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Pazuzu (THE DEMON PRINCE) The Exorcist Explained

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  • Опубліковано 14 сер 2024
  • Loosely based on ancient Mesopotamian beliefs, Pazuzu was a demon featured as the main antagonist of the Exorcist series.
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  • @johne.nobody2946
    @johne.nobody2946 4 роки тому +2184

    Pazuzu has since gone on to lead a happy, successful life as CEO of EA Games.

  • @sketchygetchey8299
    @sketchygetchey8299 4 роки тому +1292

    “I’ve seen the Exorcist 167 times, and it gets funnier every time I watch it!”
    -Beetlejuice

    • @aparna202
      @aparna202 4 роки тому +5

      Same here!

    • @inutero10
      @inutero10 4 роки тому +3

      I weigh 600 pounds brotha

    • @Molybed1
      @Molybed1 4 роки тому +28

      When you get older and closer to death, movies like the Exorcist will terrify you more.

    • @user-tk7kz1fl2r
      @user-tk7kz1fl2r 3 роки тому +12

      Yes, it's hilarious. Never understood why it disturbed so many..it's so funny.

    • @Sir_Stalwart
      @Sir_Stalwart 3 роки тому

      @John Pratt That's pretty damn ominous, dude..!

  • @pickle7837
    @pickle7837 4 роки тому +143

    The walking down the stairs backward part haunted my childhood for years.

    • @vikings844
      @vikings844 3 роки тому +7

      That scene wasn't in the original movie. It was added later.

    • @stephaniemc9948
      @stephaniemc9948 3 роки тому +2

      That never freaked me out. I think it just looked silly.

    • @passje8007
      @passje8007 2 роки тому +1

      @@vikings844 uncut version it was there

    • @cathypeppard7375
      @cathypeppard7375 Рік тому

      Me too😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

  • @fish4198
    @fish4198 4 роки тому +1655

    Back when horror movies were genuinely scary and not just filler inbetween jump scares.

    • @smrtn240
      @smrtn240 4 роки тому +37

      Paranormal activity was pretty good until the end

    • @ssj4rit
      @ssj4rit 4 роки тому +87

      tbh when i watched exorcist for the first time a few years ago, it wasn't scary at all. just kinda gross

    • @odiug95
      @odiug95 4 роки тому +29

      @@ssj4rit all the medical stuff really freaked me out the first time I watched it. And although all the possession gimmick had become a big cliché lately, some of Reagan's scared screams in some parts of the movie made me feel uneasy in how realistic they felt.
      Also, the spiderwalk, the motherFUCKING spiderwalk.

    • @maxigol1977
      @maxigol1977 4 роки тому +46

      I watched the rerelease in 2000. Half the theater was hysterical laughing. I wasn't. I realized that our society had started to become desensitized. That's scarier than the movie.

    • @odiug95
      @odiug95 4 роки тому +23

      @@maxigol1977 I hoped it meant that they'd have to get more creative with how they scare the public. But seeing as many horror movies lately are still relying on jumpscares....yeah.
      Also, what scares people in a specific society changes through time. In the 60s and 70s, films like Rosemary's Baby or The Exorcist exploited the whole Satanism craze, and it WAS scary. Now, it's cheesy and overdone. But if someone decided to make a horror film about, I dont know, school shootings, or nuclear war, or racial/homophobic hate crimes, now THAT would be scary!

  • @jonathonbattiest4522
    @jonathonbattiest4522 5 років тому +651

    linda blair acted her butt off in the exorcist. I'm still amazed at how scary her performance really was.

    • @jamessandy5873
      @jamessandy5873 4 роки тому +8

      Jonathon Battiest: Not really. She didn't actually play the demon. Pazuzu was played (voiced) by Mercedes McCambridge and one or more stunt actors were involved in many of the more physical scenes.

    • @dariusgreysun
      @dariusgreysun 4 роки тому +69

      @@jamessandy5873 What a stupid comment lol
      She did an AMAZING job acting. The voice and stunt work are completely secondary to her acting skills.

    • @Utubesanarc
      @Utubesanarc 4 роки тому +3

      @@dariusgreysun how was it stupid. He basically answered the question...she didnt really play the demon.

    • @tonyjrdeets
      @tonyjrdeets 4 роки тому +36

      It's a stupid comment because hes trying to downplay what Linda Blair had to go through while making this movie they used industrial refrigeration units to make that Room cold so you could see her breath when they would start shooting in the morning it would be as cold as negative 40 in there . So trying to make it seem as though she did nothing because they had someone else record all the demon voice dialog. Which by the way Was another amazing actress who I heard was just chain smoking to make her voice sound that way she was really dedicated to what she did.
      But still hes trying to downplay what Linda did in this movie.
      and what she did was extremely tough on her.
      And she did play the demon she didn't voice it she had to do everything we saw on screen all the dialog the scariest parts.
      And another fun fact she as Well as other cast members have talked about On numerous occasion's.
      She (Linda) was going through puberty at the time,
      and Breast were growing in and she was starting to look too old for the role so they would painfully wrap her chest to smash her breast down to make her look younger Mike And if you seen men the Blair's other work and her other various photo shoots She is quite the buxom woman it's a weird to talk About as far as this role goes because she was 12 through 14 while shooting it but it she just the reality she went through hell she had to sit through make up she had to sit in a freezing cold Room literally negative 20 to 40゚F she had to have her chest and wrapped up extremely tight so her breast wouldn't show it was a horrible uncomfortable experience for her and she did a fucking fantastic job.
      And this no profile picture having probably fake name having Hiding behind anonymity coward is sitting here shiting on the incredibly hard work a 12 to 14 year old girl had to do those scenes where she's getting jerked back-and-forth in the bed those were actually her they had a rope on her back Fucking ripping her back and then pushing her forward.
      And this person who's likely done nothing And I'm talking nothing other than read drink eat and criticize. Just has to let their opinion be known to try to diminish the amazing job a young girl did in what is in my opinion the most Terrifying movie of all time, And this dipshit just has to try to downplay her achievements to feel better about themselves. That's why it's a Fucking Stupid Comment.

    • @dariusgreysun
      @dariusgreysun 4 роки тому +25

      @@Utubesanarc Because he discounted her performance. He obviously knows jack shit about the behind the scenes story. She was so fucking creepy as that character that it fucked with the adult actors heads involved. There's far more than that but they specifically refer to LINDA BLAIR not any voice actors or stunt doubles. She OWNED that role....as an adolescent no less.

