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02 Exorcist II The Heretic Remastered - Horror 1977 English

[WOMAN MOANS]

[WOMAN SCREAMS]

[DEMON HOWLING]

[WOMAN SHOUTS]

[CROWD CHATTERING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[WOMAN SHOUTS]

[CHATTER CONTINUES]

[WOMAN IN GUTTURAL VOICE] Father.

[WOMAN SHOUTS]

[WOMAN IN GUTTURAL VOICE] Oh, Father.

Father Merrin...

In the valley of the shadow of death...

be at my side.

[WOMAN SHOUTS]

[CROWD PRAYS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[WOMAN SHOUTS]

[SCREAMS]

[SPEAKS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[ALL SPEAKING]

[SHOUTS] Silencio, silencio!

I heal the sick.

Why me?

[SCREAMS]

[ALL SCREAMING]

[GROANS]

[SCREAMS]

[MAN] Okay, 8:00 tomorrow.

[SHOES TAPPING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[TAPPING]

[SAXOPHONE PLAYS NOTES]

[NAPS]

Debbie.

Debbie. Can you hear it?

No?

I'll turn it up.

Debbie,

Debbie.

You can hear it?

Debbie.

Debbie.

[ATTEMPTS TO SPEAK]

Oh. Debbie.

[girl] My mother's always late. She's never on time.

- Hi. - Hi, Regan!

- You're right on time. Go on in. - For once.

Yeah.

[CHILDREN CHATTERING]

- Hi. - Hi.

What's happening?

Not much.

Any dreams?

No dreams.

Okay.

Look, I'm just wasting your time.

Why do you say that?

Well, you know why I come here.

Well, you tell me.

To make my mom feel better.

Explain that, would you?

She feels guilty.

[GENE TUSKIN] Why?

Divorce, her career.

Away all the time.

Regan? Why don't you tell me the truth?

Don't you trust me?

But I do. I do.

But you keep telling me you don't remember

about that time in Washington.

I don't know if I believe you.

[SIGHS]

I remember being very sick

and having nightmares, and that's all.

Those bad dreams are still inside you.

There's nothing wrong with me.

Regan?

Regan, I want to show you something.

You see this?

This is a machine we can use together.

It can put us in a deep state of hypnosis.

You'd be very relaxed and very comfortable.

And then we could look at those bad dreams together

and understand them,

and dissolve them.

You wouldn't be alone, Regan.

How do you feel about that?

I don't think you're ready for it.

[LAUGHS] What does that mean?

You're the doctor.

You explain it.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Follow me, please.

Cardinal Jaros, may I present Father Philip Lamont,

Society of Jesus?

Would you care to explain your refusal

to accept this task?

Your Eminence, I believe I should be relieved from

all pastoral responsibilities. I'm not worthy.

Father Lamont, I have not asked you

to perform another exorcism.

I simply requested that you investigate the circumstances

surrounding the death of Father Merrin.

You have performed exorcisms.

You knew Father Merrin.

Furthermore, you were exposed to his teachings.

I cannot think of anyone more qualified

for... for this assignment.

Philip, it's so good to see you.

Merrin's reputation is in jeopardy.

His writings have been impounded.

I'm not surprised.

No one in the Church wants to hear about the devil.

Satan has become an embarrassment

to our progressive views.

Merrin was rather more extreme, I'm afraid.

He argued that the power of evil threatens to overthrow

the power of God himself.

So, they found a heresy to nail him to.

Well...

many of the theological college believe that...

he died at the hands of the devil

during that American exorcism.

Some, and they are close to the pontiff,

go so far as to suggest

that he was a Satanist.

At the end, I mean.

Perhaps Father Merrin led us astray.

Perhaps he took a path that no one could follow.

But how he inspired us, Philip!

Here. Remember?

Christ is hard to follow too.

We were young.

Today, wherever I look, I see only evil.

God has fallen silent.

I cannot move to safeguard Merrin's testament

until all the facts about his last exorcism

are clearly known.

You will conduct the investigation.

You will act discreetly in all confidence,

reporting to me alone.

But I'm not worthy!

You are a soldier of Christ.

You must make yourself worthy.

[GAME BEEPS]

[CHATTER]

[MAN] Okay, Joe, I want you to concentrate very hard

on the name of this colour.

All right?

Gene Tuskin, Father.

- Lamont, Doctor. - Come on in.

Liz, what does he want?

How would I know, Regan?

He's here about me, isn't he?

Why do you say that?

What about the coroner's report, the testimony?

The file's that thick.

Yes, I know.

Unfortunately, it sheds very little light

on Father Merrin's death.

I was, uh... I was hoping to question the girl.

- Why don't you sit down? - Thank you.

Regan suffered a severe trauma by that experience.

I think the... exorcism made the problem worse.

You must know that three people died.

I believe Regan's guilt was so great,

she repressed everything that happened.

