Key effects in this film were achieved by building the main set inside a (*) freezer and employing a few cans of pea soup.
This film's protagonist is haunted over abandoning his terminally ill mother, and an early scene sees an astronaut menaced at a party with line "you're going to die up there." Lee J. Cobb's character of Will Kinderman inspired an abysmal second sequel to this film, whose antagonist is often called Captain Howdy. Key effects in this film were achieved by building the main set inside a (*) freezer and employing a few cans of pea soup. Its antagonist, Pazuzu, faces off against a younger version of the title character, played by Stellan Skarsgard, in the 2005 prequel Dominion. That title figure warns Damien Karras that their foe will "mix lies with truth" before dying of a heart attack, and is portrayed by Max von Sydow. Father Merrin is dispatched to help Regan MacNeil in, for 10 points, what 1973 film about demonic possession?
This film's protagonist is haunted over abandoning his terminally ill mother, and an early scene sees an astronaut menaced at a party with line "you're going to die up there."
The {Exorcist}