  • @REDLINE4WD.
    @REDLINE4WD. 3 роки тому +174

    In 2021 a movie could never scare you enough to make you walk out and cry. I couldn't imagine how scary this movie was back in the 70's. Truly fascinating.

    • @silfocus84
      @silfocus84 3 роки тому +13

      While I agree, I also think a lot has to do with how de-sensitized everyone has become and definitely how much less religious people are... they just don't seem to have that visceral reaction. Even if you were to present this movie to someone who gets scared easily and is in their teens or 20s... this movie won't really bother them like it would someone in the 70s.

    • @methatguy5996
      @methatguy5996 3 роки тому +8

      Nah, people are harder to scare in 2021, you can see actual people being dismembered on the internet, movies can't compare to that shit. This movie made me laugh when i was a kid.

    • @ethanweeter2732
      @ethanweeter2732 3 роки тому

      Considered the scariest movie next to Rosemary’s Baby and The Omen.

    • @Filthy_Larry
      @Filthy_Larry 2 роки тому +2

      As an alpha straight man, I agree. This movie made me cry when I first saw it. Scary shit.

    • @dreamsprayanimation
      @dreamsprayanimation 2 роки тому +5

      @@Filthy_Larry "alpha" LOL!

  • @GSP-76
    @GSP-76 3 роки тому +101

    The Exorcist is still the scariest movie I've ever seen...even after all these years it's still frightening.

    • @GabyGibson
      @GabyGibson 2 роки тому +3

      Agreed. I re-watched it today and still had the heebie-jeebies

    • @KaleKellerSalad
      @KaleKellerSalad Рік тому

      It definitely sets a firm foundation for just about every religious horror movie since it’s release, but I don’t think you can beat The Conjuring (the first one) Us is also pretty terrifying

    • @tiredofbeing
      @tiredofbeing 10 місяців тому

      Watch Rosemarys Baby. Id say even more frightening than this.

    • @GSP-76
      @GSP-76 10 місяців тому +1

      @@tiredofbeing I saw Rosemary's Baby...yes, that movie was also very unsettling... especially because of how they used suggestion as part of the horror... masterfully crafted movie.

    • @gilredgrave3519
      @gilredgrave3519 7 місяців тому

      Yes I agree. I never would have thought that a film could be so scary. I had goosebumps for weeks😅

  • @pokerface5160
    @pokerface5160 5 років тому +4777

    How old are you?
    "12"
    Is there someone inside of you?
    "Sometimes"
    *FBI enters the room*

    • @goldenfox334
      @goldenfox334 5 років тому +202

      *FBI OPEN UP*

    • @goldenfox334
      @goldenfox334 5 років тому +84

      I love how your the only one I can find that pointed this out lmao

    • @tyanctil
      @tyanctil 5 років тому +51

      Ladies and gentlemen... we got it

    • @goldenfox334
      @goldenfox334 5 років тому +9

      @@tyanctil well like you know how UA-cam is with pointing stuff out so quick 😂😂😂I was just pointing out how weird it was with the lack of that being pointed out

    • @nolimits300
      @nolimits300 5 років тому +8

      Best comment here hahahaha

  • @qwer58j
    @qwer58j 5 років тому +1649

    Pazuzu never died. He just got a job as a UA-cam moderator.

  • @arjunpremgi1371
    @arjunpremgi1371 5 років тому +812

    That movie scared the shit out of me and it was the first oldish movie that did

    • @vexile12
      @vexile12 5 років тому +11

      Mrdoomy Gaming i could never watch this movie

    • @arjunpremgi1371
      @arjunpremgi1371 5 років тому +5

      Why not it's pretty good you should watch it when you are bored

    • @bobcharlie2337
      @bobcharlie2337 5 років тому +12

      I saw this movie in the theater. And I fainted at the scene when the girl crawled backwards spewing blood from her mouth. It's weird how scary that movie is.

    • @gabrielhughes8221
      @gabrielhughes8221 5 років тому +5

      That movie was so funny

    • @arjunpremgi1371
      @arjunpremgi1371 5 років тому +4

      It may be funny for you but I shit my self lol

  • @osvaldwulf9960
    @osvaldwulf9960 3 роки тому +31

    Linda Blair did such a freaking great job as Regan. She was incredible. Gave such life to the role. After watching The Exorcist at age 10 I felt so sorry for what she went through. It ruined Linda Blair, she was never the same after this movie. One of my favourite movies of all time.

  • @sonnyr.3842
    @sonnyr.3842 4 роки тому +88

    I love how stellan Skarsgard portrayed father Lancaster Merrin. He's like a modern battle priest who is worthy as Pazuzu's Arch Nemesis.

  • @vuppet5684
    @vuppet5684 5 років тому +2174

    My favourite Disney prince

  • @smiler6110
    @smiler6110 5 років тому +1163

    The exorcist is one of the greatest horror movies of all time, pazuzu is really creepy btw is John Constantine on the list?

    • @filmcomicsexplained
      @filmcomicsexplained  5 років тому +36

      Yeh I agree smiler and yes he is on the list, thanks :)

    • @RetrogradeBeats
      @RetrogradeBeats 5 років тому +27

      John “constantine” Wick

    • @psychogoreman198
      @psychogoreman198 5 років тому +13

      The tv series Constantine was awesome and gave a bit more knowledge on pazuzu and lamashtu. Shame it got canned after the 1st series

    • @brandyrose9997
      @brandyrose9997 5 років тому +3

      Oh please do Constantine! Thanks. 😀

    • @gabrielhughes8221
      @gabrielhughes8221 5 років тому

      Good one

  • @therocpd
    @therocpd 5 років тому +318

    "Is there someone inside you"
    "Sometimes"
    Gurl, I feel ya

  • @gregthomas1346
    @gregthomas1346 3 роки тому +28

    After 40+ years of watching horror flix of every kind I've come to the conclusion that nothing will ever top the exorcist and its enduring impact

  • @el_guapo1318
    @el_guapo1318 5 років тому +31

    Bro, there has NEVER been a movie as terrifying as the Exorcist.