I'm sorry, Father. I can't let you question her.

The shock of recall could...

result in self-punishment.

I couldn't rule out suicide.

You have a heavy responsibility.

The care of her soul.

The care of her mind and her body

is my responsibility, Father.

You realize what you're up against, don't you?

What am I up against, Father?

Evil.

Mental illness.

That's what we're up against here.

Or if you like, the casualties of a diseased society.

- Evil is not... - Evil is a spiritual being.

Alive and living.

Perverted and perverting,

weaving its way insidiously into the very fabric of life.

- [REGAN] Sorry to disturb you. - Yes, what is it?

Gene, I've changed my mind.

I'd like to try that machine after all.

Fine.

[REGAN] Could we try it now?

I'm sorry, Doctor. I won't intrude any longer.

Oh, it's okay, Father. You can stay if you'd like.

Uh, Regan, this is Father Lamont.

Regan MacNeil.

Hello.

How do you do?

Well, we can do it tomorrow then, Regan. Okay?

Father, maybe you can help me.

- All right, Regan? - Good.

[MAN ON TV] These experiments would seem to confirm

that thought can be transmitted across distances.

Here he is seen, causing a spoon to bend.

- [REGAN] Sharon. - Hm?

Not on a nightclub stage...

Look, I can do it.

But under laboratory controls

and observed by highly sceptical scientists.

It's easy.

Good God, Regan.

[MAN ON TV] They seem to defy natural laws.

- How can that be? - Oh, look, you fool.

- You believe everything! - Regan!

Oh, wait, wait.

[MAN ON TV] but is merely an illusion,

a projection of the mind.

[GENE] These are EEG biofeedback electrodes.

They pick up any brain frequency.

They're integrated with these hypnotic strobes

to bring the two altered states into synchronization.

- Are you ready, Regan? - Yes.

Now, we're going to do this just the way I showed you.

All right.

Now, I want you to relax your arms.

[BEEPING]

Now, Regan, I want you to concentrate

on the strobe light.

Deeply relax.

Just let yourself go and look at the light.

[BEEPING SLOWS DOWN]

[SLOWS FURTHER]

Now, Regan, I want you to relax and make your tone go deeper.

Listen to your tone.

Deepen

[BEEPING VERY SLOWLY]

Deeper, Regan.

Can you hear me, Regan?

Yes.

When you hear the alarm buzzer,

you will wake up, you will feel fine,

but you will remember nothing that happened.

Do you understand?

Yes.

[GENE] Very good, Regan.

Now Regan, do you remember your room in Washington?

Yes.

Can you see your room?

No.

Then I want you to go deeper.

Go deeper into your memory until you can see your room.

Make your tone go deeper, and you will see it.

Deepen.

Deeper, Regan. Deeper.

Can you see it now?

Yes.

Regan, I want to come down and be with you.

Do you remember how to help me?

[REGAN] Yes.

Good. You will bring me down to where you are.

And you and I will obey the commands

that Liz and Father Lamont give us.

Do you understand?

Yes.

I'm going to turn my light on now, Regan.

And you will help me bring my tone down to yours.

[RAPID BEEPING]

[BEEPING SLOWS]

Can you hear me, Gene?

Yes.

Relax, then.

And let yourself come down deeper

and deeper,

to meet my tone.

Relax.

Deepen.

Deepen.

Good.

Doctor Tuskin, can you see Regan's room?

Yes.

Regan, do you remember the time Father Merrin came up to you?

Yes.

Regan, you will now respond to Father Lamont.

Regan?

[REGAN] Yes?

That time in the room.

Try and remember Father Merrin just before he died.

We're alone.

Is his heart strong?

Resolved?

He is praying-

Is he in pain?

Yes.

Is he casting out the unclean spirit?

He is praying-

And you, Regan.

What are you doing?

[GENE INHALES DEEPLY]

[GASPS SOFTLY]

- [GASPS] - [LIZ] Dr. Tuskin?

[RAPID BEEPING]

Gene?

Gene, wake up!

What's wrong with Gene?

Her heart, it's fibrillating!

Put that back on, Regan. You've gotta go back.

You've gotta go back and find her right now.

I know where she is.

Help me to find her. Help me to reach her.

Liz, put this on.

[GENE GASPS]

Liz, help me to reach Dr. Tuskin.

[LIZ] All right, we'll try.

[BEEPING]

Relax deeply.

Watch the light.

[BEEPING SLOWS]

That's good.

Let yourself go down deeper.

Listen to your tone, and make it go deeper.

Deepen.

Deepen.

Deepen.

[GENE GASPS]

[GENE GASPING]

Get thee hence!

She's mine, always.

No!

Always.

Always.

Father, please. Bring her back.

Father, can you hear me?

[GRUNTING]

Father, please. Bring her back.

