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* [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]: probably the most horrifying and disgusting example ever filmed.
* [[Daylight Horror]]: Most of the scariest scenes happen during the day; notably, the head-spinning scene.
* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: A twelve-year-old girl should not sound like Mercedes McCambridge.▼
* [[Evil Plan]]: ''The Exorcist'' is {{spoiler|Pazuzu's revenge on Fr. Merrin for evicting him from a child in Africa.}}
▲* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: A twelve-year-old girl should not sound like Mercedes McCambridge.
* [[Fake-Out Opening]]: The movie begins with an archeological dig.
* [[Film of the Book]]
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* [[Re Cut]]: An extended director's cut of the original film, marketed as "The Version You've Never Seen" and containing several minutes of additional material (including a scene of Blair's character "spider-walking" down a staircase which Friedkin had [[Deleted Scene|deleted]] from the original cut due to technical problems, and which bore no resemblence to the spider walk in the book), was released to theaters in 2000.
** It is generally disregarded by fans and critics. As [[Roger Ebert]] put it in his [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20000922/REVIEWS/9220302/1023 review], "'The version you've never seen.' No, and you don't need to, either."
* [[Stealth Sequel]]: [[Word of God]] states that ''The Ninth Configuration'' is the true sequel to ''The Exorcist''. According to [[That Other Wiki]], the astronaut in ''The Exorcist'' is Captain Cutshaw in ''The Ninth Configuration''. In the book series, several unused pieces of dialogue from ''The Exorcist'' were used in ''The Ninth Configuration'' instead.▼
* [[Split Personality]]: As the possession starts to take hold and Regan's behavior gets more bizarre, Chris thinks her daughter might have a split personality. Later, the possessed Regan says the line "Do you know what she did, your cunting daughter?" with the voice of {{spoiler|the dead Burke Dennings.}}
▲* [[Stealth Sequel]]: [[Word of God]] states that ''The Ninth Configuration'' is the true sequel to ''The Exorcist''. According to [[That Other Wiki]], the astronaut in ''The Exorcist'' is Captain Cutshaw in ''The Ninth Configuration''. In the book series, several unused pieces of dialogue from ''The Exorcist'' were used in ''The Ninth Configuration'' instead.
* [[Subliminal Seduction]]: Images of a demonic face are periodically flashed throughout the film.
* [[Take Me Instead!]]
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{{quote|'''Kinderman:''' The Gemini is dead.
'''Patient X:''' NO! I'M NOT! I'M ALIVE! I GO ON! I BREATHE! LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME! }}
* [[Big No]]▼
* [[Bigger Bad]]: [[Word of God|William Peter Blatty]] goes so far to suggest that the evil spirit might not be Pazuzu this time, but might actually be Satan himself, although this raises questions as to why the head of all demons would {{spoiler|be interested in [[The Devil Is a Loser|petty revenge as opposed to something more grandoise]].}}
▲* [[Big No]]
* {{spoiler|[[Body Surf]]}}
* [[The Cameo]]: ''The Exorcist III'' is full of them. Fabio makes his first screen appearance in the [[Dream Sequence]], along with Patrick Ewing as The Angel Of Death, Samuel L. Jackson as the blind man, while other Washington, DC personalities such as then-Georgetown head coach John Thompson walking around.
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* [[Sacrificial Lion]]: {{spoiler|Father Dyer}}.
* [[Serial Killer]]: The Gemini Killer.
* [[Shout-Out]]: The nurse Lisa in [[Silent Hill]] is based off of a scene with a nurse in a red sweater.▼
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: Kinderman, after The Gemini Killer gets a little ''too'' graphic.
{{quote|'''Gemini Killer:''' ''(after Kinderman breaks his nose, mockingly)'' Oooh, a few boos from the peanut gallery.}}
▲* [[Shout-Out]]: The nurse Lisa in [[Silent Hill]] is based off of a scene with a nurse in a red sweater.
* [[Surreal Horror]]:
** The opening credits
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