  • @ladyjenny1746
    @ladyjenny1746 5 років тому +62

    The Exorcist and Rosemary's Baby are two of the scariest films I've ever watched.

  • @HeliRy
    @HeliRy 5 років тому +644

    My parents were hippies and when they went to watch this in the theatre, dad took 4 hits of LSD first. That.... was unwise 🤣🤣🤣

    • @Dixoncider1973
      @Dixoncider1973 5 років тому +4

      lmao

    • @dnyor93
      @dnyor93 5 років тому +7

      Liar

    • @EMPtaticz
      @EMPtaticz 4 роки тому +13

      lmfao i went and saw sinister on a eighth of mushrooms

    • @MrBlacko1986
      @MrBlacko1986 4 роки тому +35

      Bet your dad's head was spinning as well

    • @raywebb7501
      @raywebb7501 4 роки тому +15

      Just in the United States, about 2500 people are instatutionlized from seeing this movie under the influence of acid.

  • @themetalone7739
    @themetalone7739 3 роки тому +45

    I would argue that, despite MANY great horror movies being released since The Exorcist, it remains the scariest horror movie yet made.
    Unlike most horror movies, especially this past couple decades, its fear comes from the genuinely disturbing material...rather than the infamous "jump scares". Ironically, if I'm remembering correctly, the only "jump scares" in the movie were unrelated to the possession (EX: the phone suddenly ringing while Father Damian is intently listening to his recordings of Reagan).
    If The Exorcist had been made today, I guarantee there would be some stupid scene where all the lights go out, and demon-Reagan pops out to attack the priests, and that kind of thing. There's just not a lot of subtlety in modern horror.

  • @dannymiller7187
    @dannymiller7187 5 років тому +39

    I just remembered that I first watched the exorcist when I was about 5. Me and my sister said we wanted to watch a scary movie and my aunt went to rent the fucking exorcist to show a 5 and 7 year old. Needless to say I was fucking terrified and couldn’t even get out of my bed in the morning frozen still with fear for about 10 minutes what seemed like forever thinking the girl was right there around the corner from my door. Eventually I got the courage to run passed the demon door and hit a powerful left to jump down half the stairs and leap off the rest of them to the first floor where my mom, ain’t and grandma were waiting at the dinner table drinking coffee. I played it off like I was all good but wondered where my sister was. She always woke up before me so not seeing her down there, I instantly assumed that she was frozen with fear in her bed avoiding the demon by her door also. Was in the shitter tho.

  • @ndinspection3007
    @ndinspection3007 5 років тому +767

    No movie has truly scared me like this movie had. These new ones are just jump scares and cheap CGI

    • @kieran8584
      @kieran8584 5 років тому +15

      @Chris Pink The Witch was crap

    • @sumitsrivastava9997
      @sumitsrivastava9997 5 років тому +2

      @Chris Pink what is name of movie

    • @kieran8584
      @kieran8584 5 років тому +2

      @Chris Pink I loved the ending, that's all I can really say about it

    • @felipeclips6920
      @felipeclips6920 5 років тому +2

      @Chris Pink THE WITCH ...YOU GOT RIGHT..WICKED SICK MINDED

    • @roozbehfarhadi9993
      @roozbehfarhadi9993 5 років тому +6

      Jonathan Rivera
      Exactly my thought. Still number one scariest movie of all time.

  • @lwschy
    @lwschy 4 роки тому +214

    “Growing up in a strict Christian household...I wasn’t able to watching the Exorcist until I was 11 with friends...”
    Christian or not, what responsible parent would let their

    • @ux3785
      @ux3785 4 роки тому +14

      Lewis Choy my parents lmao They were like if you don’t believe this will happen lmao

    • @dustiemarie9121
      @dustiemarie9121 4 роки тому +6

      😂😂 first time i seen this i was 11.. At my best friends slumber party.. Who doesnt love a good scary movie?

    • @gagahusband
      @gagahusband 3 роки тому +8

      I don't think you understand the further meaning of "strict Christian"

    • @donnajoseph-barford1076
      @donnajoseph-barford1076 3 роки тому +3

      I was 9. Yes no child should see it. My Covert Narcissist mom said yes you can get possessed by the Devil. I was traumatize for a year.

    • @rong4189
      @rong4189 3 роки тому +4

      Lewis Choy I was 11 when it came out and I wanted to see it because I liked scary movies (I thought!). My dad wanted to see it because it involved the Catholic faith. Yeah, we stayed til the end and yeah, I didn’t sleep with the light off for about a month!

  • @joejones8810
    @joejones8810 4 роки тому +10

    I watched this movie when it was first televised in 1974. I was only nine, and I convinced my parents to let me stay home alone while they and my brothers went to the drive-in to see the Towering Inferno. My favorite horror of all times. Forty five years later it is still the best horror flick I have ever seen.

    • @LUKERs1196
      @LUKERs1196 2 роки тому

      You're fair brave 😄

  • @biggyman33
    @biggyman33 5 років тому +2636

    Pazuzu is nothing compared to my wife during her time of the month

    • @ivansilviu7481
      @ivansilviu7481 5 років тому +12

      You are right @biggyman33

    • @gabrielhughes8221
      @gabrielhughes8221 5 років тому +27

      Lol and you still with her? Hahah crazy you got alot of ball's or you just crazy to be with her

    • @imjessietr29
      @imjessietr29 5 років тому +53

      People in Mesopotamia prayed to Pazuzu to protect their children from his wife, Lamashtu, who was way bitchier than him.

    • @nikkicaz699
      @nikkicaz699 5 років тому +5

      Ba dum tiss...
      Zinger!

    • @MarvelousSeven
      @MarvelousSeven 5 років тому +6

      Or my ex-wife.

  • @damianstarks3338
    @damianstarks3338 5 років тому +173

    This is perfect for Halloween I've been waiting forever for an explanation to this classic demon.

  • @ahmedthaha4197
    @ahmedthaha4197 4 роки тому +23

    Can we take a moment to appreciate how cute little Linda Blair was at the start of the video?

  • @TheGuitarplaya13
    @TheGuitarplaya13 4 роки тому +198

    Back when they put REAL EFFORT into making a movie actually scary before cgi took over.

    • @reoreborn1209
      @reoreborn1209 3 роки тому +2

      Agreed. Cgi can be great to help along a story but it is over used now rather than make up, real locations etc.

