Pazuzu ( the Exorcist ) - wikipedia Pazuzu ( the Exorcist ) For other uses, see Pazuzu ( disambiguation ). Pazuzu The Exorcist character Linda Blair as Regan MacNeil possessed by Pazuzu First appearance The Exorcist ( novel ) Last appearance The Exorcist ( TV series ) Created by William Peter Blatty Portrayed by Eileen Dietz ( Film ) Robert Emmet Lunney ( TV series ) Voiced by Mercedes McCambridge, Linda Blair and Ron Faber ( I ) Karen Knapp ( II ) Colleen Dewhurst ( III ) Rupert Degas ( IV ) Mary Beth Hurt ( V ) David Hewlett ( TV ) Information Species Demon Gender Male Assyrian demon Pazuzu, first millennium BCE Pazuzu is the main antagonist in The Exorcist horror novels and film series, created by William Peter Blatty. Blatty derived the character from Assyrian and Babylonian mythology, where Pazuzu was considered the king of the demons of the wind, and the son of the god Hanbi. In The Exorcist, Pazuzu appears as a demon who possesses Regan MacNeil. Pazuzu is often depicted as a combination of animal and human parts with his right hand pointing upwards and his left hand downwards. He has the body of a man, the head of a lion or dog, eagle - like taloned feet, two pairs of wings, a scorpion 's tail, and a serpentine penis. Contents 1 Appearances 1.1 Novels 1.2 Films 1.3 Television 2 Concept and creation 3 Portrayal 3.1 Make - up effects 4 In popular culture 5 References 6 External links Appearances Novels Pazuzu first appeared in William Peter Blatty 's The Exorcist in 1971. The novel is about a 12 - year - old girl, Regan MacNeil, possessed by a demon. The demon is later revealed to be Pazuzu ; though never explicitly stated to be the demon, two references were made about his statue, which was uncovered in the prologue by Father Lankester Merrin in northern Iraq. After Regan 's mother worries about her daughter being possessed, Merrin and Karras arrive at her house and perform an exorcism on Regan and successfully force the demon out of Regan 's body. In their struggle to free Regan from the thrall of Pazuzu, both priests perish. Pazuzu returns in Legion, wanting to take revenge for being thrown out of Regan 's body. He does this by driving the Gemini Killer 's soul into Father Damien Karras 's dead body. Although not directly identified as Pazuzu, the Gemini Killer refers to `` others '' who would see his work continue. In the end of the novel, the Gemini Killer leaves the body of Father Karras following the death of the killer 's father, the driving force behind the Gemini Killer 's crimes. Films Two years after the novel was published, The Exorcist was released in theaters as a motion picture. In the beginning of the film, Father Merrin finds a ruined statue of the demon during a dig in Iraq. The majority of the film deals with Regan 's demonic possession by a being she initially refers to as `` Captain Howdy. '' The demon is ultimately exorcised out of Regan 's body after Merrin dies of a heart attack, and Father Damien Karras sacrifices himself by luring the demon into his body and then hurling himself through a window and down the infamous flight of stairs leading down to M Street NW, in Georgetown. In Exorcist II : The Heretic, Pazuzu is named as the demon and returns to haunt Regan. There are flashbacks of Merrin battling the demon in Regan and also flashbacks of Merrin 's exorcism of Pazuzu from a boy named Kokumo in Africa many years earlier. In the end of the film, Regan and Father Lamont, who has been trying to help her, but has become possessed by Pazuzu, return to Georgetown. After a struggle, he declines Pazuzu 's offer of power and Regan banishes Pazuzu, appearing in the form of locusts. The Exorcist III takes place 15 years after the original film. The film was adapted by Blatty from his own novel. Lieutenant Kinderman, who was also in the original film, has been on a murder case about mysterious deaths committed by an anonymous person. It is later found out that Pazuzu convinced the Gemini Killer, who died at the same time as Father Karras, to inhabit his body as punishment for saving Regan. However, as result of his suicide, his brain was severely damaged, which demons / spirits need when they possess a body. The Gemini Killer spent years stimulating his brain so he would be of use, and then began committing murders by possessing the bodies of the other inhabitants of the hospital where Karras had been staying. In the end of the movie after a turbulent exorcism is done, Karras regains control of the body and asks Kinderman to kill him, which he does by shooting him in the head, keeping him from being possessed again. In Exorcist : The Beginning and Dominion : Prequel to the Exorcist, Pazuzu is shown in his first encounter with Father Merrin in Africa in the duel that `` nearly kills Merrin, '' referenced in the very first movie. Although the plot of both of these versions center around Merrin 's African exorcism many years earlier, they take a sharp departure from the original scenes in Exorcist II : The Heretic where Merrin exorcises a young boy named Kokumo on a mountaintop. No effort was made to keep the stories consistent beyond that central idea. Television In The Exorcist television series, which is presented as a sequel to the original film, Pazuzu continues its pursuit of Regan and possesses her daughter Casey. After nearly killing Casey, the demon is able to possess Regan again and is almost able to take complete control of her mind. However, with the aid of the priest Father Tomas and her family, Regan fights back against Pazuzu, regaining control of her mind, just as Father Tomas exorcises