The Exorcist Pazuzu Statue

[ZRE1990]

I was trying to find any info about the making of the large statue of Pazuzu used in the original Exorcist. I skimmed through the "making of" documentaries and searched around the web didn't really find anything. The imdb credits are very scarce to try and find any sort of lead. Only thing I found was an article that said the statue was made by WB and got lost when it was shipped to Iraq to film the opening scene and ended up in Australia. These were the only behind the scenes photos I could find of the statue. One on location and the other on set in the bedroom.

Anyone ever come across info on who designed it or if there are any photos of the actual statue in existence during its build?

 

[publiusr]

I couldn't say.

There were some nice demon statuettes in a Peter Cushing film...I wonder about them as well

 

[ZRE1990]

Too bad they’re lost with time. Or who knows..maybe locked up on storage somewhere.

 

[publiusr]

Ahriman had a cool statue too:

Ahriman

Ahriman (also known as Angra Mainyu), also called by his New Persian name Ahriman, is the powerful god of evil and destruction and darkness in Zoroastrianism and is comparable to the Devil in some Abrahamic religions, however, unlike most portrayals of Satan, Angra Mainyu is seen as a deity...

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Ahriman by Mitchellnolte on DeviantArt

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Ahrimanic Archdaevas by Mitchellnolte on DeviantArt

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[fincd001]

The original statue will be on display at the Warner Bros. Studio Tour this Friday the 13th as part of an "Exorcist" book signing. Check their site.