    • @TheGuitarplaya13
      @TheGuitarplaya13 3 роки тому

      Reo Reborn well said. I agree too.

    • @crisredfield2
      @crisredfield2 3 роки тому +6

      BS, that's just "Old good, New bad". There have been many great horror movies in current times, like Rec, Hereditary, Midsommar, You're Next and more.

    • @rayunited2010foryou
      @rayunited2010foryou 2 роки тому

      Forget about CGI, it's all about bad writing, direction, and injection of sjw agenda.

    • @pde445
      @pde445 6 місяців тому

      That causes you only watch films made in America

  • @user-qm6lp2vh3k
    @user-qm6lp2vh3k 5 років тому +22

    A perfect choice for a Halloween video. The flashes of the demon in the movie were absolutely terrifying

  • @brandyrose9997
    @brandyrose9997 5 років тому +13

    I saw this movie on television with my mom at age 7. She warned me that it was really scary but of course I took this as some kind of challenge. It had such a profound effect on me. Mom tucking me in and checking in the closet and under the bed at night was no longer an effective defense because I knew that absolute evil could materialize at will to get me! The Exorcist was my first exposure to the ideas of spiritual warfare and unseen darkness in the world, and sparked my lifelong love for horror films and all things spooky. Thank you for this video Niyat, on Halloween no less! 😀❤️👻

  • @fredleggett923
    @fredleggett923 5 років тому +154

    I would amend your comment to say that films since The Exorcist have TRIED to be scarier. Remember that this was made back in 1973. The Vietnam War wouldn't officially end until 1975 and its horrors were still being played out on TVs on a daily basis. America was embroiled in undoubtedly the biggest culture war it's ever seen that helped to bring down a president. And the Catholic Church was regarded as the only spiritual safety net for a large part of the population.
    Many more erudite critics of The Exorcist have justly praised this film, so I can't really add to that part of the conversation. For myself, though, I will say that this is the "closest" to what might regarded as real supernatural evil as you'll likely ever see. You buy into the world of Iraq and Georgetown 100%. The people chosen inhabit real lives. Even the names are believable, powerful, and "earthly" - Lancaster Merrin, Damien Karras, Regan McNeil, Burke Dennings, William Kinderman. These don't sound fabricated, but could be your neighbor, someone in law enforcement, or even a person of prominence within the Catholic hierarchy.
    And Pazuzu himself is a "real" demon that people both feared and worshipped and has a long and frightful history. As much as I love Alien, this isn't a fanciful xenomorph. Nor is it a killer shark or a guy in a William Shatner mask, but something that COULD exist in a supernatural realm. The actors and filmmakers took the source material seriously and with enormous respect. It isn't played for laughs or cheap effects thrills. It's a story of elemental good versus evil in the political heart of the U.S. And it has transcended time to still be regarded as one of the most heart-pounding films ever produced.

    • @magtinfal7908
      @magtinfal7908 5 років тому +1

      The Vietnam war ended in 1973. The North invaded the South in 1975 is a separate conflict but they're close together so people consider them as part of the same war

    • @tommynobaka
      @tommynobaka 5 років тому +1

      We're probably going under a bigger culture war rn

    • @26michaeluk
      @26michaeluk 5 років тому

      Well said. I don't believe in the supernatural but I believed in it while watching this.

    • @rosieglows
      @rosieglows 4 роки тому

      I actually read your comment in its entirety and I wholeheartedly agree!

    • @KC______
      @KC______ 4 роки тому +1

      @hoibshMercy Ms. Hershey!
      Yes, indeed she was a scarily fine tasty treat in The Entity.
      I'd forgotten about that one...

  • @banned2911
    @banned2911 5 років тому +16

    The exorcist will always be one of the best horror movies

    • @mizzkelcat3279
      @mizzkelcat3279 4 роки тому

      Eugene Blyther - You don’t need any.

  • @TheDoubleNickel
    @TheDoubleNickel 5 років тому +41

    Imagine Dean Winchester’s reaction to meeting “Pazuzu” and hearing his name...

    • @adamcurrier3190
      @adamcurrier3190 3 роки тому +2

      He’d go, pazuzu who named this asshat? Where’s my first blade…

    • @Frankcastlepunisher74
      @Frankcastlepunisher74 4 місяці тому

      ​@@adamcurrier3190I'm going to gank this demon!

  • @Naeem_El
    @Naeem_El 5 років тому +40

    I'm so glad you doing this video. All time scariest movie too me.

  • @kaybevang536
    @kaybevang536 3 роки тому +11

    I enjoy how l there’s a backstory to these demons all the way to Babylonian myth

  • @tiffanypersaud3518
    @tiffanypersaud3518 3 роки тому +38

    “Is there far scarier films made since?” Nope.

  • @rice.jpg2
    @rice.jpg2 5 років тому +11

    “Is there someone inside you” there will never be a time where I’m not dirty enough to hear this in a serious tone

  • @daveconlan
    @daveconlan 5 років тому +93

    Being an eighties fan I think An American Werewolf In London needs a bit of love. It's one of my favourite films. Fantastic mix of comedy, horror, romance and it has a great soundtrack. Amazing Oscar winning special effects. Oh and less said about the sequel the better. It is being remade by John Landis' son Max Landis.

    • @stoplyinn
      @stoplyinn 5 років тому +1

      Yes! I did not expect it to have such a good soundtrack.

    • @grahamcreese5665
      @grahamcreese5665 5 років тому +3

      Yeah one of my old favourites when i was a young lad and when the main guy has those freaky nightmares when those nazi monster things storm in his house an kill his family i used to b friggin terrified also american werewolf in paris is a bag of shit also! G

    • @foundfortune1389
      @foundfortune1389 5 років тому +1

      Dave Conlan i like that movie too

    • @colemarie9262
      @colemarie9262 5 років тому +1

      Absolutely love that movie!! It was at least twenty yrs old when I first saw it, and it really holds up. I think the bits of comedy help horror/creature films to age well. Since the special effects will inevitably age with the movie, keeping a sense of humor just changes the tone of the whole movie over time (to each generation of audiences) instead of just really dating it. American werewolf in London is a great example of just the right tone.
      Re Animator and Dead Alive (released as Brain Dead in some countries) are two of my favorites that also age well, in part because they were so comedy based to begin with. Not as scary, but still great.
      (Obviously American werewolf in London has one of the most famous special effects scenes lf all time, that is still gross and graphic today, so I'm definitely NOT shitting on its special effects.)