Wasps

[GROANING]

[REGAN GRUNTING]

[GENE GASPING]

- [GRUNTING] - [FATHER MERRIN GROANS]

[LOUD HEARTBEAT]

In God's name!

- [REGAN STOPS GRUNTING] - [HEARTBEAT QUIETS DOWN]

Tell Gene she will not remember.

Gene, you will not remember.

Gene, you will not remember.

[RAPID BEEPING]

What happened?

Are you all right?

[LIZ] Your heart was fibrillating.

I don't know what went wrong.

I couldn't bring you out of it.

Father Lamont had to go into synch

to contact you.

He brought you out of it.

He told you not to remember.

Do you remember?

No.

Do you remember?

Come on, Regan.

I'll be right back.

[REGAN] I bet they're pretty drawings.

How are you?

Want me to draw you a picture?

What would you like me to draw?

[BOY] A house.

A house?

Why do you want a house? A house is dull.

How about if I draw you a face?

How do you feel?

All right. You?

Oh, I'm fine.

The psychological effects of synching

with another mind lasts a long time.

It's very powerful.

Did you see what you wanted to see?

Evil is gaining.

Father Merrin was killed.

BY Regan?

She didn't. It did.

It wasn't the mind of a child.

It was horrible.

Utterly horrible.

And fascinating.

Look, we don't know all that much

about synchronized hypnosis yet.

What you saw could just have easily been

a dream, a fantasy, a hallucination.

Not a memory at all.

Names, just names.

Better to see the face than hear the names.

Well, I can't have a discussion right now.

I have to do my rounds.

Doctor, what I saw...

I'm sorry.

It'll have to wait until tomorrow.

Hi, Amy.

Father?

Regan did a picture of you.

What's it mean?

It's you.

She draws well.

Flames.

Flames.

Doctor. Doctor, the flames.

They... They're getting bigger.

We've got to put the fire out.

Take it easy.

It's probably some post-flashing.

It's an after-effect of the hypnosis.

No, no, no. No, you've got to help me.

We may be too late. We may be too late.

Where are you going?

You've got to help me. Her picture.

Regan's picture.

Come on, Father. Give me a break.

No, there's fire. There's a fire somewhere.

[GENE GASPS] Oh!

I'll get the fire department.

Okay.

[FIRE ALARM RINGS]

[BOTH COUGH]

[ALL CHATTER, LAUGH]

[GENE] You kids can go on in now.

Everything's okay.

Go on in now.

[KIDS CHATTER]

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Thank you.

I got it.

Regan's picture, the flames.

She warned us.

That contact between us came about through your machine.

Well, whatever it was, it saved the children.

It took a machine.

The work you're doing is incredible. Miraculous!

The machine is simply a device

to penetrate pathological states.

No, you're talking about therapy.

You don't realize the enormous importance of your work.

As much as I enjoy a little recognition,

- you're really overstating it. - That's not true.

Don't you understand

that I was face to face with the evil that's inside her?

Your machine has proved scientifically

that there's an ancient demon locked within her.

We must fight it, we must help her!

It's all okay now.

You can go on in, all right?

Believe it or not, I was trying to help her

before you came along.

You must... You must let me get into synch with Regan.

In that way, you can control things.

[GENE] Well, I just don't know.

Listen, you can go in now. It's all clear, okay?

[FATHER LAMONT] I know what concerns you.

That Regan will suddenly remember.

That she'll go into shock.

Dr. Tuskin, I believe that Regan already remembers everything.

The deaths, the possessions, the demons.

She's out there,

all alone, trying to deal with this... thing.

All by herself.

[SOFT SNARLING]

[VOICE] Regan.

Come, Regan.

Come, Regan.

We're going flying.

Far, far away.

[BIRD CALLS]

[DOG BARKS]

[BABY CRYING]

[BUZZING]

[MAN SHOUTS IN DISTANCE]

[CHANTING AND DRUMMING]

[MEN SHOUTING]

[BUZZING]

[BIRDS COOING]

[SCREAMS]

[WHISPERS] Regan.

[KNOCKS] Regan?

Regan!

Oh, good morning, Sharon.

What got you up so early?

The doves woke me.

I guess they were hungry.

I may not be here when you get home from school.

Can you let yourself in? Will you be all right?

Yeah. Where are you going, Sharon?

Washington. I'll be back in a few hours.

[REGAN] Washington?

Just some things your mother didn't have time to do

before she went on location.

Oh, okay.

Wanna fly, babe? Here you go, up.

[RAIN FALLING]

[LAMONT] I'm very grateful to you for coming all this way.

[SHARON] Mrs. MacNeil wants me to help you all I can.

She would do anything for Father Merrin.

She believes he gave his life for Regan.

Are they gonna make him a saint?

The world doesn't want any more saints.

This is not an official investigation.

When Father Merrin arrived,

how did he prepare himself?

Did he pray?

