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Why was Dr. Klein's name changed?

Browsing through the novel just now, I noticed that Dr. Klein's first name is Sam, whereas it's Harold in the film. "Harold, help me!" yells the hypnotist in the film whereas it's "Sam! Sam, help me!" in the novel. Just a memory lapse by Blatty? He couldn't remember Klein's first name when doing the script, so he just inserted anything? And, while it's probably nothing, I can't help noticing the Howdy-Howard (dad)-Harold similarity.

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u/PaleontologistIll443 — 3 days ago
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Christopher Lee's audiobook reading of THE EGGS-OAR-CYST

That's how he pronounced it, and with equal stress on each syllable. He goofed up only once, towards the end, when he uses his demon voice for some of Karras's lines. Other than that, I thought he did an awesome job. The perfect voice. I was particularly impressed by his version of Kinderman. It's abridged, only about 60% of the book, but frankly, as someone who has read the full novel, I found that an improvement. All the good parts are left in. If you've never read the book, or reading isn't your thing, you might want to give it a listen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvsL7oQ2164&list=PLVkBm5JvzHj-62s3jhC24W0w48CmpK40k&index=9

u/PaleontologistIll443 — 3 months ago