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  • Dang Linda is hot!!!!!

  • To think there's gullible people who still belive in shit like Exorcisms to this day.... Sigh.

  • My parents took me to see "The Exorcist" when I was five years old, so as you can imagine, I have vivid memories of the film. It is still frightening. (I should say despite that lapse I have WONDERFUL parents.) Anyway, this is a fascinating interview. Thanks for posting. It would have been even more interesting if Mercedes McCambridge had agreed to appear. She sounded bitter about the film, but was AMAZING. Thanks again.

  • She sounds a bit like Miley Cyrus, doesn't she?

  • exorcist - 1973, a film classic but one thing i could never understand about the film is when reagans possessed by pazuzu, she has all these injuries, her head spins around on her shoulders , she stabs herself violently in her privates. then when shes cured, all her injuries just magically disappear?

    i mean wouldn't she be severely wounded mortally or need a medical emergency right away?

  • @kelyoph Well, something did! Oh, I'm not saying that it was some kind of demon that made my mattress vibrate. But I can tell you...I remember it like it was yesterday. It was bizarre, and felt very real to me at the time. And I was wide awake, too. Freaked me out! Make no mistake, the premise of The Exorcist is that a dis-embodied spirit, in this case the devil, entered the body of a young girl. I have NO DOUBT that this can and does happen, more often than you might think. Yes!

  • @WickedTornado the devil didn't possess the girl, Pazuzu did.

  • jason miller looks like he's on drugs.

  • @Drahgma

    Alcoholism. It eventually killed him.

  • Yes it did scare me because "religion" & exorcisms are real and this is losely based on a real exorcism -- its a masterpiece from top to bottom...... and remains as intense 37 years later

  • @TheHenderson31 You are right in all you said here. A masterpiece from top to bottom.

  • @WickedTornado no you were just paranoid lol i feel your pain

  • i was scared for life for a kid, oh why....

  • Jason Miller looks spun out.

  • Oh boy, I remember the winter of '73 in Crete, Nebraska. A bunch of my college buds and I drove my 64 Fairlane 2dr. the 40 miles into Lincoln in snowy, drifty weather...smoking the bong the entire way...to go see this movie. Naturally, we just sat in that theatre silently and got our minds blown. There wasn't much talking on the way back, either. I swear to God, that nite back in my ancient old dorm, with my mattress on the floor as my bed, it frickkin' kept vibrating. I'm not joking. It did.

  • @WickedTornado The answer to that query is simple,

    that was some good shit in that bong of yours.

  • @WickedTornado I just happened on this site and saw your post. I also attended that movie on a cold winter's night at the State theatre down on O street!!! I recall feeling chilled in more ways than one.....it definitly, for it's time, was the most frightening thing I have ever , or ever will see!!!

  • @janmuldoon What year did you see it....same as me...either '73 or '74? Was the State theatre an indoor theatre? Was it on the south side of O Street?

    Wouldn't that have been wild if we would have been inside that place at the same time?

    I don't remember much about Lincoln after that. Actually, my family moved to Arizona in '61, but I went to Doane Coll. my frosh year, then moved back. As a kid in Lincoln, we lived in an area called Eastridge. Great place for a kid!

  • What the hell with Jason Miller? He looks very differently.

  • i think seeing this film as a devout catholic (or some other kind of christian group) who also believes in satan or an evil presence in the universe, would definitely kick it up a few more notches in terms of the fear factor. also, the scientific skepticism of the doctors who finally gave into the girl getting an exorcism (her belief in possession caused it, so her belief in the power of exorcism will make it disappear) really gave the film depth and intelligence, unlike most other horror films.

  • I LOVE THIS FILM¡¡¡¡¡

  • What's the name of of the host? She's very professional.

  • @kelyoph That was Joan Lunden. You probably remember her with much less hair. She was around for a long long time. I hate these type of shows....the ones where each time the camera pans to another host they all chirp " good morning so-and-so" "Good morning" "Oh...good morning!!" They tend to get really syruppy. Not only that, they're ALL heavily liberal.