    • @daveconlan
      @daveconlan 5 років тому +2

      @@colemarie9262 Re-animator is a great film as well. I believe it's in the process of being remade at the minute. I don't think it can live up to the original though, but I'll definitely be interested in checking it out. Who would have thought the guy who made Brain Dead and Bad Taste would go on to be such a famous director with The Lord of the Rings films and King Kong.

  • @adolfgaming1761
    @adolfgaming1761 5 років тому +115

    Pregnant women: “Yo Pazuzu can you help me with my pregnancy against this Evil Women?”
    Pazuzu: “Sure”

    • @Das_Kaenguru
      @Das_Kaenguru 3 роки тому +4

      It’s more of a hobby I guess. Gotta do something for the community 🤷🏼‍♂️

  • @johnjordan9854
    @johnjordan9854 3 роки тому +6

    I was 12 when I saw it at the theatres. SCARED THE CRAP out of me lol I slept with the light on for a year

  • @roenn2559
    @roenn2559 5 років тому +29

    isn't that the name of Professor Farnsworth's wish granting gargoyle from Futurama?

    • @GMDark
      @GMDark 5 років тому +5

      Yes, Pazuzu is also the name of the demon who Professor Farnsworth owned and put through college. Pazuzu escaped and due to Farnsworth's senility he could not be found. However it is later revealed that he was hiding on a wing of the Planet Express ship and when Farnsworth was drowning in the Fountain of Aging, Pazuzu saved him and in reward Farnsworth granted him freedom. Pazuzu moved to Paris and had a son to whom he told his story of freedom.
      He is apparently bound to grant the Professor three wishes, though the reason is unknown. The wishes do not seem to be supernatural in nature, as he has only been shown to rescue the Professor from two desperate situations.

    • @trickniggajoe4041
      @trickniggajoe4041 5 років тому

      I think he also said.....,"Bon wee"..

    • @nightman4142
      @nightman4142 5 років тому +1

      "Hail Science!"

  • @sophiehelena6737
    @sophiehelena6737 4 роки тому +9

    my mum (who always saw her dead uncles shadow hanging in her childhood home) told me she was scared when reading the book. i rlly didnt think it was any kind of scary (but i loved how it was free for interpretation whether or not it was a demon) maybe its her church trauma that made it double scary

  • @MrTrogjrog
    @MrTrogjrog 4 роки тому +4

    Pazuzu was once Lamashtu’s lover but she screwed him over so they became enemies. That’s why people invoked him even though he was evil, they used him to drive away Lamashtu!

  • @Antimarx999
    @Antimarx999 4 роки тому +17

    still the scariest movie ever made.

  • @applepick7542
    @applepick7542 5 років тому +21

    Already knows it’s gonna be a awesome video!

  • @amef15
    @amef15 5 років тому +13

    I grew up in a very Catholic household, and I was allowed (rather forced) to watch this film at the age of 9 or so in the late 80's. And the sole purpose was to make me more devout in my religion. I was already an altar boy! Truly terrifying then, and it still gives me the chills.

    • @shinglemcdingle4093
      @shinglemcdingle4093 2 роки тому +4

      Wow that's messed up. Christianity is all about choice and should never be forced especially upon children in such a gruesome wa

    • @steviemack6969
      @steviemack6969 Рік тому

      Religion is fake

    • @Hawk7886
      @Hawk7886 Рік тому +1

      Yikes. Nothing like Catholicism to traumatize kids in order to make them do what you want. Hopefully you came out of the altar boy experience intact.

  • @cramerfloro5936
    @cramerfloro5936 4 роки тому +5

    About your confusion on the veneration of Pazuzu, it's good to consider that before the zoroastrian introduction to a divine battle between good and evil, most deities like Pazuzu were seen as neutral, but potentially dangerous, forces of evil. For example the head of the Gorgon was a popular amulet against thieves in ancient Greece and South Italy.
    I do however wonder where you got the notion from that Hanbu be the King of the underworld. I couldn't find that for myself

  • @michaelmayes7757
    @michaelmayes7757 4 роки тому +15

    I watched this movie when I was seventeen with my girlfriend. The movie scared the shit out of us. There were actually St. John ambulance paramedics in the theatre tending to people.

  • @RetrogradeBeats
    @RetrogradeBeats 5 років тому +531

    I swear I was possessed by Pazuzu a few days ago with a few too many tequilas.
    Edit: Im good now though.

    • @insignia9989
      @insignia9989 5 років тому +8

      Yeah man, I got really, REALLY possessed on my birthday a few days ago.

    • @davidespadin78
      @davidespadin78 5 років тому

      Lmao

    • @marlenestewart6205
      @marlenestewart6205 5 років тому +1

      Who'll you gone drink again

    • @kemkula889
      @kemkula889 5 років тому +2

      The Mad Atheist holy shits😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣😂🤣🤣🤣

    • @RetrogradeBeats
      @RetrogradeBeats 5 років тому

      insignia9989 happy belated

  • @diekiste3597
    @diekiste3597 5 років тому +150

    Could you please do the great spiders from lords of the rings?

    • @filmcomicsexplained
      @filmcomicsexplained  5 років тому +8

      Sure thing buddy! adding them to the list now, thanks :)

    • @diekiste3597
      @diekiste3597 5 років тому +1

      @@filmcomicsexplained thanks

    • @vatroslavmorbidovic4105
      @vatroslavmorbidovic4105 5 років тому +1

      Not bad. he can do Nerubians too. :)

    • @Bobba8590
      @Bobba8590 5 років тому +1

      Children of Ungoliant.

    • @matheusribeiro7080
      @matheusribeiro7080 5 років тому

      I advise you to watch about it in the channels specialized in the Tolkien work. Otherwise, it's pretty common to have mistakes about it.

