The novel implies that the demon possessing Regan’s body is that of Pazuzu, as the demon’s statue was referenced and visited by Merrin during the prologue in northern Iraq. Pazuzu returned in ...

Regan was finally saved by Father Damien Karras (Jason Miller), who beseeched the demon to use him as a vessel instead. Pazuzu happily moved house, unaware that Karras planned to hurl himself out ...

It was Pazuzu, a forgotten force from the windswept deserts of ancient Mesopotamia. And truth be told, he didn’t just show up out of nowhere. The film opens far from the young Regan’s quiet ...

Fathers Merrin and Karras arrive at the MacNeil house to attempt to save Regan's life from the demon inhabiting her body. They discover it to be a powerful being called Pazuzu, and set about ...

Pazuzu returned and was vanquished in “The Exorcist: Believer,” but, as with every horror movie, no evil spirit ever stays truly dead. A twisted reunion between Regan and Pazuzu seems like it ...

During the The Exorcist's climax, Father Karras and Father Merrin do all their can to expel the demon, Pazuzu, from Regan's body. When Karras realises the exorcism isn't working, he lashes out at ...

The second is when the demon Pazuzu, through Regan, taunts Karras about his dead mother rotting in Hell. It exploits a very real, human fear— one that, again, many knock-offs of The Exorcist ...

The statue reappears later on in the movie during a scene where the possessed Regan is thrashing around on the bed and it’s widely assumed that it’s a depiction of the demon Pazuzu who is ...