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Chris watches helplessly as this thing abuses her child

Mary Jo leaves a book for Chris - A STUDY OF DEVIL WORSHIP AND RELATED OCCULT PHENOMENA

Chris takes Regan back to the doctor

Psychic tells Chris to take Regan’s Ouija board away, but Chris fears her daughter is dependent upon it like she was a bottle at night as an infant

“There was a strangeness in the house. Like settling stillness.”

“More rooted in logic was the silence of God. In the world there was evil and much of it resulted from doubt, from an honest confusion among men of good will. Would a reasonable God refuse to end it? Not finally reveal Himself? Not speak?”

Karras has lost his faith

Karras feels guilty for leaving his mother alone. She can’t read or write in English

“He opened the door as if it were a tender wound.”

Disturbances worsen. Regan says her bed was shaking

Does Regan’s pain and confusion about her parents’ divorce make her more vulnerable to the demon? Reminds me of Janet in The Conjuring 2

Dennings (the director of the film Chris stars in) comes over unannounced, berates her for alcohol, and becomes more belligerent by the second

It’s like having an abusive domestic partner