Linda Blair really was a great little actress. The overdub with the raspy old voice made it 1000% more effective but Blair's expressions and delivery were spot on.

After seeing this I have even more respect for Linda Blair. If her acting had not been as fabulous as it was, McCambridge's vocals would not have been as effective.

@synesthesia.aesthetic

Жыл бұрын

She doesn't get enough credit

@JosephRGrych

9 ай бұрын

I agree. She's one hell of an actress.

Very cool to hear this exchange in Linda Blair’s own voice!! But in the end, the choice to dub it was very effective for the additional chills.

Linda Blair's own voice really works well when the demon is delighting in it's awful things, when the demon is angry, Mercedes McCambridge definitely works better.

The dubbed version mixed with a bit of Blair’s voice could have been interesting. Linda’s voice and the Mercedes voice from “and I’m the devil”

There are a few moments when Blair's real voice through the makeup makes it seem creepier, but generally McCambridge's voice gives it a big boost of credibility.

Demons aren't supposed to sound cute and cuddly. Good choice going with Mercedes McCambridge.

@andilopez1518

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah!

Fun fact: In addition to falling off the wagon and getting back to chain smoking, (for the vocal effect,) Mercedes McCambridge requested to be tied and restrained to her chair in the recording booth when she dubbed these lines, because she knew that when you are under restraint, your voice changes, whether you are aware of it or not.

@Sebastianx007

11 ай бұрын

👍🏼🤙🏽👌🏽

@TheGreekPianist

9 ай бұрын

She was a truly dedicated actress!

Holy crap, this is sooo freaking weird to hear the sweet voice of little Linda Blair coming out of that hideous monster created by the genius Dick Smith.

Instantly this scene is now adorable

In all fairness Linda gave Mercedes a great platform to lay her voice over.

It was a good call to dub Linda with the amazing Mercedes. Linda acted the scene great though. Her facial expressions were so iconic.

Wow much respect to Linda. She deserved that Oscar. Mercedes should've received an Oscar for VO.

Linda is brilliant! wow!! Respect!

Wow 😳. My sincerest Wows to Mercedes Macambridge for her EXCELLENT DEMONIC VOICE

@nymike06

7 ай бұрын

100% so true!

I appreciate that we can all still appreciate Linda's physical acting even as we acknowledge how McCambridge saved the voice acting

They're two very different, but equally scary flavors of scary.

I did not know that Linda Blair's voice was used like that. Interesting ! But the demon voice is more effective more horrifying to me. Image a girl that age sounding like that.😲

@kamarionthings6062

3 жыл бұрын

I would freak out

@EdjeMr1975

2 жыл бұрын

Watch Linda blair interview She was verry shy back then, She must say the lines,

Had the movie come out now, they probably wouldn't have dubbed it over just to make it more realistic. And had William Peter Blatty directed this film himself, Regan's voice would be in different pitches, depending on the demon's mood. Much like how he did it for Brad Dourif in Exorcist 3, where the anger he is, the lower the voice is, and when he's happy, it's just the actors normal voice.

Just goes to demonstrate the contribution of Mercedes McCambridge on this movie. If Blair had not been dubbed this movie would've been laughed off the screen.

@flannerymonaghan-morris1317

4 жыл бұрын

jett woodward oh yeah; the dissonance would’ve worked perfectly.

@girliboi

3 жыл бұрын

i didn't think they'd ever intended to use her voice.. . blair delivered the lines during filming (for all the obvious reasons), but i thought they'd always planned to dub her..

@shwickid222

2 жыл бұрын

@jett woodward No way man. Aint nothing scary about that voice

@shwickid222

2 жыл бұрын

@jett woodward I do agree with you to a certain extent. I think if maybe it was another little girl's voice it would have been creepy because the audience would have known that it wasn't Linda Blair

@Fetishrock

2 жыл бұрын

I think it demonstrates the importance of Mercedes McCambridge's voice and also how good Linda Blair performed. Can't blame her for having the voice of a child.