They couldn't explain it, the police, could they?

Did Father Merrin ever name the demon?

No.

It knew him, though.

How do you know that?

It called his name.

Did it seem that the demon was expecting Father Merrin?

[SHARON] Yes.

It feared him, I think.

Was, uh.

Was Father Merrin afraid?

You'd better see where it happened.

What was the girl's condition

when Father Merrin went up to her?

Hideous.

That evil face.

I couldn't bear to be near her afterwards.

You're with her now.

Two years I stayed away.

Two haunted years, going out of my mind.

And all the time I longed to see her.

Finally, I came back and found that...

when I'm with her is the only time I'm at peace.

Why would that be?

I can't understand. It frightens me.

Have you tried a psychiatrist or a priest?

I'm talking to one now, aren't I?

I'm not here for you.

There.

In there.

Praying-

Have you tried praying?

Prayer?

I pray for the soul of Father Merrin,

who died in this room.

And for Sharon,

who was touched by the shadow of evil.

And for myself.

For myself.

[CHILDREN CHATTER]

Next week then, Frank, okay?

Is there any point going on?

Hey. I'll be in there fighting.

Just as long as you are.

- Hello. - Hello.

Come on in.

Do you, uh...

Do you have children of your own?

Yes, I do. Two.

A boy and a girl.

I'd like to spend more time with them.

Must be difficult, with all your responsibilities here.

Not to mention the complications of being divorced.

You seem to manage.

Your heart is good.

It's hard to live alone.

Don't you ever need a woman, Father?

Yes.

Telling secrets?

[TONE BEEPS]

Regan, do you remember dreaming of Father Merrin?

[REGAN] Yes.

Can you see him now?

Yes.

[GENE] Where is he?

[MERRIN] It was long ago,

when I was studying the holy men of Africa.

This boy, this young boy,

he has very special powers.

They need his help against the locust swarm.

But perhaps this swarm comes

because of the boy.

[BUZZING]

Does great goodness draw evil upon itself?

Now, Regan, your friend, Father Lamont is hypnotized too.

I want you to bring him down to you.

Tell him what to do.

Father Lamont?

Yes?

Call me.

Regan.

[ALL SHOUTING]

- [SCREAMING] - [BUZZING]

[GUTTURAL VOICE] I am Pazuzu!

[GRUNTS]

- [TONE BEEPS] - Pazuzu!

[TONE SLOWS DOWN]

Call me by my dream name.

Call me.

Pazuzu.

King of the spirits of the air.

Pazuzu.

King of the evil spirits of the air.

Spirits of the air.

[SCREECHING]

[DEMON HOWLING]

[SCREECHING CONTINUES]

[DEMON SHRIEKING]

[GRUNTING]

All-powerful God!

You who gave power to your apostles

to pass through dangers.

Give us strength!

[SCREECHING]

[MEN SCREAM]

[DEMON SHRIEKING AND HOWLING]

[DEMON SHRIEKING]

[SCREAMS]

[SCREECHES]

[DEMON SCREAMING]

[MERRIN] Fear not!

We are safe inside.

Even Pazuzu with all his legions

cannot transgress this holiest of places.

Get thee hence, Satan!

[BOY SCREECHES]

Be uprooted!

Be expelled from this creature of God.

I command you to the depths of hell!

[SCREECHES]

- [LAMONT] Merrin defeated you. - [PAZUZU] No!

In his own place of power,

he gained a little time. That's all.

[LAMONT] It was because the boy was a healer.

That's why you attacked him. Now I see.

- But Merrin saved him. - [PAZUZU] Never!

I could claim Kokumo even now.

- I'll show you power. - [LAMONT] He's still alive.

Where is he?

[PAZUZU] You want me to take you to him?

- [LAMONT] Yes. - Are you sure?

[LAMONT] Show me.

Come fly the teeth of the wind.

Share my wings.

[PEOPLE SCREAMING]

[WOMAN SCREAMS]

[DEMON SCREAMING]

[DEMON SHRIEKING]

[PAZUZU SCREECHING]

[SCREAMING]

[DEMON HOWLING]

- [GROWLS] - [RAPID BEEPING]

- [SIGHS] - What was it?

A leopard.

He jumped right at me.

The boy's still alive.

He frightened Pazuzu.

Do you remember anything?

Was it in Africa?

Why do you say that?

It was like something I saw with my class

at the Natural History Museum.

But you weren't supposed to remember anything.

I know.

Okay, Regan, that's all for today.

Okay.

Pazuzu showed me that boy.

He's a man now, in a strange mud city in Africa.

Perhaps I can find him.

He has a power over evil.

Regan seemed to recognize one of those places.

But she told us it was something she remembered from the museum.

Let me ask her.

Just a minute. Take it easy.

I want to take a look at you.

[KID GRUNTS]

Hi.