  • @WickedTornado Thanks

  • Joan London

  • @nmatos2005 Thanks

  • she look so cute here precious linda blair awww such a delight : )

  • how the hell did u get the video = =

  • that rocked tho i wish there was more

  • Is it true that actually an other girl was acting "Regan", but than she died, because she become mentally ill after shooting this movie? Maybe its a rumer but I would be lucky if anyone of you knows the truth :) Thaaanks a lot

  • @CokokeksBL Not true. There was another actress who did some of the stunt work on the film, Eileen Dietz, who also played the scary looking face that keeps popping up throughout the film. Her parts made it into the final cut, so in some of the more risque scenes, It's Dietz and not Blair.

  • @osfs3411 Mh okay, so it was just a rumer. Thank you for answering, now I could sleep well :D Because I was realy scared when I heard that someone died, it was kind of wierd.

  • interview should of been longer, they hardly get to talk much :(

  • damn, i want to see this so badly..i bought the book a week ago and my mom bout had a fit. she told me that if i wanted to read the book that the book was not to leave the comoforts of my bedroom...ever!

  • wtf?

  • The first question i'd ask her. " Can you really walk down the stairs that way?"

  • @BreBreSaur no she cant, and the girl who did was on wires...;)

  • @Dravenswraith Stalking Raven much? [x

  • the exorcist theme is in call of duty black ops

    zombies !!!! ! !!! !!!!

  • Prople who find this Mvie Not-scary probly don't believe in God..."

  • Funny how this was a "re-union" in the 80's. It's an old film but it still stands up today.

  • Linda is sexy

  • All star cast

  • I think someone's head turning full circle would be a lot more likely than a person levitating. If the skin doesn't tear it would stay on and there a some animals whose heads can turn that way.

  • @gallstonethefirst levitation has been documented in cases of exorcism.

  • @TemplarsSword85 Levitation has also taken place and documented at several paranormal events. It happens.

  • Linda Blair = one of the hottest shits i've seen

  • @therealplease But she must have been through hell since this movie.... imagine how many times a dude has brought up the crucifix scene.

  • @Mwtorres24 she looked hot in that time. right now shes probably all old and shit! lol!

  • the best horror film ever..........

  • Jason Miller was an underrated actor and this was his finest performance.

  • @palpatine17 so true

  • wow, she is so hot, i love her!

  • Linda is so darling!

  • She sounds like Cindi Lauper!

  • i seriously love linda she is beautyful

  • Fuck, Linda Blair was hot.

  • @23FWN - Rick James used to hit that. 

  • @smoothpants Seriously....Rick James??? Nahhhhh.

  • I can't believe she got so tormented for doing this film her parents too. and what is with that fucking human dog bullshit all over the place IS THIS REAL OR FAKE? IT IS FUCKED UP! get your stupid brainless piece of shit you call art off of you tube its stupid and you are a sick mother fucker like a Dahmer to put this shit on here FUCK You flew and flew way over the coo coo's nest you sick minded fuck!

  • She's a cutie

  • I think that some people who say the film is funny do so to avoid the emotional reaction you might have if you allowed yourself to buy into it. Even if you find the basic premise funny or unbelievable, there are still some viscerally disturbing moments; Regan getting tests done at the hospital, for instance. Not humorous or campy at all.

  • Ellen Burstyn is the best actress that has ever lived.

  • Now this movie makes me laugh but it's a exelent movie

    pd. blair it's beatiful in the movi but with the makeup mmmmmm stil pretty

  • whats jason miller doing at 1:19 - 1:25

  • @Poppyvoldemort looks like he's got some chick giving him a smoker,and he's controlling her head..up and down of course.

  • This makes scary maze not scary. -.-

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  • blairs tits.

  • One of the rumors/stories in the mid to late 70s was the book was based on Shirley MacLaine and her daughter (the possessed child) and not the 1949 Maryland boy. I saved articles from all horror movies when I was really young (this film was my last for some reason)...and I remember reading that small excerpt regarding Shirley MacLaine and how angry she was at the accusation. Funny how she became very spiritual in the late 70s and early 80s. MacLaine and MacNeil...sort of an anagram? ;)

  • @Raisioa Well ive found that people who didn't find this movie scary or instead found it funny were the ones who were too shallow to take in the meaning of it. As in those who literally just watch but don't think.

