Regan herself doesn’t play a big part anymore, she has become the subject of examination by a few doctors, and now we dive into the mind of Chris who can’t do anything then worry. The second part, the infestation turns it up a notch. But subtly the manifestation sets in, turning Regan in a different girl altogether. It’s playful and charming and really depicts the characters. Regan is a very sweet normal girl and Chris does her best to be a good mother, while working on her career and worrying about Regan’s relationship with her absent father. In the first part we get to know Chris and Regan, who have a loving relationship. This also results into four different tones and atmospheres of the book. The story itself is divided into four different parts, as are the three stages of possession manifestation, infestation and possession and the last part being the exorcism itself. The contrasts between the clinical descriptions, the demonic possession and the inner thought of both Chris and Karras are very sharp, which makes the story feel a bit incoherent.
But I myself found this novel not too accessible. It’s her only hope to perform an exorcism to drive out the real or metaphorical demons out of Regan, but Karras is losing his faith and doubts if Regan is really possessed.įirst of all it’s a horror classic and for this reason alone it should be on everyones list who is a horror fan. But as her illness progresses there might be something else going on and Chris calls in the help of a Jesuit priest Father Damien Karras. It could have something to do with Chris’s recent divorce, that makes Regan unconsciously feel guilty, and she therefore may have developed a mental disorder. She acts out of character, Chris hears knocking on the walls, furniture is moved seemingly by itself so she takes Regan to a doctor. All goes well and she even gets an offer to direct a film herself, till something strange is happening to Regan. It’s not the most accessible book for the storytelling isn’t always gripping, but terrifying it certainly is.Ĭhris MacNeil is an actress who recently moved to Washington with her 12 year old daughter Regan to shoot a film with her friend Burke Dennings as the director. The latter resulting more in psychological horror and themes about faith, truth, mental illness and possession. This surely creates high expectations.Īlthough the story is scary indeed, it also has some big contrasts with the blasphemous and gory bits opposite to the sometimes clinical descriptions of satanism or the protagonists thoughts. It has been described as the most terrifying novel ever written and the film based on the book has been infamous for the most horrifying film ever made. The Exorcist is an occult supernatural psychological horror novel. The Exorcist unleashes demonic terror and psychological dread.
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