The Exorcist - Head-Spinning Dummy

[@GisherJohn24]

For 1973. All I can say is wow

[@kaileylanoie7182]

Your name is correct Jesus saves

[@maryamayesha1281]

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[@franciscoquiroga175]

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[@veronicazamora279]

she. did. amazing. One of the best horror films I ever seen

[@reginaldlafuentes544]

Even jesus got impressed i see🤣

[@LyricalMasterMind1]

This movie was really a head of it's time, even to this day...over 40 years later the effects are still impressive

[@toyaadams8167]

so true...I was just saying that...the special effects were flawless... they was wayyyyy before it's time...still can stand the test of time..

[@YouTubeSupportTeams]

a *head* of it's time...

[@ImBlueDaBaDeeDaBaDaa]

LyricalMasterMind1 I agree, still a *head* of its time. Lol, but in all seriousness, exactly true. Nowadays, most special effects are digital. Nobody really does these special effects real life anymore, especially making a DOLL that looks so freaking real. I never even knew it was a doll until now! It’s so lifelike and creepy!

[@jhova187]

I see what u did there 😂

[@fylecabagnot5703]

A Head of it's time!!!!!😅😅😅

[@themessenger7773]

This was one of the scariest pictures that I have ever seen. In my opinion none could top it. Back in those days, around the early 70's, the theater lines were packed with people. When seeing this movie, these people literally freaked out in the theaters. They fainted, vomited, and were ( on ambulance stretchers) carried out of the shows. This movie had a strong disturbing psychological impact on many viewers. I agree with quickstar.

[@jkllfdsa]

Amen. I saw it ALONE in a first-run theater right before it was set to FINALLY close after months in that venue. Still scariest film I've ever seen, and not because of the special effects alone. I'd read the book before going so I sort of knew what to expect. After that, I never really was a fan of horror films. The film didn't necessarily cause it. I just think real life is scary enough (just watch the news any night) & feel no need to add to that.

[@Truth72500]

I remember my father telling me people vomited I was amazed

[@michellegonzalez127]

My mom's nightmare🤣 she remembers watching it for the first and last time😱

[@matureyoungman]

Poltergiest has a similar effect. The build up of malevolence is somewhat similar

[@ネオもんが]

嘔吐ってマジですか？

[@JACOBSHLTR]

linda blair. the best jump scare meme in the 21st century.

[@mayelaangel408]

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[@EngPheniks]

😄😄😄😄

[@Emper0rH0rde]

Even in all that demonic makeup, Linda Blair is still the sweetest little thing.

[@fylecabagnot5703]

If anyone wants to hear Regan's cute little voice above all this horrific scenes.. Just search exorcist original voice Linda Blair... Happy watching!!!!!

[@fluffdegoss]

This is why I love this genre. They used traditional special effects to wow the audience. These are just classics in every sense of the word. They were awesome in their time and they still hold up even today.

[@kimratrockmetaleirof]

The best horror movie of all time, só far the effects are impressive!

[@HauntFreak13]

0:55 she's so adorable right there! hahaha

[@spike5476]

FUCK YOU NOW I HAVE NIGHTMARES

[@dw1054]

@@spike5476 LOL

[@RibbonVintageGirl]

Tfw even Linda herself is terrified of that dummy

[@giuseppinalombardo4842]

I love Regan macneil

[@themondaysdontlikeme1091]

The dummy is currently in the posession of the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, NY. The museum has a vast collection of other famous film props. I highly recommend going to see it.

[@chadmedeiros264]

With all of the CGI and other types of effects out there I still say the makeup and her eyes were the best part of this look. They looked fierce and unflinching. Nothing in the past 40 years has the same feeling I got (or get) looking at her or the prop.