  • @EzpionHD Some movies require imagination to watch, unlike most of the movies today that serve it all out on a plate without any thought involved.

  • @EzpionHD or maybe they were people who know better, because there is no such thing as the devil, no such thing as ghosts, it has never proven anything. why should i be scared of something that doesnt exist? it is only the weak minded and ignorants that feel scared of something unreal and unproven

  • @bebeto158 So you believe in werewolves? Vampires? Or were you NEVER scared of anything you saw in a horror film? That's why i dislike that argument.

  • @EzpionHD i think with 2days movies,saw,etc,we r desensitized 2 things.i didnt think much of the movie personally.i can see why it was such a major deal back then.i understand the meaning fully,just found the movie dull.sorry.

  • @EzpionHD What an utterly ridiculous thing to say.

    The film isn't scary. It's an absolute masterpiece, but it isn't scary. The thought is scary. But such events are not impossible.

    It has some of the greatest acting in of all time and is one of the best directed films of all time. I watch the film with reverence, taking in all that it is.

    But I didn't find a single scene to be scary. At all. I found some to be disturbing and gross, but fear wasn't produced.

  • @Shenanigans07 Ridiculous ?

    I hope you realize my the word fear can be used in different contexts?

    As in for horror movies people would use the word scary to describe them very commonly.

    By your logic i would say that i haven't seen a single file i found "scary"

    My whole comment was about the people commenting about finding the film "funny" and not taking in the meaning behind it.

    I agree with the rest of your points though

  • "Saw" and "Scream" are comedies compared to this film.

  • @osfs3411 To be fair, I think "Scream" was supposed to be a comedy of sorts. I didn't like it; but that is my understanding.

  • @saintoccasionally Yeah, Scream is a horror/comedy, for sure. That comment was in response to a different comment that said "Saw" and "Scream" were scarier than "The Exorcist".

  • @osfs3411 Somebody said that? Asinine. 

  • @osfs3411 SAW and Scream aren't really that scary in the first place. Great films, but not scary.

  • @osfs3411 "saw" is sick, and so cheap. 

  • @osfs3411 which was the most scary in your opinion. The exorcist or the thing?

  • @kalllesvensson "The Exorcist" is more scary to me, but "The Thing" is an amazing film and John Carpenter is my favorite director.

  • @osfs3411 I agree! The Thing is very atmospheric! Great film!

  • @osfs3411 this movie did not phase me at all, maybe because i was not and am not a religious man but in all honesty i have never seen a movie that has truly scared me besides Aliens.

  • Interesting that GMA uses stills from 'Exorcist II: The Heretic' when discussing Linda Blair as Regan or Max von Sydow as Father Merrin. Linda Blair did not play Regan possessed in 'The Heretic' as she refused to submit to the make-up process once again. Another actress played that role.

  • jason miller r.i.p

  • that movie was so fucking scare

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  • SHE SOUNDS LIKE 'ELASTIC GIRL' FROM "THE INCREDIBLES"!!!!!!

  • @jlcdltofficial At the time, it was scary. Possibly the scariest film of the era. I mean, look at the other movies of the time, then watch The Exorcist. It's absolutely horrifying in comparison!

  • @jlcdltofficial :OO so true!

  • Lol 3:17 "inFLUence."

  • @ajpianoman1 don't make unnecessary comments, mate

  • @johnpaulsialafau I meant nothing by it. I just thought it was funny the way she pronounced it :) I love her though; She's awesome :)

  • "There was levitation in the actual case"....Buh buh buh bullll shit!

    Awesome movie though!

  • ela ta linda *-*

  • "I tried to explain to Billy that the head cannot turn 360 degrees. It falls off."

    LMAO

  • Linda Blair goes hard

  • linda blair, my favorite actress and eternal!!

    love you very much. s2

  • Jason Miller was so great & awesome actor.. i think he's jason patric's father .. the actor from the Lost Boys..