Mercedes McCambridge's voice is good for the movie. But, if there is an actual possession of a child and you hear your own child's voice being possessed, that would scared the hell out of everyone because it will penetrate your heart and soul.

Linda was soo talented!!!

Excellent performance.

What a wonderful movie, under every aspect.

Considering Mercedes ruined her voice with liquor and cigarettes for this role, I don't blame her for being upset when she went uncredited. Absolute dick move. Glad that SAG stepped in to give her the credit she deserved.

@toomanyaccounts

10 ай бұрын

she didn't want credit until the film became popular. she had in fact been asked if she wanted to be credited while the film was under production and she was on record refusing

@omarcogle1965

10 ай бұрын

​​@@toomanyaccountsSo that was on her then.

"Your mother's in here Karris. Would you like to leave a message? I'll see that she gets it." 🤣

This movie is so amazing.

1:45 so cute 🤣

@GryffindorPrefect101

Жыл бұрын

​@@thegamingcook785wtf..

I think originally Linda Blair used her own voice while possessed but it didn’t sound natural enough so they dubbed it with Mercedes MacCambridge’s demonic voice which proved to be better.

@kuklafranandollie

2 жыл бұрын

It was always planned to dub her voice.

It's almost creepier with her actual voice.

@nymike06

7 ай бұрын

lol

The “Your mother’s in here with us” sounds creepier with Blair’s original voice. It’s the semi playful, childish tone

@mick2spic

Жыл бұрын

I thought exactly the same. That line delivery was amazing by her

Well, Linda Blair acting and Mercedes McCambridge along with stunt doubles work gave us a truly memorable role. Also Linda Blair talking devil is just adorable.

The change of voice (sound) by Mercedes McCambridge made this movie more scary, along with the acting of Linda Blair with horrific make-up.

Fuck I’m sick right now and I’m wheezing exactly like that.

@cinefilmsonebay1526

3 жыл бұрын

The power of christ compels you

Something chilling hearing "an excellent day for an exorcism" in Linda Blair's own voice.

This is actually weirdly disturbing.

@brandonspain12345

2 жыл бұрын

It's definitely more realistic in tone but nowhere near as terrifying or as iconic as what we ultimately got.

"AHH IT BURNSSSS" why is it so sad tho

The ambiguity in this scene plays so close to Carras' belief and the audience's suspension of disbelief...it's a moment that frustrated me as an adolescent, but that I now appreciate as a hallmark of the Exorcist's higher level of storytelling that is lacking in so many horror films. It keeps us questioning at the very moment any other film would want us to have fully bought into the premise, that the possession is 'supernatural and real'.

It makes the demonic posession more realistic without the demonic voice, which makes it even creepier. XD

Linda blair é maravilhosa, que talento

if you listen closely, at 1:53 and 3:41, you can actually hear Linda Blair's normal voice when she's screams. It's actually the same in both versions.

Her voice sounding the way it does doesn’t take away from her physical performance. Though, it was a good idea to change the voice.

Linda Blair's regular voice makes this far, far creepier.

@rachelodom7519

2 жыл бұрын

Must agree. Linda Blair is the USA's best american actress for any scary movie that involves little girls or possessed housewifes.

@rachelodom7519

2 жыл бұрын

If I Dubbed Linda Blair's original replaced lines of the demon....I'LL BE AWARDED BY THE OSCARS.

@mrtony80

2 жыл бұрын

what? how?

@billyblack9339

2 жыл бұрын

Disagree

@rachelodom7519

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrtony80 Just imagining things. I wish to be an actress too. Playing around with demon voices...

The Exorcist what a Masterpiece "

2:13 - how I sound in the morning when my sinuses are acting up.

Excelente actriz! Una pena que no pudo seguir con su carrera, tenia un gran potencial. Muy profesionao y madura a esa edad..

