People, WATCH THE MOVIE before you dismiss!

Rating: Null/10 (25 March 2001)

It never ceases to amaze me how quickly people make comments about something that they don't understand. It is obvious to me that several of you people DID NOT GET THIS MOVIE! Your comments prove that there was much much more going on in this film than you could grasp, and I don't think it's by fault of the filmmakers.
Let's start with comments like this....so-and-so in Manchester, England says "What, the devil has an Yorkshire accent? `Did you see what she did, your c***ing daughter?' Quite laughable really. Why not just a demon?"
Um, duh! The voice coming from Reagan was not a Yorkshire demon. It was supposed to be the voice of Burke Dennings, the British director that was found at the bottom of the steps with his head turned completely around. (and it was actually the actor Jack McGowran whose voice was dubbed in). His statement "Do you know what she did?" was a reference to the fact that REGAN PUSHED HIM OUT THE WINDOW. That and Reagan's head spinning around was the demon's way of mocking the death of Burke. I'm no rocket scientist, but this was pretty damned obvious to me. Obviously it went swooping right over YOUR head faster than a bowl of pea soup.
Next, let's deal with this rather silly comment...
"Also, what was the purpose of the demonic items that were found? Satan was supposed to have been summoned up from a ouija board, so why were they ever introduced? One of the characters finds one at the bottom of the steps, but there is no explanation as to how the evil managed to find its way into Regan."
WRONG! The object found at the bottom of the steps in Georgetown was NOT one of the ancient artifacts discovered in Iraq. It resembled those items, but that was part of Friedkin's visual lyricism. The item was actually one of Regan's little clay statues. If you notice, Detective Kinderman discovers the clay piece and in the next scene he finds similar pieces displayed in the house ("you're daughter, is she the artist?")
The fact that the statue was found at the bottom of the stairs means it must have fallen from the house, perhaps from the girls room. This is partly how Kinderman (and the audience, at least those who are paying attention) pieces together the fact that Dennings was pushed from the house.
My point is, dear people, that this movie is more layered and complex than you grasped upon first viewing. Do yourself a favor and watch it again (and maybe even again). New things pop up everytime, and maybe then you'll actually *get* the complexity and the details