  • This is what my ideal woman would look like. She is perfection.

  • omg she sounds like bart from the simpsons

  • she was fine back then...damn

  • Linda Blair's laugh is adorable! :3

  • Linda Blair was smokin hot

  • tubular bells is tha opening...sweet

  • 4:04

    She's trying to avoid saying that everyone quotes the "Your mother sucks cocks" line.

  • metanse a regan por el culo hijos de la gran puta.

  • There was not levitation in the actual case. The author's say so doesn't make it so, but very creative story.

  • They all look creepy.

  • Linda blair looks beautiful 

  • Linda Blair and Jason Miller really made that movie. Both performances were utterley fantastic for the time, no child actor today could pull off such a gravitas performance. Bravo to both. She ended up beautiful. And Jason was phenomenal.

  • i remember there used to be this rumor long ago... back where i used to live that the actor jason miller was killed in a grizzly accident on a beach somewhere by having a motorbike run over his head crushing it.

    the dumb rumors that started when this classic movie first hit the cinema houses.

  • @cujo9 Oddly, there's actually some truth to that rumour. It was Jason's son, not Jason himself, who was run over by the motorbike on the beach. He didn't die but he was severely injured and put in intensive care.

  • @cujo9 that happened to the woman who sings fairy tale of new york by the pogues a great band from here in ireland. a jet sky ran into her

  • A nightmare on elm street is the scariest movie ever made...

    The Exorcist is the second scariest.

  • @shadowman2192 Go see a clip of a 70's movie on youtube : Suspiria best scenes...

  • and i swear this is the scariest movie ive ever seen..i love scary movies but this one ALWAYS made it hard for me to sleep at night lolz

  • Scariest movie of all time. Period. I laugh at movies like "The Ring" and "The Grudge" and "Saw" and all that other stupid crap.

  • @AllUrUtubeRbelong2me I will agree with you that The Exorcist is (hands down) the scariest movie ever. The Ring was pretty scary to me, but I will say that all Horror movies now-a-days cannot even come close to what the Exorcist did.

  • @gregpicadash Scary movies now a days, to you maybe, arent as scary as the Exorcist, to you. But think about the kids who grow up in this generation, the movies we have these days deff scare the living hell out of us, not gonna lie, The Ring was deff my Exorcist, that shit scarred me for life.... lol. I'm guessing you're a lot older than me if the Exorcist scared you, it made me laugh, only because the affects those days were.. not what we have today lol

  • @chestneychiller1 Don't tell me that special effect or awsome today... today they look like cartoons or video games. But, if you are young enough, may be it is a question of habit.

  • @WALTKRIEG I dont see how you think that, the exorcist and any other movie back then didnt have the technology it does today, thats why I drool of boredom when I watch old horror films, they dont scare me. Todays films scare the shit out of me. Even my mom agreees todays stuff is better, but the exorcist scared her too when she was younger.

  • @chestneychiller1 its got nothing to do with the fx. the writing, acting, direction and imagination was far superior back in the day. nowadays its all cgi or as i call it, cartoons.

  • @loveallthepeople1000 Cartoons are drawn. CGI is computer generated images, two different things. But i see what you mean as far as story lines for todays films go, nothing is ever original, and if it is, it sucksss.

  • @chestneychiller1 : I partially agree that age plays a part in “taste”, but thankfully I find that it is not always the case. Many age groups have told me that The Exorcist played on the physiological and psychological senses, causing a horrific impact because it felt real or it could actually happen. Ultimately, I’m sure you would agree that regardless of age, it's a matter of taste. "The Ring" was very scary! I couldnt look at the TV for a week. I thought that girl would come out of it! LOL

  • @gregpicadash Agreed. lol. The Ring to me, affected me the same way the Exorcist did my mom, Samara is like Reagan to me, scary. And if she was ever near me I swear I'd shit lol.

  • @AllUrUtubeRbelong2me The Ring was good.. story line was dumb I agreee with that, theres no such thing as a killer video tape lol. But that shit was mad scary, Samara scarred me for life and I didnt watch tv for a long ass time, but you are right about some movies these days, they're stupid as fuck cause no one can come up wth a good idea anymore...