[@azooreus]

When you see photos of Reagan Macneil used in things such as the Scary Maze Game, it's actually a picture of this dummy, not of Linda Blair herself. The likely reason that image terrifies so many people is due to an uncanny valley effect. It looks like a real person, and our brain is trying to read it as such, but in reality, it isn't. It's likely also why you see some damn great iteration on the makeup work done on this film, but nothing ever feels as terrifying; because you are just looking at a person's face. I think they made a good call not using Linda herself for promotional material, as that shot is timeless.

[@TheAdventuresOfJimiJaden]

0:51 this shot and angle almost looks exactly like the poster used for the movie and the Scary Maze

[@smitha5022]

As a teenager I told my mom that I had found a replica of the spinning head at a garage sale (total lie) and that I gave the guy selling it a deposit and was going to pick it up after school. I asked her for a ride and she swore to God she would abandon me in the street if I bought it home. My dad (who was in on the prank) said he would take me to pick it up. We got in the car to get Burger King. When we came back my mom was missing. She left a note saying she was staying at my aunts house and would not return until the head was out of the house. My dad said let's let her sweat a little. She was gone for 3 days! We were laughing our asses off!!!

[@jvolgelstein6278]

Smith A oh my

[@victoremanuel3151]

hahahaha

[@Gusttavo182]

Imagine waking up and see this dummy at 3am. I would not have the balls to buy a replica doll 😁

[@TonyGillenwater]

Yo that’s actually hilarious!

[@Diane_L]

The make-up legend from this movie, Dick Smith, has passed away. RIP Dick and thank you for scaring the beejeebees out of us all these years with your incredible make-up talent.

[@cleancountershot3941]

Just rewatched this movie. I watch it probably once a year. It blows my mind every single time. Whether you think it’s the scariest film ever made or not one thing nobody can deny is the practical effects ESPECIALLY for the time are as good as it gets. Amazing

[@MrPhantom95]

I would love to see someone make a prank with this!

[@animeOfDarkness405]

Closet one is scary movie excersist scene is funny

[@whiteadder2136]

This movie will probably still be remembered and considered a masterpiece 50 years from now. The scenery, dialogue, actors performances, Friedkins directing - all just clicked in this movie.

[@thornrose1990]

Until today i'm still scared on this movie. Such an excellent work from1970s. This is still better than the horror movies we have here in philippines today -_- ... remembered watching this maybe when i am still 6 years old. now, i don't know whether to watch it again or not cause most of the time i sleep 2am in the morning. HAHAHA.

[@CayenneTurboDriver]

Imagine being locked up in your bedroom at night with that doll staring at you.

[@RavenDanzig]

I must say that I give full kudos with the special FX of this classic horror. The head spinning scene gave me nightmares when I was a kid.

[@Freakazoid444]

Clicks on video "Oh this should be cool".... 0:08 "Fuck me" clicks off

[@HorrorAdmirer]

This is absolutely phenomenonal for '73!

[@gabbs74]

the Power of Christ compells you!!

[@lorenzoocon8165]

Just imagine having that doll in your house. I would not be able to sleep!

[@TheAdventuresOfJimiJaden]

0:54 Rare footage of Linda Blair sitting next to the dummy who scared little kids in the Scary Maze Game for generations to come

[@leoblin7621]

The best horror movie ever

[@yourfaceismissing]

Yes. I remember going on a field trip to a movie making museum in NY when I was in elementary school. They had the authentic Regan dummy there. The other kids crowded around it but I couldn't bring myself to look at it. I'm 20 now and I just saw this film for the first time. I think it's a pretty good flick. :)

[@saulgoodman2018]

Even that doll is scary as fuck.

[@karljameson98]

I would love to have this in my sister's bedroom

[@correypeta]

Bastard!

[@Quentin_314]

That's hella cruel I wouldn't even joke about it lol

[@Gacha_LifeStory]

If you buy this bed that will make your sister excosit or demon if you buy bed he makes her head and her killer and after the end you will take your sister at hospital he will be good and fine just pray to jesus

[@beachboy519712]

That is just too damn cool. And Linda Blair is adorable.