Are you waiting for Dr. Tuskin?

Are you waiting for Dr. Tuskin?

She's very nice, isn't she?

What's the matter with you?

[STUTTERS]

I'm autistic.

How do you mean?

[STUTTERS] I'm...

withdrawn.

I can't talk.

But you're talking now.

Yes, you are. I can hear you.

You can hear me?

Sure!

What's...

the matter with you?

I was possessed by a demon.

Oh, it's okay. He's gone.

Dr. Tuskin would like Sandra

to visit the Thursday voice therapy class.

Hey, Mom.

You know what happened to her?

You're talking!

Talking!

Can you hear me, Mother?

She's talking!

Oh, God.

Call Gene.

Are you all right?

Mother, it's all right.

What is it?

- Regan's got Sandra talking. - What?

[MOTHER] I've got to take her right home.

Her father's got to hear her before she stops.

[GENE] She's not going to stop. Don't say that.

No, don't stop, baby, no! No, you keep talking.

You keep talking.

- Come on in my office. - No!

Her father would never forgive me

if he didn't hear her.

I've got to take her home!

All right, take her home. Liz, you go with them.

Come on, baby. Come on.

[GENE] What did you do?

Nothing. I just started talking to her.

First, she was talking inside,

and then she started talking outside.

Gene, do you think I could start helping

some of your other kids?

You know, Regan, it's really very dangerous

to fool around with other people's heads.

I mean, Sandra seems to be all right,

but please don't try anything like that again.

- At least, until you're... - Until what?

Well, until you're older.

Okay.

Well, there's Sharon. Bye.

Don't tell Sharon 'cause she'll just call Mom and worry her.

Okay?

Gene.

- No, I don't want... - So, what happened?

To hear any of your wild speculation.

She entered that child's mind and got her talking.

Let's stick to science.

Don't hide behind science. You're better than that.

Now, you listen to me.

I'm responsible for Regan while her mother's away.

You stay away from her. You cut it out!

Listen, you've got to fight that demon inside her.

It's preventing her from reaching full spiritual power.

Demons? We make our own demons up here.

You're obsessed with the idea!

I'm not obsessed, I'm not.

I admit that I'm fascinated, but I know the dangers.

Father Merrin himself was afraid that he'd slip into admiration.

[SCOFFS] How about adulation?

[REGAN] Hello, Father.

How did you know I was coming here?

Well, I didn't... for sure.

I'm not allowed to talk to you.

Doctor's orders.

Oh. [LAUGHS]

- Father? - Hm?

Do priests believe in ESP?

Some do.

In fact, a French priest, Teilhard de Chardin,

thought we'd all come together eventually

in some sort of mental telepathy.

A kind of world mind

in which everybody would share.

Well, when is that supposed to happen?

I don't know.

Father Merrin himself believed that,

with modern scientific research, it could happen quite soon.

I mean the kind of research that Dr. Tuskin is doing.

But if it happens before we're ready...

we may find ourselves pointing in the wrong direction,

toward Satan.

Look, Father.

That's it.

[REGAN] That's where Father Merrin fought Pazuzu.

You remember Father Merrin?

- Yes. - What else do you remember?

Everything.

Aren't you afraid?

I wish I could tell you not to be afraid, but I can't.

Why wasn't that man with the leopard

afraid of Pazuzu?

I don't know.

I'll try to find out.

His name is Kokumo.

Kokumo.

If he can teach me how he has survived Pazuzu...

I'll come back and let you know.

[LAMONT] I must go to Africa right away because

if I can find this man Kokumo,

it will prove beyond doubt

that the exorcisms were valid.

But more than that, you remember how Father Merrin prophesied

that new men would arise to purge evil from the Earth?

They... they may already be among us.

Kokumo could be one of them.

I saw him in a vision.

I saw his power over evil.

I've asked you to investigate

the exorcisms of Father Merrin,

not to step into his shoes.

You are in dire need of prayer.

I suggest you make a retreat!

A retreat? Why not an advance?

Lamont, you are in open defiance of the church.

I beg you to reconsider!

I have no choice but to relieve you of your assignment.

You will refrain from any further action.

We'll speak again after your retreat.

[WIND BLOWING]

[GRUNTS]

[MEN CALL OUT]

[SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[BLEATS]

[ALL SINGING]

[SINGING CONTINUES]

[RINGS BELL]

[SINGING STOPS]

[PRIEST CHANTS]

I am in mortal sin.

Disobedience, pride.

But evil overwhelms us.

I had to disobey.

I had to disobey.

[CHANTS]

Where is she?

She's on the roof.

She's always there.

I can't lock her up.

I wish you'd help Father Lamont.

What do you mean?

He needs your help.

How can I help him?

I don't know how to help him.

Yes, you do.

Regan, what are you talking about?

Well, you know.

Going into synch.

Trying to reach him like that.

