The Exorcist (1973)
Plot summary
Directed by: William Friedkin
Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Jason Miller, Lee J. Cobb, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow
When Chris McNeil begins to notice strange things going on with her daughter, Regan, she takes her to the hospital. However, the doctors can't find anything wrong with Regan. Finally, believing that Regan is possessed by a demon, Mrs. MacNeil asks a priest who used to be psychiatrist, Damien Karras, to exorcise the demon.
Continuity mistake: When Chris is taking a walk with the priest Damien, she throws her cigarette to the ground, but in the next shot it's back in her hand again.
Regan MacNeil: You're going to die up there.
Trivia: In the scene where Regan's mother is supernaturally blasted away from the bedside, she is being yanked by the crew by a length of rope. After dozens of takes director William Friedkin was still unhappy with the look of the shot and ordered the crew to haul her more fiercely. The scream in the shot that made the cut was of genuine pain and required no dubbing for effect.
Question: Was "caption howdy" the demon? Or did Regen make him up, the way some kids do?
Answer: It was indeed Pazuzu, he wanted Regan to believe he was some friendly entity to gain her trust. Thus the Captain Howdy facade.
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Answer: The implication is that Captain Howdy was the name the demon gave itself while communicating with Regen prior to its possession of her.
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