[@nancydavis4618]

Linda deserve an award

[@lifeispainauchocolat2926]

Her face still truamatizes people on the internet to this day

[@Glenn1441]

Blair's performance in this extraordinarily well crafted -- handcrafted in fact -- film, is so nuanced and complex that I believe she should have won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar instead of Tatum O'Neal... Yes, Tatum's performance in 'Paper Moon' was and is exceptional, especially considering her age. But Blair, who tells us she did not understand much of what she was asked to do on set, delivers a performance few adult actors could have pulled off so convincingly. Brava, Ms. Blair.

[@MrWhatdafuBOOM]

0:48 FUCKING. HEART ATTACK.

[@Quickstar989]

This is the scariest movie ever made in my mind. It unsettles me like no other movie but I watch it every time it's on because it's so damn good. The 360 degree head turn though is the one thing that bothered me because Reagan then should have been dead. Her neck was completely snapped. But ah, movies. I will suspend my belief for this one because I love it.

[@singenstattatmen5096]

Quickstar989 I have never seen the movie so I'm not very knowledgable about it at all; but from what I know I honestly wouldn't be surprised if her Body at that Point really was already dead and only being kept alive by the demon that possessed her. But then again what do I know.^^

[@Quickstar989]

Ah, you must watch it! It is a classic!

[@singenstattatmen5096]

Quickstar989 I know, I know! I'm just afraid that I might shit my pants.^^

[@Quickstar989]

First time I watched it I was only nine. I didn't sleep for 3 months. I think I was about 20ish when I made myself watch it again to get over the fear, now I'm able to always watch it but it's still disturbing. It's not a jump scare movie. It puts you in a constant state of fear and never really releases, and as things escalate you can't stop from watching even though you want to. .... that probably didn't help my argument that everyone MUST SEE THIS MOVIE.

[@singenstattatmen5096]

Quickstar989 When you were *nine*?! Man, that's messed up! And even worse is that I've read many comments now in which people said they watched it at such a young age - I wasn't even allowed to watch Pirates of the Carribean at that age.^^ But The Exorcist, really?! I'd never let my children watch something like that before they were *at least* 16, but apparently that's just me.^^ I am actually getting rather fascinated and curious by all these clips though, but I'm not quite sure if I should watch this movie all by myself, lol...

[@anne91276]

That dummy looked so real, and it was so hard to believe that it was a stand in for the real Linda Blair who I could not possibly believe that she would be able to rotate her head around completely.

[@necrosiscosplays1875]

oh crap! well, at least i wasn't planning to sleep tonight!!

[@sandradiaz-vazquez9190]

Till this day and I'm 33 years old, this movie scares the shit out of me.

[@aweamadeus9401]

I need that doll for the science

[@dmitrymedvedd]

All I can say is WOW !

[@jeremygreenidge5209]

I remember when I lived in DC and went by those steps by M Street NW a couple of times. I must say, it feel a bit eerie.

[@KaBoomChannel]

This isn't the scariest movie of all time. The scariest movie of all time is Justin Biebers movie "Believe", hands down, no horror movie even comes close. If you don't think so then you haven't seen it.

[@KRAkrabffs]

did u like the believe movie? u probally enoyed watching it :) this video aint about justin bieber

[@YDoesLifeHaveLemons]

Or one directions this is us.

[@samuelgichohi2496]

i used to scream and hold moms hand when i watched this as a child. Mom always made me feel so safe. RIP mom, il see you soon.

[@alanmaartinez]

Old but gold ;)

[@lavelbrown5026]

I was about 9 when I first saw this movie and when that head spun around it scared the hell outta me!! I'm 39 and it still creeps me out.

[@teethomas7049]

The first time my mom saw this in the theater she was 17 and she said after the first head spin she walked out lol she said she had enough

[@Bluebird9]

I would not touch that dummy. Even the Making of creeps me out.