But you told me he's in Africa.

But when you're in synch, it's different.

I mean, it doesn't matter where you are.

You can find them.

You know...

help them.

Regan, is that why you haven't been coming to see me?

Because I won't let you go into synch?

Yes.

I can't.

I have to do what I think is best for you.

[HORN BLOWS]

[BELL RINGS]

Is there anyone here who would remember Father Merrin?

Perhaps the abbot.

I can ask him.

[SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

He knew Father Merrin. He says he was a very holy man.

Did he know Kokumo?

[SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

Merrin came up here once with a boy who was very sick.

[SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

There was an accident.

Uh, a wind, what do you say...?

A devil wind.

And a monk fell to his death.

[SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

The big wind raised much dust,

and the body was never found.

They searched all over, everywhere.

He didn't fall there.

He bounced on that ledge and fell there.

I'll show you.

[MEN CHATTER]

Be careful.

[MAN] Be careful!

[ALL CHATTER IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

Wait! Wait for me!

[TAP DANCING]

Over there.

In the cleft of that rock over there.

[MAN] Come on in.

How did you know the body was here?

He was killed by Pazuzu, a very powerful demon.

[SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

I flew with Pazuzu in a trance.

[SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

It's difficult to explain.

I was under hypnosis.

- [SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE] - No, Father!

Please wait.

Stop, Father, wait.

[MEN SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

Father.

Please!

No. No!

Father Abbot, listen to me.

[SPEAKS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

He will not speak to a devil-worshipper.

I am not a devil-worshipper.

I am not a devil-worshipper!

[ALL CHATTER]

[ALL SHOUTING]

[SCREAMS]

[SCREAMS]

[SHOUTING]

[GROANS AND SCREAMS]

[MEN SHOUTING]

[SCREAMING]

[SCREAMING]

Please don't drug me.

Don't put me under, Gene.

I'm okay now.

It'll make you sleep.

But it will stop me from dreaming.

[GENE] Maybe that will be good for a while.

But he needs me.

I've got to find him.

You'll be fine.

You'll be just fine.

You're trying to kill my...

My soul.

[LAMONT] A Muslim city with mud walls, golden.

[SPEAKS FRENCH]

No. [SPEAKS FRENCH]

No.

[SPEAKS FRENCH]

[ALL CHATTER IN FRENCH]

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

Mud city with golden walls?

Sounds like Jepti.

You know it?

I know every holy place in Africa.

Religion's my business.

Plastic saints, icons,

Buddhas, voodoo gris-gris.

Edwards is my name.

Ecumenical Edwards, they call me.

Philip Lamont, archaeologist.

[IRISH ACCENT] It's nice to know you, Father.

What now?

[EDWARDS] Locusts!

Spraying for locusts.

This is the traditional route of the plague.

They think they can stop them with DDT.

I've flown this route before.

When was that?

It was...

It was on the wings of a demon.

[LAUGHS]

[SPLATTERING]

Did he take you to Jepti?

[LAMONT] Yes, he did.

[MAN CHANTS]

[GOAT BLEATS]

[SPEAKS FRENCH]

Kokumo?

Kokumo.

[ALL CHATTER IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

Kokumo!

[CHATTER IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[CHATTER IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[ALL LAUGH]

[GROANS]

Almighty God...

help me.

I must find Kokumo.

I have resisted.

I have not called on Pazuzu.

Help me.

Call me.

Regan.

Call me by my dream name.

Call me.

Pazuzu, prince of the evil spirits of the air,

take me to Kokumo.

Kokumo.

Kokumo.

Kokumo.

Kokumo!

Kokumo.

[LAMONT] Kokumo.

Kokumo.

Kokumo.

[REGAN] Kokumo.

[WATER DRIPS]

I call upon you

in the name of Father Lankester Merrin.

How did you find me?

I saw you in the mind of a girl who was possessed by Pazuzu.

She is still in danger of dreams.

How can I help her?

Which girl would you help?

The one possessed by Pazuzu,

or the one held by Father Merrin?

You must pluck out her evil heart,

but Pazuzu has brushed you with his wings.

You called on Pazuzu to reach me.

You've lost faith in your God.

You do not believe.

I do believe. I'll do anything to help Regan. Anything!

Then prove your faith.

Cross over.

My faith is in Jesus Christ,

reborn.

Prove it.

Cross over.

Step out of your despair.

If Pazuzu comes for you,

I will spit a leopard.

[SCREAMS]

[MAN] Can I help you?

I 73,

I failed!

[MAN] The heat, perhaps.

Come inside, it's cooler.

Who are you?

My name is Kokumo.

Did you ever know a Father Lankester Merrin?

Yes. When I was young, in Ethiopia.

Wonderful man.

He died while exorcising the demon Pazuzu

from a young girl.

Were you ever...?

Possessed by Pazuzu? [LAUGHS]

That's what my mother used to tell me.

