Fifty years ago, 12-year-old Regan MacNeil (Linda Blair), the daughter of famed actress Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn), found herself possessed by a wind demon from Mesopotamia mythology called Pazuzu.

When it was made: The Neo-Assyrian period, circa 900 to 600 B.C. This small, bronze figurine is the best-known depiction of the Mesopotamian god Pazuzu, who was the inspiration for modern demons ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook “We use a new demon, no Pazuzu,” Green told IGN. “We feature a demon who studied demonologists ...

Who's the main antagonist in The Exorcist: Believer? David Gordon Green knows, but he's keeping a tight lip. "It’s not like the original film talks about Pazuzu," Green tells SFX magazine in the new ...

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Universal is having a huge horror-filled week with Chucky’s return and the debut of The Exorcist: Believer. The Exorcist is the latest historic genre franchise to join Universal and Blumhouse’s ranks.

The Exorcist: Believer director David Gordon Green has revealed that the film's demon may not be Pazuzu after all. The upcoming film brings back Ellen Burstyn as Chris MacNeil, who is seen in the ...

There are exorcism movies and Exorcist movies, and the two have never really been the same thing. While movies about possession were around long before William Peter Blatty and William Friedkin’s 1973 ...

After footage from David Gordon Green's upcoming sequel terrified CinemaCon, it's now here for all viewers to see. It sure seems like it in the first trailer released to the public for “The Exorcist: ...

House of Ashes debuted a new cinematic trailer at this year's Summer Game Fest, which culminated in a promotion for a special "Pazuzu" edition of the game. Given that the anthology is a horror series, ...

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