[@theonetrueking3612]

when you realize that even linda blair was scared of possessed ragen

[@shellyhebert4377]

This movie still freaks me out, even thought I've must've seen it like 7 billion times over the years. I remember back in 1993, the had a 20th Anniversary Screening for it. My bff at the time and I, my brother and his friend went to see it. The whole theater was packed, but my brother and his friend didn't come in until halfway the movie (they were a couple of potheads, clearly was stone, and bought up most of the concession stand as a result of it). When the part came up with her turning her head completely around and focused on her for a spilt second before Jason Miller's character said, "Amen". The whole theatre was quiet, and my brothers friend bloated out loadly, "Man! That looks like my ex old-lady!" Everyone laughed and continued to laughed til the end of the movie. Even when everyone was was walking out, they were still laughing. The people standing in line for the next showing was looking like wtf? Moral of this is: See these types of movies with a couple potheads!!! 😂

[@jacobperez8959]

Linda Blair truly is the QUEEN of all horror movies past and present

[@rainielmarcos8575]

Fun fact:The priest (Max Von Sydow) was actually 43 years old during the shooting

[@thunderchaoz_5547]

oh

[@dkelly26666]

@@thunderchaoz_5547 They meant it's interesting because he was playing a frail little old man, but he was really quite young.

[@davidtecco6594]

And now, he's dead

[@LisaMDita]

I want to buy one! How cool it would be during Halloween - scarrryyyy!

[@JRoqqs25]

So that's the face where I saw being used as a pop up for that scary maze thing! It's actually the head-spinning dummy's face!

[@bajeebazus]

Some people see the film now & go "meh", but please realize something. This was '72. The scariest thing to that point was probably "Psycho" & "Rosemarys Baby" which got their shock from psychological twists. Then, suddenly, this hit like a freaking nuclear bomb. In a single explosive orgy we had gore, special effects, a script bordering on heretical. Movie goers lost their friggin MINDS. This practically invented the *true* horror genre and to this day still scares the poo out of grown adults.

[@johnplacowski4217]

thank you my brother was scared of the movie till you posted this thanks

[@sds420ss]

You can actually find replicas of the Reagan dummy. When I was in Maryland there was a store in the mall that sold costumes and party stuff and they had the Reagan dummies displayed in the window.

[@bfg1996]

I saw this dummy in person at the Museum Of Moving Images, two weeks ago, it was really cool.

[@rubyperezraya]

The 70s and 80s were the best horror movie eras. My favorite the exorcist and the evil dead

[@TheLandOfFantasy]

I agree 👍🏼

[@xXxKat3naxXx]

This movie traumatized me as a child up until now

[@xxxruffitup]

I can't wait until this movie comes out on VHS, looks like it has great special effects!

[@cookingwithunclejoe30]

0:51 if I saw that damn thing in my living room, I’d stomp on it until it’s nothing but a small brown stain. By chills

[@tartufata93]

Oh god, this is nearly 50 years ago

[@tokyopulis]

Hopefully this kind of practical arts effects in hollywood is still alive.

[@Tiberius291]

I was 13 years old when i saw this movie in 1973 and that head rotating scene rattled my nerves. ✝

[@johnnydeep6793]

INCREDIBLE !!

[@MusicDecomposer]

I wonder, was it an image of the dummy that was used in scary maze, or was it Linda?

[@hippiedreamerlove49]

Im pretty sure that picture was of Linda...

[@BeastLordofMetal]

This sort of thing seems base and dated, but it's far more believable than fucking CGI.

[@derricks2594]

No it's not... at all. CGI has advanced to the point where it has become unnoticeable.

[@hrisalek]

derrick s That's bullshit CGI is very much noticeable.

[@MrKhangboy]

Scary maze game girl:You look like me! Twin sister:I look like you.

[@anyoneaanything]

i was scared of this movie since i was 3 and i finnaly watched it by myself . i laughed and now its my favorite movie

[@lisapacheco1231]

the the scariest movie they ever made they don't make them scary no more

[@jeremygreenidge5209]

I agree. But "The Ring" is up there. They took a little girl as the monster again.