- Locusts? - Yes.

Let me show you.

This is one of the main control stations

in equatorial Africa.

The key factor is the brushing of the wings.

When it is dry,

the grasshoppers go their own way,

happy-go-lucky individuals.

When a heavy rain hatches them out in large numbers,

why then, they crowd together.

Their wings brush against each other.

The agitation transforms them.

Here, you see them in their various forms.

But most importantly, the brushing of the wings

changes their personality.

They become a destructive, voracious,

marauding swarm,

with a single mind.

A locust mind, if you will.

The evil swarm sweeps relentlessly over the earth,

possessing all that it touches.

Evil breeding evil by contact.

When the wings have brushed you.

Is there no hope once the wings have brushed you?

We try...

with the help of science.

Look at this young female.

She has been evolved

to resist the brushing of the wings.

At least, that is our hope.

We like to call her the Good Locust.

Her children will be our agents in the swarm,

calming the others,

breaking the chain reaction.

Remaining forever happy-go-lucky grasshoppers.

Let us pray it succeeds.

The Good Locust?

[BUZZING]

Hey, Regan, where do you think you're going?

It's okay.

[HORN HONKS]

I can't get you out of the bath.

- [PHONE RINGS] - [CHILD LAUGHS]

Oh, I lost the soap!

- [PHONE RINGS] - [CHILD CHATTERS]

[GIGGLING]

You got me all wet!

- [PHONE RINGS] - Call back tomorrow.

You got me all wet, look!

[PHONE RINGS]

Hello?

When?

Does Dr. Tuskin know?

Well, where is the doctor?

- [DOORBELL BUZZES] - Hold on, that could be Regan.

You!

It's all your fault.

Regan is very sick. You stirred it all up.

She's run away from the hospital.

God knows where she is!

I have to see her.

You have some nerve!

Please. I can help her.

Only I can help her.

Leave us alone!

We don't wanna hear about demons

or God or anything!

Just get out of here.

[SIGHS]

[man speaks in foreign language]

They put you in a hospital.

Dr. Tuskin doesn't understand.

Did you find the man with the leopard?

I did.

Did he tell you how to fight Pazuzu?

He told me...

good and evil are struggling within you.

We must fight it.

I brought this with me.

The synchronizer?

Why don't you phone the police?

No.

Gary? Linda?

Get your things together.

I'm going to drop you off at Mrs. Billing's.

[GARY] Not again. That's no fair, Mom.

I know it's not fair, but I have to.

What are you gonna do?

Find her myself.

And him too.

[MUFFLED ARGUING]

[MUFFLED CRASHING]

Do you remember Sandra?

- Yes. - She's still talking.

You have a great gift.

Keep it from evil.

[BEEPING]

Pazuzu will brush me with his wings.

Don't be afraid.

Father Merrin will help us.

All right, Regan.

I'm ready.

Bring me down.

He is with me.

Come down.

- Down, Father. - [BEEPING SLOWS]

To meet me.

You're dying, Merrin, dying!

And your hopes die with you.

[MERRIN] Not only Kokumo, but others like him,

began to appear in the world.

I found these people where I could,

and tried to protect them against evil.

So, Satan has sent Pazuzu

to destroy this goodness.

Why me?

I heal the sick.

Philip, you must take my place.

She is precious,

and I entrust her to you.

[DEMON SHRIEKING]

[DEMON SHRIEKING]

[RAPID BEEPING]

- Father? - [SHRIEKS]

Fa... Father? Father.

Father! Father.

What's... Father?

[REGAN] Father, wait!

Father, where are you going?

Why would they come here of all places?

- The synchronizer. - The what?

It's gone.

She's way ahead of us.

- I know she is. - Any news?

Regan's taken the synchronizer.

[BRAKES SCREECHING]

Father.

See me.

Please, see me.

[ANNOUNCEMENT OVER PA]

[DROPS COIN] [PHONE DINGS]

[CHILDREN SINGING]

[INTERCOM BUZZES] Gene, it's her. Line two.

Regan?

Gene, hi. Look, I took the synchronizer.

I'm sorry, but I had to. I needed it.

I left it at the Dixie Hotel, room 27.

Listen, that doesn't matter. Where are you?

- [REGAN] Penn Station. - Is he with you?

Yes.

[GENE] He's going to Washington, isn't he? To the house?

Yes.

Regan, don't go with him.

Look, I have to. It's my fault.

He's doing it for me.

[GENE] Regan, listen to me. You're in terrible danger.

Gene, I gotta go. I'm sorry. Bye.

Where is she?

Penn Station.

[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS]

[MAN] Hey, stop that!

[MUTTERS] Stupid bitch!

- Where are you going? - Washington.

- I'm going with you. - Okay.

I'm going to Washington. Call my kids.

I'll be in touch.

Father? Father.