the demon from her body. Concept and creation William Peter Blatty 's creations of Pazuzu and The Exorcist were based on a heavily reported series of 1949 events in St. Louis, Missouri concerning the possession of a 14 - year - old known as `` Robbie Mannheim '' ( or sometimes `` Roland Doe '' ). Blatty, who was a student at Georgetown University, read about the story in Washington, D.C. newspapers and created The Exorcist twenty years later. Portrayal In the first film, Linda Blair played Regan. Mercedes McCambridge provided the majority of Pazuzu 's dialogue, most notably in all the scenes with Fathers Karras and Merrin. In earlier scenes, Pazuzu 's voice is provided by Linda Blair herself in some scenes, and Ron Faber in others. The face of Pazuzu is provided by Eileen Dietz, who also plays Regan during the vomiting, levitation and masturbation scenes. Pazuzu is mostly manifested by a swarm of locusts in Exorcist II : The Heretic, though is also shown possessing the young Regan and a young boy named Kokumo during flashback sequences. While the stand - in for the young Regan is uncredited, the possessed Kokumo was played by Joey Green, and all of Pazuzu 's dialogue in the film is provided by Karen Knapp. The Exorcist III is the only film in which Pazuzu does not have a physical manifestation, though it still does have a few lines of dialogue, which are voiced by Colleen Dewhurst. In Exorcist : The Beginning and Dominion : Prequel to the Exorcist, the victims possessed by Pazuzu are played by Izabella Scorupco and Billy Crawford respectively, and the voices of Pazuzu are Rupert Degas in the former film and Mary Beth Hurt in the latter. In The Exorcist television series, Pazuzu in its natural form is portrayed by Robert Emmet Lunney. Its victims are an older Regan, portrayed by Geena Davis, and Regan 's daughter Casey, portrayed by Hannah Kasulka. Make - up effects There are several scenes in which the viewer can see the face of Pazuzu flashing quickly on the screen in The Exorcist. In his `` true form '', Pazuzu resembles a rather heavy, gaunt - white face with dark rings around his dull, red eyes and brown, crooked, rotting teeth. The demon mask used in the movie Onibaba ( 1964 ) inspired William Friedkin to use a similar design for the makeup in the shots. In these shots, the demon is played by actress Eileen Dietz, who underwent makeup tests for the `` possessed Regan '', wore one of the alternate make - ups in her role as the demon. In popular culture Pazuzu has been featured in numerous spoofs / parodies. A notable example is Scary Movie 2, in which the scenes of the exorcism of Regan are spoofed in the prologue. The character was also spoofed in the film Repossessed ; Linda Blair starred in the film and reprised her role as the demon. In the Highlander television series, the statue of Pazuzu is used during a storyline in which Duncan MacLeod duels a Satan - like being. A statue resembling Pazuzu appears in the Gorillaz 's music video for `` Rock It ''. Pazuzu is also depicted in the cover art of their 2007 compilation album D - Sides, designed by Jamie Hewlett. Band vocalist 2D is also sometimes depicted wearing a `` Captain Howdy '' T - shirt. A statue of Pazuzu appears in the Once Upon a Time episode `` There 's No Place Like Home '', as one of the unpredictable artifacts in Rumplestilskin 's vault. The manga series Black Butler has a parody on the inside covers of each volume, and the one for Volume XX features a parody of the original Exorcist movie. It shows the boy earl crab - walking down the stairs after touching a statue of the demon Sebas. Sebastian, his demon butler, reveals that he 's only holding the boy up as the kid goes down the stairs. Their gardener, Finny, portrays the Father Karras role. Pazuzu is the name of a gargoyle in the animated television series Futurama. In Beyond Wrestling, the current dominant heel stable is called Team Pazuzu. The original film was parodied in Saturday Night Live, season 1, episode 4, featuring guest host Richard Pryor as Father Karras. References Jump up ^ Warner Bros. copyright date ; release date of 1974 Jump up ^ The Exorcist Jump up ^ `` TEAM PAZUZU : Best Indie Wrestling Faction in a Decade ? ''. The Jon Harder.com. January 30, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2015. Jump up ^ `` SNL Transcripts : Richard Pryor : 12 / 13 / 75 : Exorcist II ''. snltranscripts.jt.org. Retrieved 2017 - 02 - 14. External links Pazuzu on IMDb The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty Novels The Exorcist ( 1971 ) Legion ( 1983 ) Films The Exorcist ( 1973 ) Exorcist II : The Heretic ( 1977 ) The Exorcist III ( 1990 ) Exorcist : The Beginning ( 2004 ) Dominion : Prequel to the Exorcist ( 2005 ) Television The Exorcist ( 2016 -- present ) Characters Regan MacNeil Father Damien Karras Father Lankester Merrin Pazuzu Related articles Exorcist steps The Exorcist : Italian Style ( 1975 ) The Ninth Configuration ( 1980 ) Repossessed ( 1990 ) The Exorcist ( play ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pazuzu_(The_Exorcist)&oldid=804715150 '' Categories : Fictional demons and devils Fictional mass murderers Fictional characters with superhuman strength Horror film characters Literary villains The Exorcist Fictional characters introduced in 1971 Characters in American novels of the 20th century Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Hrvatski Italiano Edit links This page was last edited on 10 October 2017, at 18 : 06. 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Question: the name of the demon in the exorcist
Answer: Pazuzu