  • public image limited does a song about this called annalisa.

  • Linda Blair was hot as fuck back in the day wasn't she?

  • @Mandalore863 She still is.

  • Jason Miller was scary good

  • best film horror»

  • PPL ARE SOOOOOOOOOO EVIL. who in their right mind gives death threats to a 14yrs old. ppl are also VERY gulible. ITS A MOVIE ITS NOT REAL. WOW this movie took a lot of work to accomplish. what yr was this interview.

  • @hugbiugugiwb How many little girls do you know named after famous Republican politicians?

  • I was six years old when this film came out. I remember my sister coming home after seeing it and telling us about it. Her descriptions of the film alone were enough to traumatize me into sleeping with the light on for weeks. I didn't watch the film until I was a teenager, and it had the same effect as it did when I was six--slept with the light on for weeks.

  • Turning your head all the way around is impossible just as levitation is impossible. The movie was entertaining but just a movie.

  • shit i love this tone..it sends me to some other world ,,,not a scary one though

  • I want to see Linda Blair's reaction to the scary maze game...

  • @fritzyfan She's 52 now...

  • @fritzyfan what scary maze game??? where can I find it?

  • @pattisgirls type in google, "scary exorcist maze game", and click one of the links and play the maze. ;)

  • @jaszablo thank you I can't wait to play it! :)

  • @pattisgirls thats okay! :D

  • @jaszablo I just played it, and I screamed so loud my kids came running in the room to see if I was ok. It was soooooo worth it, thank you!!

  • @pattisgirls oh my god same here! although i watched a lot of the youtube reactions so i was expecting her face to pop up ;) and thats okay hun :)

  • You can tell this was shot in 1983 or 84 by how they are dressed. None of the women have blue spiked hair or tattoos either. When was the last time women dressed like the women in this video? 1980s

  • Clearly this movie was made by Democrats. They called the little girl Reagan. Think about it. Ronald Wilson Reagan ... how many letters in each of his names? 6 .... 6 ..... 6

  • @ebonics4everyone in the movie, her names spelt Regan.

  • @ebonics4everyone Conspiracy theory fail...

  • She's adoooooooorrrrrable! 

  • Linda Blair is crazy hot

  • well, almost 40 years later, and tons of scary-not movies (japs do great though)... and this is still the only movie that scares the feeling of security out me

  • Dear Destroyer, Linda was born in January 22,1959..so she was in her 20's..when this interview on ABC TV's "GMA"was broadcast.

  • @TheStanbabe Yea she was 25 goin on 15 lolz

  • Linda blair was a cutie.

  • you're gonna die up there! Sheerfuzzy!

  • "would you help an alter boy father?" ... ha, I love this movie! Thanks for posting this!!

  • @WhyteChocolutt Oh gosh darnit, say it isn't so skip. You're just going to have to give me lessons on how to be more brave, seeing as how you're an expert and all =)

  • Holy shit, i would never date that girl ... no matter HOW hot or sexy she gets ....

  • year i was born lol

  • Max Von sydow is gonna do a voice over for a character in the new elder scrolls game :)

  • what was the boys real name

  • The story Ellen Burstyn told about the woman fainting in the movie theater was a classic. That's really funny; imagine waking up to see Chris Macneil trying to revive you while all this bad stuff is happening on the screen. Priceless!

  • Ahhh haaa-i thought i was the only one who felt guilty tht i was hot for a priest! lmao. He looked good for years after too! What a hottie!!

  • @thegirl44 Haha, oh bless ya. I hear you though, the film definitely stays with you. I always remember the deleted spider walk scene, don't know if you've seen it? It's where she runs down the stairs upside down and back to front. Should have been kept in the film, because I can no longer look at a staircase in the same way anymore =P

  • she use to date rick james.

  • linda blair is so hot damn i had a crush on her and still do to bad shes my moms age though lol.

  • The power of Christ compelled 28 people!!!!

  • This film made me need therapy when I was younger!

  • Max von Sydow is swedish, like me, great movie to