What the Exorcist was REALLY about

So you think “The Exorcist” is about demonic possession, “Alien” is about a hungry beast and “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” is about people turning into mindless pods?

Now get this

“The Exorcist,” as other authors have noted, has as its subtext the idea of the growing girl. In that light, the “possession” is her body going through puberty — and the threat is what happens when she becomes a teenager. (You can draw your own conclusions from the bodily fluids she expels.)

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