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This chapter argues that narrative conflicts in William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973) turn on a thematic of “evil against evil,” as the title character suggests. The scientific and religious orthodoxies in the film “parasitize” the adolescent Regan MacNeil, a victim of demonic oppression and the daughter of an actress renting out a Washington, D.C. townhouse. Moreover, this chapter suggests that The Exorcist addresses U.S. sociopolitical tensions concerning its own internal culture wars and its relations with the Middle East.

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“Evil against Evil”: Parable and Behavior-Altering Parasitism in William Friedkin’s The Exorcist

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    2025年

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  • Larrie Dudenhoeffer

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This chapter argues that narrative conflicts in William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973) turn on a thematic of “evil against evil,” as the title character suggests. The scientific and religious orthodoxies in the film “parasitize” the adolescent Regan MacNeil, a victim of demonic oppression and the daughter of an actress renting out a Washington, D.C. townhouse. Moreover, this chapter suggests that The Exorcist addresses U.S. sociopolitical tensions concerning its own internal culture wars and its relations with the Middle East.