[Witch of Endor]

For me its things like this that make the film so creepy. I’m sure if we knew the answer consciously it would be a let down but not knowing consciously lets the mind move into some creepy shit.

[fatherbowdern]

Friedkin used all kinds of parallelism throughout the film. Check the Captain’s Parallel Imagery section (in the column right over there >>>>). Another notion with sounds is the fact that Friedkin was quite intentionally by foreshadowing events with all types of visceral enticements.

[Kinderfan]

Ok, as movies are edited, (forget the shooting) certain choices are passed on to the editor. In this case it might have been Friedkin’s decision to have this recurring noises over the scenes you talked about.
Reason for it,
It reminds the viewer of things to come, related to the past.
When you see the one eyed man along with the fierce fire next to him, all presented with the hammer sounds; It’s an obvious attempt to recreate some sort of hellish atmosphere.
When Merrin receives the letter and you hear the sounds, it allows you (the viewer) to have a more solid idea of what is going to happen in the future.
Taaadaaaa!
yours truly
Kindy

[FearThePriest]

When Merrin is informed about the exorcism, you can see that the same sound of the hammers beating on iron (in the same scene which the worker blinded in one eye only looks to Merrin) can also be heard in the scene. What is the possible connection between these two scenes ?

[ugotugotugotwhatiwant]

I’m not hearing it my copy of the original version. Is this sound only in TVYNS? Haven’t seen that in a while.

[fatherbowdern]

Might be an intriguing read:

HERE

FB

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