Father, tickets!

Do you have any money?

No, I'm with him!

He's sick. They...

They gave him an injection.

Leave her alone. She belongs to me!

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

[HORN HONKS]

[GENE] It's an accident.

[MAN SHOUTS] Doctor!

I need a doctor!

Drive on. Someone must have called an ambulance.

[TIRES SCREECH]

Well, Regan can wait, I guess.

Wait! I'm a doctor. I'll help you.

Let me see.

- Hold still. - [MAN GROANS]

The power.

It's getting nearer.

Can't you feel it?

The power is immense.

It fills me.

I can do anything.

Gene.

You called Gene, didn't you?

[ALL SCREAM]

Father.

Father, please don't be lost to me.

Why don't you loosen your tie?

Oh, thank you.

Why are you looking at me like that?

The power.

I must take you there.

Did Kokumo tell you that?

He said...

the Good Locust.

We'll get a taxi.

Quick, hurry.

There. There's one.

[MAN] Hey, lady. Lady, that's my taxi!

[SHARON] Animals!

- [MAN] Sorry about that. - People!

[CABBIE] Where to?

[GENE] Give him the address.

[SHARON] Georgetown. Eight Prospect Street.

Eight Prospect Street?

Yes. Come on, let's go!

Get going! The girl has to get home.

[SIREN WAILS]

[GENE] What now?

I'm gonna see about this.

[CABBIE] Won't do no good.

[SHARON] She's a doctor.

[CABBIE] Doesn't make any difference.

This is Washington.

[SHARON] Someone's dying.

[HORN BLARES]

Father!

- [RATTLES GATE] - Father!

Father, wait!

Driver, please hurry.

[GRUNTS]

Come on!

This is Prospect Street now.

[MUFFLED GROWL]

- [HORN HONKING] - There's the house.

- [DEMON SHRIEKS] - [LOUD BUZZING]

[BOTH SCREAM]

I can't control it!

- [CABBIE] It's going crazy! - [SCREAMING]

- [TIRES SCREECH] - [GENE] Oh, my God!

[GASPS] Father!

Father.

Let me reach you.

[GASPING]

[GENE GROANS]

Sharon?

Sharon, get me out of here.

Sharon, help me!

Sharon?

We've got to help Regan!

Sharon!

[SOLOS] Oh, my God!

Sharon?

At least help Regan.

To do what?

To fight this thing.

Name it.

Pazuzu.

Sharon.

[SCREAMS]

Sharon, I've got to get inside.

Let me inside!

Sharon.

[DEMON] Regan...

[WHIMPERS]

No. Father Lamont, help me!

Kokumo.

Remember Father Merrin?

[DEMON] No!

He's mine.

He's chosen me.

Pazuzu's Regan is the only Regan.

Be joined with us, Father.

No!

No. Please.

Kill her.

No.

No. No...

[GASPS] [GENE] No.

Sharon.

- [WHIMPERS] - The wings.

The wings are brushing me.

The wings are brushing me!

I must! I must! I must!

[KOKUMO] We like to call her the Good Locust.

She was evolved to resist the brushing of the wings.

[EVIL REGAN] No.

Once the wings have brushed you,

you're mine forever.

[TOGETHER WITH KOKUMO'S VOICE] She will break

the chain reaction.

Kill her! We command you!

[SHARON GROANS]

Why me? Why me?

[GROANS] [SPEAKS SPANISH]

[KOKUMO'S AND REGAN'S VOICE] You must tear out

her evil heart.

[GROWLS] No!

[LAMONT SHOUTS] Regan!

[SCREAMS] Pazuzu!

[LOCUSTS BUZZ]

- [SHARON GASPS] - [GENE] Sharon!

Sharon!

Help!

Help! Help, somebody!

Help me, somebody!

Help me!

[BUZZING]

[CLATTER AND GASPING]

[DEMON SCREECHES]

[SCREAMS]

[LAMONT SHOUTS] Regan!

[SCREAMING]

[DEMON SHRIEKING]

[SCREAMS]

[SCREAMING]

[CHOKING AND COUGHING]

[SCREAMING]

[SCREAMING]

[LAMONT] Regan!

[DEMON GROWLING]

[REGAN SCREAMS]

[SCREAMS]

[SHARON] I...

chose...

evil.

No.

Sharon, your hunger for belief

was your truth.

[SPEAKS LATIN]

Sharon.

Regan.

The time has come.

Now we are saved and made strong.

The enemy of the human race...

is subdued.

Regan?

I'm sorry.

I understand now.

The world won't.

Not yet.

You have to go.

Take care of her.

[SIREN WAILS]

What happened?

[WOMAN] Oh, my God! How awful!

[MAN] In God's name, what happened?

Was there anybody in the building?

[OFFICER] Gangway, please.

You witnessed what went on here?

Was anyone inside?

Lady, are you okay?