Regan MacNeil Regan MacNeil Regan Teresa MacNeil (born November 11, 1961; adaptations: c. September 1963) is a fictional character from William Peter Blatty's horror novel and film adaptation "The Exorcist" as a supporting character and its first sequel, "" and the sequel television series, "The Exorcist", as one of the main protagonists in season one. In both films, she was portrayed by Linda Blair and in the television series, she was played by Geena Davis. Regan MacNeil is a 12-year-old girl and the daughter of actress Chris MacNeil. Regan is caught between her mother's grueling working schedule and the fact that her
The Exorcist (film) or "semi-subliminal". In an interview in a 1999 book about the film, "The Exorcist" author Blatty addressed the controversy by explaining that, "There are no subliminal images. If you can see it, it's not subliminal." The editing of the title sequence was the first major project for the film title designer Dan Perri. As a result of the success of "The Exorcist", Perri went on to design opening titles for a number of major films including "Taxi Driver" (1976), "Star Wars" (1977) and "Gangs of New York" (2002). Lalo Schifrin's working score was rejected by Friedkin. Schifrin had written six