The Post Quiz: The Exorcist
Created | Updated Apr 16, 2017
How much do you know about everybody's favourite scary movie?
The Post Quiz: The Exorcist
Some Create challenges are harder to match quizzes to than others. So this week, the Editor put the stretchers on the topic of 'The Devil Made Me Do It', and came up with The Exorcist. See if you know, or can guess, some fun facts about this scary movie.
Short answers.
- The film was based on the novel by William Peter Blatty. What stunt did the fun-loving Blatty pull in the 1950s that might have been appreciated by Sasha Baron Cohen?
- The bed jumps around a lot during The Exorcist. How was this achieved?
- What special effect was used to show clouds of the actors' breath during possession scenes?
- There's a drunken beggar in a key scene. Vinny Russell played him. Where did the casting director find him?
- What was remarkable about the actor who played Father Dyer?
- Max von Sydow, who played the priestly lead, confessed to the director that he had a problem with acting this story. What was von Sydow's problem?
- Part of The Exorcist was filmed in Iran. What baggage-related problem did the director face?
- Okay, we need to mention the projectile vomiting. What product was used for this amazing special effect?
- Speaking of the projectile vomiting, what requisite did many theatres hand out with tickets to The Exorcist?
- What actress from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was first considered for the role of the possessed child in The Exorcist?
I almost hate to ask this, but. . . no, I can resist anything but temptation. Is your head spinning? (Sorry. The devil made me do that.) Click the picture for answers and more gossip.
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