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Linda Blair and Ellen Burstyn in a harrowing scene from William Friedkin's 1973 ... head-spinning version that Regan endured at the demonic hands of Pazuzu. But it was still convincing enough for ...
The Exorcist is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin from a screenplay by William Peter Blatty, based on his 1971 novel.The film stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller, and Linda Blair, and follows the demonic possession of a young girl and the attempt to rescue her through an exorcism by two Catholic priests.
When the movie became a hit, Blatty bragged to the press that everything in the movie — short of Blair’s 360-degree head turn, of course — had actually happened. And some of the details do ...
The Exorcist (1973). Linda Blair suffered a spinal fracture due to a mechanical failure while filming a scene where her character Regan MacNeil levitates and thrashes violently. The fracture later developed into scoliosis years later after Blair reinjured her back during a motorcycle scene in another film. [141]
As Regan McNeil, the demonically possessed schoolgirl in William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973), Linda Blair spits obscenities, projectile vomits, defenestrates a man, slaps a priest and ...
"Dick showed that makeup wasn't just about making people look scary or old, but had many applications. He figured out a way to make the welts swell up on Linda [Blair]'s stomach, to make her head spin around, and he created the vomit scenes." [6] For the head spinning effect, Smith created a mechanical dummy. [7]
Linda Denise Blair (born January 22, 1959) [1] [2] is an American actress and activist. Her portrayal of Regan MacNeil in the horror film The Exorcist (1973) established her in popular culture and as a scream queen, earning her a Golden Globe Award, as well as an Academy Award nomination.
Linda Blair was just 14 years old when she was cast to play Regan MacNeil in "The Exorcist," a teenager who becomes possessed by the devil after playing with a Ouija board. Her shrieks were hair ...