  • @miguelpablo7278
    @miguelpablo7278 5 років тому +43

    pazuzu is summoned once a year in a forest in northern california by wealthy elites

    • @ThatsWhtasUp
      @ThatsWhtasUp 5 років тому

      Lies

    • @miguelpablo7278
      @miguelpablo7278 5 років тому

      s0mankts0160 bill jokes

    • @Cmon2828
      @Cmon2828 3 роки тому +6

      That’s Moloch the great horned owl or Stolas

    • @asura2877
      @asura2877 3 роки тому

      Yes indeed. The Elites gather in that accursed woods to do their rituals

  • @nerdwatch2345
    @nerdwatch2345 4 роки тому +5

    I watched it for the first time just a few years ago and I can definitely see how back in the day it would freak people out and even still today it's still got that effect. But the 1 part that got me was the medical scene with the catheter being put in her artery in her upper chest!! Because I've been through stuff like that because I am disabled.

  • @genderqueergorehound
    @genderqueergorehound 5 років тому +72

    Throwing in another request for Alucard from Hellsing Ultimate! That universe has a very unique vampire system.

    • @voivodadracula1936
      @voivodadracula1936 5 років тому

      Aw, that is very nice from you!

    • @darkashtar
      @darkashtar 5 років тому

      I put in a request for a character from a different series of movies, I would like to see a Hellsing Ultimate explanation of Alucard.

    • @JoseRojas-gu3qm
      @JoseRojas-gu3qm 5 років тому +3

      Hell Yeah! Alucard is one of my favorite anime characters!

    • @mattakudesu
      @mattakudesu 5 років тому +3

      @@darkashtar the only explanation that anyone needs for Alucard is that he is the most badass thing on the fucking planet. He literally becomes a quantum being after absorbing Schrodinger, and that's on TOP of his vampire badassery.

    • @MisterNeumeyer
      @MisterNeumeyer 5 років тому +2

      How your health care plan?

  • @lazchurchyard1229
    @lazchurchyard1229 4 роки тому +5

    Pazuzu was the protector of little children, as his wife Lamashtu, who liked to devour babies, couldn't stand the sight of his face.

  • @jonsilence
    @jonsilence 2 роки тому +2

    "The Exorcist" is actually a composite derived from the Earling, Iowa possession & exorcism of Emma Schmidt (aka Anna Ecklund) in 1928 (and many years beyond), the Maryland/St Louis possession and exorcism of Ronald Hunkeler in 1949, and the circa late 1950s-early 1960s possession and exorcism of an unidentified woman in rural Italy that formed the basis of the 1963 Italian film "Il Demonio" which features the original "spider walk" echoed ten years later in The Exorcist.

  • @amy45673
    @amy45673 4 роки тому +11

    LMAO
    "I didn't get to watch the Excorcist until I was about 11." Bruh you made it sound like you were 25 when you watched it.

  • @mithraxofthesmallen9049
    @mithraxofthesmallen9049 5 років тому +34

    Love the creepy sounds in the background

  • @ObsidianAngiris
    @ObsidianAngiris 5 років тому +31

    Seems like demons are a interest to you so maybe consider doing a video on the Demons in the Supernatural universe, the Princes of Hell are a good topic or you could do a video on the angels and demons in the Diablo game, lots of content there

    • @newmachine2615
      @newmachine2615 5 років тому

      Read the petite Albert.

    • @obscure4847
      @obscure4847 5 років тому

      Mason Officially no

    • @tootsiedawn2016
      @tootsiedawn2016 5 років тому

      Yes! That would be awesome! Crowley is the name of a real demon. We all know Lucifer is Satan. At least most of us do, but there are a few who don't know.

    • @tootsiedawn2016
      @tootsiedawn2016 5 років тому

      Obscure Fragments it's a good thing its not up to you.

  • @santosbelmarez8023
    @santosbelmarez8023 5 років тому +77

    There’s never been a scarier movie before or after the exorcist.

    • @bobmecgeo
      @bobmecgeo 4 роки тому +4

      There never will be...

    • @lisashelley2048
      @lisashelley2048 4 роки тому +3

      A+ comment indeed.

    • @ananosanikidze2520
      @ananosanikidze2520 4 роки тому +10

      Hereditary is disgustingly brilliant

    • @BarrySlisk
      @BarrySlisk 4 роки тому +1

      @@ananosanikidze2520
      I found it a bit boring.

    • @allusive2903
      @allusive2903 4 роки тому +1

      True. Because the movie is based on real events. And the phenomenal acting of Linda Blair...at such a young age to give off a realistic, uncomfortable and creepy performance was very eerie to watch. From a movie at such a time lacking any CGI, computer effects or cheap jump scares they totally nailed it. I have experienced and seen demonic possession in my life and the Exorcist is the only movie that made me shift in my seat.

  • @gordonmckay4780
    @gordonmckay4780 4 роки тому +3

    Thanks for the info on Pazuzu. Some of it I knew, most I didn't. Not sure if I agree that there have been scarier movies since, but there are some really good ones out there.

  • @KimchiFarts
    @KimchiFarts 5 років тому +3

    This is one of the most terrifying movies ever made. Seriously traumatized me as a kid, but I still love it

  • @blerksnarfgut7332
    @blerksnarfgut7332 5 років тому +16

    There are NO "far scarier films that have been made since" The Exorcist. That's pretty much a fact. Also, Pazuzu was known as a demon of the wind and there are many references to this fact which ppl don't pick up on; the sounds of loud wind gusts in the attic as Chris MacNeil checks on her sleeping daughter at the beginning of the film, the wind that blows out Chris's candle in the attic, the flying objects in Regan's room just prior to the crucifix mutilation scene and the billowing curtains during the exorcism scene.

    • @blerksnarfgut7332
      @blerksnarfgut7332 5 років тому +3

      @YoungD3mon314 Insidious is a solid movie for sure but if you think it's scarier or better than The Exorcist then you might need a head examination.

    • @GeekedOutNeckbeard
      @GeekedOutNeckbeard 5 років тому

      It doesn't hold up. The Grudge was superior to this movie. In the scare factor and various other ways when delivering their scares. I saw this movie when I was about 9 or 10. Didn't scare me, but bored me and then made me laugh when she kept telling her mom to "fuck me. Fuck me!" and "Lick me, lick me!!!!" some weird shit to the priest. Not at all scary or terrifying.
      But. Perhaps it's a movie that you must view as your first horror movie before anything else.

    • @dufftheduff7335
      @dufftheduff7335 5 років тому

      Most horror films are scarier than this, there is nothing scary about it. just like any other exorcism movies.