[@jonathanwhiting9419]

To no honest, is on of the best and most original horror movies

[@Bravo_Zero]

They haven't show the whole thing ever on youtube on English.

[@legendarygoji1999]

This movie was way ahead of its time in horror, and gory disturbance

[@axoxg13]

Brain: Oh! it's 12 in the midnight and you want to sleep so bad? Great! Let's go on youtube and start to watch numerous scary movie trailers until 3 am!

[@TheMightyHartley]

That dummy head is fucking terrifying. Incredible work by Dick Smith.

[@ashleyynicolehoran1645]

I love how they do the make up ITS AWESOME!!!

[@baffledbrandon6971]

I love seeing how they did stuff like this, but in a way I don't because knowing how they did everything ruins the film for me.

[@SirPlainview]

The doll is scarier than the actress

[@verushkalombardi2321]

I remember watching this movie when I was younger!The whole time I was thinking to myself "it's only a movie.. It's only a movie"!

[@Adam-qv2bd]

Stephanie Mcgarry. last house on the left tagline lol

[@TheIndependentLens]

It looks exactly like her. It's funny how it has the toggle switch on the back of the head (hidden beneath the hair); most likely to turn on the remote control eyes.

[@quadravianisaac7976]

The iconic jump-scare made

[@fylecabagnot5703]

Practical effects rule!!!!!

[@TheLandOfFantasy]

Um..... Actually, she would broke her neck at that point and be dead?

[@northwoodlandhills]

Exactly

[@Maddimwa]

Linda Blair looks so pretty when she was little.

[@shaquanjamison8161]

I miss those old school special fx, like the guy turning into a werewolf in American Werewolf in London. Still looks amazing.

[@derek978]

I'd so prefer this over CGI

[@ncast54]

Saw the movie in 1974, didn't sleep for a week. I remember sleeping with the TV and lights on

[@Jessis.ghoull]

this is one of my Fav Scary Movies I always wondered how they got her to move her head 360 degree & the dummy looks so Cool & Scary at the Sam time

[@tacobellalugosi2527]

picture yourself in 1973 !! say your 17,18 years old . everyone is talking about this new movie . the exorcist .great story and scary as hell . your in the movie theater . movie starts by the end your scared out of your mind . but yet that was really good . now here in 2019 its not so scary for horror fans after all the stuff after it . but it still holds up as the best horror film of all time . i feel with the fx and just the story alone is why.

[@mikelopez2258]

I seriously think they should make a new exorcist movie about this doll and possibly being cursed and coming to life through possession of some sort and killing and or torturing a sweet innocent family. Would make an awesome movie.

[@TheIndependentLens]

Yeah, William Peter Blatty before the movie came out thought the 360 degree head spin was way too much stating that the "supernatural is not synonymous with impossible." He said that her head would most likely fall off if she did that.

[@benturner3246]

It's so old but so good

[@Happy_HIbiscus]

dude, this is so cool

[@allseeingowl2142]

That doll is the scariest thing iv'e ever seen.

[@vazquez4910]

Wonder if anyone can watch the Exorcist with this doll sitting across the room on a couch and glance back at the doll only to find it missing.O.O

[@nissansentraglx]

considering where spfx were in 1974, they did a hell of a job with the realism on this. Shocked the hell out of people!

[@Mrbgatooo]

damn that girl has more balls than I do, I couldn't imagine watching a dummy of myself, while my head spins around, and with a freaking demon inside it. xD

[@MegaAvalicious]

dear god... if someone made a dummy like that of me.... whooooo!!!!!

[@tynicole88]

Linda Blair looks uncomfortable next to that dummy. She smiles and laughs but you can tell she doesn’t like it. I think it’s amazing that a young girl could go through with acting in this movie.

[@Flump-Master]

I legit think this dummy is where the famous jumpscare face is from

[@azooreus]

You are correct

[@norapena4701]

whoa that scared the shit out of me at 0:74