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I think one of the things that has always creeped me out about this movie is the things you don't see but are obviously happening.
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One of them is where does Regan “go” while the demon is in control? If it was her that made “Help me” appear on her stomach then she must have been aware wherever she was. There is also the scene in the book where Karras asks the demon to let him see Regan and she “appears” momentarily, frozen with fear.
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Another is how mobile was the demon? It was obvious Regan made it as far as the church to desecrate it. There is also the scene that appears in the movie of Kinderman parked on the street. He see's someone moving around in Regan's room even though at that time she should have been restrained to her bed.
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I'm sure there are more but there's two I have always found unsettling…..
 I personally belive while Pazuzu had her under his grip, Regan was basically trapped in her own body unable to do anything, except when the demon put her in a coma she was able to make the “help me” signal on her stomach.
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Another angle would be that Regan is fully aware of what's happening to her and to her body and is being tortured in a psychological way as well as physically.
Observations:
1. It is Regan – Regan is inhabiting or “harboring inside” her own body, yet is able to break free of the grip of the demon just long enough to draw the physical symbol backward from inside her body which Sharon sees and calls Karras to view.
2. It is the demon – It is yet another trick to set up Karras who will in turn require the assistant of his arch nemesis, Father Merrin. Let the battle begin.
3. It is one of the other demons – In the attempt to draw attention to their anguish, one of the other demons inhabiting Regan is pleading for help to be freed from this world through exorcism.
4. Blatty shows his skills in making the reader think of a variety of opinions … none of which the author intentionally and intelligently answers. You are reading a novel by a living Edgar Allen Poe legend.1
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