    • @ICONICPARIS
      @ICONICPARIS 4 роки тому

      @YoungD3mon314 BULLSHIT

  • @santosbelmarez8023
    @santosbelmarez8023 5 років тому +5

    There has never been a movie more scary before or after the exorcist.

  • @GianniEndo
    @GianniEndo 4 роки тому +1

    My mother watched the exorcist when it first came out in theaters. She told me that each person recieved a brown paper bag as it was very common for movie goers to throw up while watching this film.

  • @BigBakedBacon
    @BigBakedBacon 5 років тому +10

    I'd love to see a video on the "Strigoi" from the tv show "The Strain"

  • @shawndorisian1857
    @shawndorisian1857 5 років тому +11

    About 15 years ago Blatty contacted me to find out information about his great-uncle. He wanted to find out about how his uncle was connected to the Catholic Church. His uncle was a Melkite Archbishop. The Melkite Church is one of the 25 Churches [the Roman Church is the largest] that makeup the Catholic Communion of Churches. I put him in contact with his Grace Eparch [Bishop] Nicholas [Samra] who is now the Eparch of Newton, which is the Melkite Eparchy [Diocese] here in the United States.
    We talked about how as Lebanese Christians we had heard about Pazuzu from our sitdos [grandmothers] and the horrors he would bring to people who did not follow a Godly path.
    The reason that he emailed me was that I was very active on the net educating folks about Eastern Christians from the Middle East.

  • @HardRockMiner
    @HardRockMiner 5 років тому +56

    What movies "are scarier" than The Exorcist..? I sure as Hell haven't seen them.

    • @JDPhoeniX01
      @JDPhoeniX01 5 років тому +5

      HardRockMiner ummm The Conjuring maybe or Anabelle.

    • @SirHaroldMaguire
      @SirHaroldMaguire 5 років тому +18

      Crossroads starring Britney Spears. I'm still traumatised.

    • @HardRockMiner
      @HardRockMiner 5 років тому +3

      @@SirHaroldMaguire - Lmao!! Yeah good call. I blocked that one out completely... until now😳

    • @shireling6336
      @shireling6336 5 років тому +8

      Hereditary is one to check out.

    • @clickbaitmassacre8668
      @clickbaitmassacre8668 5 років тому +2

      The SHINING! (1980)

  • @johnanderson3475
    @johnanderson3475 4 роки тому +1

    I first seen this movie in about 1999 and still have occasional nightmares. The make up and og effects are to this day untouchable. It truly is a cinema masterpiece.

  • @ThePhoenix329
    @ThePhoenix329 5 років тому +6

    About to go trick or treating in like 25 minutes. Gotta get the spooky vibes going.

  • @mariolemus12
    @mariolemus12 5 років тому +148

    Hey hey I got an idea for a explanation video, a video on the mysterious and enigmatic person who does these videos for this channel 😁

    • @kharnthebetrayer.2632
      @kharnthebetrayer.2632 5 років тому +6

      Mario Lemus I second this

    • @melanieshepherd8443
      @melanieshepherd8443 5 років тому +1

      Yeah, at least he got through his own ideas of the "facts" in an English accent helps a lot! Those American accents do my head in! Sorry, but it's true!

    • @mariolemus12
      @mariolemus12 5 років тому +1

      @@melanieshepherd8443 I agree with you 😁 I'm American and sometimes our accents sound pretty idiotic especially when we try to "explain" things on fun stuff like this 🙂

  • @acelai8537
    @acelai8537 5 років тому +2

    I love your videos! I hope you can tackle about the lesser key of Solomon. Keep up all the high quality content

  • @Kwr34538
    @Kwr34538 3 роки тому

    One of the best Horror movies of all time!!
    Great video Niat!!😉

  • @theauthority7278
    @theauthority7278 5 років тому +5

    3:06 "he enjoyed the height of his popularity" damn so even in b.c demons were all about the clout too lmao

  • @JustinY.
    @JustinY. 5 років тому +69

    It just works

    • @eclipticopossum8817
      @eclipticopossum8817 5 років тому

      Justin Y. Huh...

    • @ricefeld6867
      @ricefeld6867 5 років тому +4

      Justin Y. You have fell...

    • @conquerer4498
      @conquerer4498 5 років тому

      Justin Y. Here you are again

    • @conquerer4498
      @conquerer4498 5 років тому +1

      AVeryGenericName cause this video doesnt have that much views lol

    • @lerealzinc
      @lerealzinc 5 років тому

      Justin Y...the legendary commenting ninja...

  • @haljack9220
    @haljack9220 3 роки тому +3

    Today I begin to pray Maria that I set her picture the wallpaper of my smartphone.

  • @duantorruellas716
    @duantorruellas716 4 роки тому

    Between 4:44 and 4 :46 there is a brief flash of a face on the hood of the exhaust over the stove , mid screen to the right.
    I just caught that . It reminded me of fight club when Brad was explaining images cut into films that people barely notice lol.

  • @inviktus1983
    @inviktus1983 5 років тому +5

    Another excellent video Niyat! Thank you for creating great content like this :)

  • @kingslayer4644
    @kingslayer4644 5 років тому +4

    In one of the episodes of John Constantine, he actually invites the demon Pazuzu to his body..........that was one of the best episodes

    • @ArtofLunatik
      @ArtofLunatik 5 років тому +1

      King Slayer fuck yeah i love that episode.

  • @danthomas2146
    @danthomas2146 5 років тому +1

    Excellent presentation! Interestingly, there was a Japanese fantasy film released in 1968 called " Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare" that features the exact scenario as "The Exorcist" . Namely, some archeologists in Irag exploring an ancient temple unwittingly release an archaic demon. Only in this film, the demon flies to Japan and posseses a benevolent samurai lord.

  • @Luckimee
    @Luckimee 3 роки тому +1

    I remember watching this in the middle of the day by myself as a kid. I turned it off and just sat there a moment.

  • @DirtySouthJR
    @DirtySouthJR 4 роки тому +11

    "I know there are far scarier movies that have been made since"
    Name one.
    Edit: this comment was already made almost word for word. Yet no scarier movies were named. I wonder what the video creator had in mind. I have yet to find a movie thats even AS SCARY before or after .

