the beauty of this piece, leaves for interpretation
Karl was sitting with her when Karras first visited. How do we know it wasn't him? It was awfully creepy though no matter who it was.
Exactly it's creepy no matter who it was.
In my opinion, Karl was too scared to be there alone with Reagan, remember he was holding the door with a chair when Karras went upstaits and also: the way it was shot, the way Karras was leaving, the ghostly movement, the apparently long hair in shape, for me every single aspect points that it was Reagan
@@girlofthealpines exactly
karl with a wig on - or maybe Sharon ?
@@jukodebu it's the damn patriarchy
I may be wrong, but for decades I've always assumed it was the silhouette of the demon moving about the room, not the girl.
Could it be! In my opinion that I see it I see clearly Regan, her hair and height
Columbo is on to you, Pazuzu!
Shit...where this come from dawg?
other than the demon's appereance, I'd say another thing about this scene. We know the Karras's mother is in Heaven. If we want to think on God and the Devil, Pazuzu know Karras's mother is dead but can't know her name since she's not with Pazuzu.
That didn't look like Regan. Looks alot taller than a 12 year old girl. Still spooky!
Unless she was floating…
Looks like long hair to me
Wtf , thought she was strapped down in that bed .
Lol she just walked away or floated away like "huh, im the main gossip here." Aint nodody else. That entity was in everybody's koolaid so to speak......and they (characters) judged him for it. No Angel should ever be in midst of gossip 😅 not heavenly like. Even for the fallen.........
Absolutely minor compared to the rest of the film
Completely disagree
what if when everybody was asleep Pazuzu and Regan raided the kitchen hahaha.
Well, there was a missed opportunity. Sharon goes to the kitchen at night to get a glass of water, and there's a possessed Regan, by the light of the open refrigerator door, enjoying a left over chicken wing or drinking directly out of the milk carton.