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I wasn’t a Catholic when I saw “The Exorcist” and I was absolutely terrified.

I converted to Catholicism in 1993, and the movie scares me less—because I KNOW no demon can defeat the Power of Jesus Christ.

I’m actually kind of proud now that when it comes to demons and exorcisms, the Catholic Church is almost always called in. When the regular Navy isn’t enough, you have to bring in the Navy Seals. :0)

I converted to Catholicism in 1993, and the movie scares me less—because I KNOW no demon can defeat the Power of Jesus Christ.

Did you assume that the demon spirit was winning because it was that strong?

I assumed the Devil(or one of his minions) seemed to get the better of the two priest because the old priest was, well old and fighting the demon taxed his Failing strength.

The younger priest was overcome(initially) by the guilt he laboured under for the assumed lack of care for his mom.(Dimi, why you do this to meeee!)

The Diabolic are very clever in finding and using our human frailties against us. Satan knows that God is the stronger and will eventually win in the final battle but his hatred of Mankind and his spite of God leads him to "take down' as many souls with his eventual downfall. Good horror stories are best when they forgo the obvious "B" movies plots that rely on "Gotcha" or what I called "Boogah! Boogah!" scene where the killer jumps from a hidden position while the background music strikes the screening tones to scare the viewer.