The dream sequence from The Exorcist has become legendary: Father Karras trying to make contact with his mother, she turning away and that mask, the death mask that is Pazuzu. Most horror fans know it frame by frame. But what if the original version had made it into the film as seen in this newly discovered rough cut with it's unmatched lighting between the shots of Karras and his mother? Two famous actors were used for the mother and Pazuzu roles but later the shots were scrapped in favor of unknowns. The footage would never die however. A few years later Sidney Pollack would become intrigued with the footage shot of the famous actor as the mother and build a whole film around it, even using this original footage in that film. But what if William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist, had left it in? What might have been.
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Every time I see a chuckwagon, I get chills.
Little miniature ghost chuckwagons disappearing into the kitchen cabinets really did kind of freak me out when I was a kid.
I just shit myself. Again. You keep making me shit myself.
I'm sorry. If it's any consolation, I keep peeing myself.
Bwah-ha-ha-hah!
Tony, stop that evil laugh, you'll make Bill shit his pants again.
I'm haunted by the thought that my first post didn't need the comma.
Don't trouble yourself. Sometimes people put in extra commas. It, happens.
Greg,
Thanks for the first good laugh I've had today.
My pleasure Pat. Jackie Coogan always knocks 'em dead.
This is so deja vu for me. I can still hear the ringing in my ears, "The power of Christ compels you. The power of Christ COMPELS you." I did it. I bought Bob Dylan: Christmas in the Heart. I know either Pazuzu or Dustin Hoffman was behind it, too.
I can never think of that line ("The power of Christ compels you!") without remembering the SNL spoof with Dan Aykroyd as Merrin and Richard Pryor as Karras. The levitating bed returns to the ground with a loud thud as Aykroyd chants "The power of Christ compels you!" and Pryor screams along: "The bed is on my foot! THE BED IS ON MY FOOT!!!!"
Marilyn, my son bought that too but then he owns everything Dylan has ever recorded. Everything. And he likes it.
Pat, I think of that skit too. I also always think of Richard Pryor's raunchy Exorcist routine that I had on lp back in the seventies. I've got it memorized word for word, beat for beat.
No, I didn't buy it. What do I need with a born-again Jew's snarl about Rudolph blowin' in the wind? Me not like Dylan.
I'll tell my son. The sounds of Dylan waft from his room on a regular basis. It can be quite unsettling at times.
"Your mother sews socks that smell!"
Laraine Newman scared the crap out of me! And I mean just in general.
I upchucked a Chuckwagon and shit a Tootsie Roll
I hear that's been going around. Take care of yourself and avoid dog food.
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