Exorcist II: The Heretic the Book of Job; it's God testing the good. In this sense, Regan (Linda Blair) is a modern-day saint — like Ingrid Bergman in "Europa '51", and in a way, like Charlie in "Mean Streets". I like the first "Exorcist", because of the Catholic guilt I have, and because it scared the hell out of me; but "The Heretic" surpasses it. Maybe Boorman failed to execute the material, but the movie still deserved better than it got." Author Bob McCabe's book "The Exorcist: Out of the Shadows" contains a chapter on the film in which Linda Blair said the movie
Regan MacNeil Regan is revealed to have psychic healing powers (the reason why the demon attacked her previously). For "The Exorcist III", Carolco Pictures had the idea of a grown up Regan who gives birth to possessed twins but it was abandoned and the story was switched to Blatty's novel "Legion" instead. John Carpenter was asked to direct "The Exorcist III", but backed out when he realized William Peter Blatty really wanted to direct himself and because of creative differences, however they remained friends. Regan McNeil appears in the television series "The Exorcist". As an adult she changed her name to Angela