[Steve Dunlap]

Well told, Karras. 🙂

Mirabile dictu, don't you agree?  😀

[Jenny]

Father Bowdern said:

Great points, karras13!

While the demon inside of the Regan could not be physically harmed, do you (and others who contribute here) believe the demon died at the end of the film or did the demon simply return to his origin?

Father B

 

I always saw it as the demon going back to 'hell' or wherever it came from. After reading 'The Devil Rocked Her Cradle' by David st Clair it is said in there that the demon who possessed Mary could only go back to hell when its host killed his/herself. The priest did manage to exorcise it from Mary and it went 'into' a flock of chickens which immediatly threw themselves at the walls (if I remember right) and died. So I always thought Karras knew what he was doing and that killing himself was the only way to get rid of the demon so it couldnt possess anyone else.

[fatherbowdern]

Jenny,

Interesting point … read Matthew 8:28-34 and see the parallel between Christ and the swine.

Father B

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