    • @clementcachico5240
      @clementcachico5240 4 роки тому +4

      The Thing is a serious contender honestly. Different kind of fear but fear nonetheless.

    • @tomowenpianochannel
      @tomowenpianochannel 4 роки тому +1

      The Thing

    • @nyenone5514
      @nyenone5514 4 роки тому

      It won’t really matter, because you’re not going to change your mind no matter what people say

  • @ArkaeaFCL3
    @ArkaeaFCL3 5 років тому +9

    Could you do the demons and angels of constantine??

  • @hb5723
    @hb5723 5 років тому +2

    There's never been a scarier possession movie. It still stands as the best of the sub genre

  • @PandaFG
    @PandaFG 4 роки тому +1

    Can anyone explain why the demon likes cold temperatures?

  • @aldwyck7177
    @aldwyck7177 4 роки тому +6

    Stay Humble and focused. Banishing and being feared by a presence like that would build a reputation. Which is inherently not bad. But if your Ego is built up to the degree of Pshh. I beat him before! You're showing your weakness.

  • @wyntersteele1a
    @wyntersteele1a 5 років тому +7

    There is not a movie out that is more petrifying than this movie. Many years later and this movie still holds up. I have not watched it again since I viewed it alone at fourteen.

    • @lazarolechon1
      @lazarolechon1 5 років тому +1

      “I haven’t seen this movie in years, but I just know it holds up”

    • @tootsiedawn2016
      @tootsiedawn2016 5 років тому +1

      I bought the directors cut. It has the deleted scenes that weren't in the original movie. Plus it has a commentary from William Friedkin, the director, that you can watch that explains the movie in great detail.
      There are a couple of Prequel movies too. They show how Father Merrin first came into contact with Pazuzu. Then, of course, you have The Exorcist II : The Heretic and The Exorcist 3. They are all good movies. None are as scary as the first, but they all tie into the first movie. You should check them out. 😉

    • @tootsiedawn2016
      @tootsiedawn2016 5 років тому

      MetalBirdProductions actually your smartass quote isn't correct. If you are quoting someone, you have to do it word for word. Otherwise you are paraphrasing not quoting. You might want to keep that in mind the next time you try to poke fun at someone else's comment. Otherwise you just make yourself look like the dumbass you are.

    • @antonluerre6929
      @antonluerre6929 5 років тому

      Its not that scary anymore to me cause ive seen it so much and i have the directors cut and original but the conjuring is just as good

    • @dufftheduff7335
      @dufftheduff7335 5 років тому

      You should and watch it again, it doesn't hold up at all.

  • @Goddessvenom
    @Goddessvenom 5 років тому +2

    Joe Pazuzu and I come to sell you Izuzus! Seriously though the theme song had a weird triggering effect on me when I was a child and I would get crazy violent if somebody didn’t change the channel or stop playing it immediately. Till this day my best friend thinks I might be a sleeper agent and this is my trigger lol!

  • @ryan4327
    @ryan4327 4 роки тому

    This is a Halloween staple on my home network and one of the five main ones I save to watch every Halloween night.

  • @shockanplays3735
    @shockanplays3735 5 років тому +12

    The one dislike is pazuzu

  • @kennethsatria6607
    @kennethsatria6607 5 років тому +24

    That thing about pregnancy is interesting...
    enemy of my enemy and all.

    • @Emess_902
      @Emess_902 3 роки тому

      Yea just dont put yourself in that situation friend. Make your come up

  • @hermesdeclaro7720
    @hermesdeclaro7720 5 років тому +1

    This movie traumatized me to this day. I cannot look at any of the clips in this movie for more than 5 seconds. It scarred me for life.

  • @The_truth_is_in_the_dream
    @The_truth_is_in_the_dream 5 років тому +1

    I really loved this one . You thinking about doing any for The Paranormal series ?

  • @lambuffie
    @lambuffie 4 роки тому +7

    Take a shot every time he says Pazuzu

    • @plk5520
      @plk5520 3 роки тому

      I tried it. Had to toss in the towel at the 3:45 mark.

  • @mynameiscam75
    @mynameiscam75 5 років тому +5

    I once saw The Exorcist while tripping on acid. Was awesome

    • @humphrey4976
      @humphrey4976 4 роки тому +1

      I watched 28 days later on mushrooms. It was terrifying and I still can’t watch it.

  • @Wolfie66
    @Wolfie66 3 роки тому +1

    To me, The Exorcist touches a deep fear that few other movies do. It has incredible atmosphere that seems non existent in horror films in the last few decades. A few other films that meet this criteria of "deep fear" and "atmospheric" are The Shining, The Omen and Hereditary. This is, of course, my opinion.

    • @diplomasaurus4232
      @diplomasaurus4232 10 місяців тому

      Yeah, the slow, creeping dread as the nefarious plot builds momentum.

  • @Sir_Stalwart
    @Sir_Stalwart 3 роки тому +1

    The Exorcist is so damn great!! One of the finest movies ever made! It's almost 20 years older than me, but damn do I love it! Same with Jaws. Classic horror/thrillers is the best, you really can't top them!

  • @stewiedog01
    @stewiedog01 5 років тому +4

    You forgot to add that Pazuzu earned his freedom by saving Dr. Farnsworth from being sucked into the fountain of youth

  • @samuelj5358
    @samuelj5358 5 років тому +23

    The way she came Down the stairs nope 🙅🏽‍♂️

    • @renivideht
      @renivideht 5 років тому +1

      When I was 9 or 10, one of my classmates made a show of how flexible she was, and did something like that. It freaked us out but more so the adults... there was an immediate parent-teacher meeting the following week regarding kids watching horror movies. It wasnt as a big deal for me as Ive never seen the exorcist before that but in my mind, it was truly a childhood hallmark of weird sht kids do.

  • @tt8807
    @tt8807 5 років тому

    This was rented for me for a sleepover in the 6th grade. I had never heard of the movie nor knew a single thing about it. Let’s just say I was terrified to even see a clip of the movie for the next 20+ years! Thanks mom!

  • @zombeicat2485
    @zombeicat2485 5 років тому +1

    Great video, man your channel is so awesome! A question: Have you ever explained 1982 Poltergeist? its one of the best horror movies to my opinion....

    • @aliensoup2420
      @aliensoup2420 2 роки тому

      Poltergeist is more of a cartoon thrill-ride.