The devil's voice played by Mercedes McCambrige: 😨😨😈 The devil's voice played by Linda Blair: 🥰

Doesn't quite carry the same amount of scariness, agreed? :)

Mercedes mccambridge did all this with raw eggs hard liquor and constant chain smoking

Wow!

love linda shes so lovely

Glad they dubbed. Hearing the raspy Smokey old voice coming from a little girl is half reason the film is so terrifying

It's scary as hell either way, with the raspy demon voice or the little girl voice

@Grizzlied555

6 ай бұрын

Too sweet with Linda's voice.

Voice actress aside i thought that was a real 😳 you know what growing up wish i had seen this back then just to know it wasnt real!

I think this is better than the dub

Lesson: Force a woman against her Will, YOU are responsible for unleashing THE BEAST!

Her little girl voice is to sweet.

1:32👀😂😂😂🤣

This is still fucking terrifying.

If they kept her original voice, I think it’d have felt mostly cute at times and creepy at other times.

💕

The it burns part they should let linda Blair voice

@umagnus77

Жыл бұрын

yes, that would have made you sympathetic towards the child

Not so scary without the demonic voice.

It’s honestly creepier this way.

This is a true story: When I was a kid, Linda Blair's Mom called our house and invited my older brother over to give guitar lessons to her older sister. That was in the mid-60s. About 7 years later, while 'The Exorcist' was being filmed, my same older brother was in a recording studio in NYC with one of Tina Turner's backup singers, recording a song he written; and the song is about Satan. Then about 3 or 4 years after that, we moved into the same neighborhood as Ellen Burstyn. Then about 15 years after, my same older brother found himself invited over to Keith Richard's house-him and his guitar. You know: the guy who co-wrote 'Sympathy For The Devil'. That's a true story, and can't be just a coincidence.

@nymike06

7 ай бұрын

Interesting connection

They just edit the voice using Linda Blaire's voice.

1:57

It still scary cuz i feel like the demon is mimicking Regan.

Maybe it's just me...but I think it's creepier using Linda Blair's voice. The fact that Pazuzu(check spelling) is using a child's voice...

Honestly, I wish both voices were taken.

Charity on passions beat this

It's a great performance alright though it still sounds like Regan.

She tries to sound evil but it almost lol. This might have laughed at in the theater. Friedkin was right to get Mercedes to do it. A man voice.

@willieholmes1483

2 жыл бұрын

Well, in this case, a post-menopausal woman.

That was charity from passions#2

Her delivery is actually quite good, but no way would her cute voice would work in the final film.

Linda's voice makes it creepy

Scientist say nobody has the gut to watch the whole thing and here I am in Disappoint

It makes her sound like a stroppy teenager 😂

0:33 / 1:41 / 1:49 / 3:28

I didn't know holy water is acidic and burns

@lostvocals8

3 жыл бұрын

Are you a demon?

@Manuqtix.Manuqtix

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

@rachelodom7519

2 жыл бұрын

@@Manuqtix.Manuqtix The Power of Christ Compels you, Manuqtix!

@as52343

2 жыл бұрын

It wasnt really holy water though. It was just ordinary tapwater, karras was trying to prove that Reagan only imagined being possessed so it was a trick from his side to see ho she would react. The demon knew this so it reacted as if it were holy water to put more doubt in Karras mind about her being possessed.

@rachelodom7519

2 жыл бұрын

@@as52343 All demons dislike holy things.

So one of The Exorcist actresses said there was 6 of them that was needed to play this role. So was Linda Blair the Main Lead and how many scenes was she in compared to the 5 others?

@lostvocals8

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think it was 6, but there were stunt doubles for some scenes.

@gregkluge

2 жыл бұрын

No, there were not 6 actresses, just 1. Linda performed the entire role. There was 1 stunt double used for body shots, and even then, that didn't amount to about 10 seconds of actual screen time.

@gregkluge

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure the stunt double is a very lovely lady, but I also think through the years she has slightly exaggerated her role in the actual movie. There are only 5 split second shots of her used in the film. Almost all of her work was done behind the scenes. She was mostly used for the testing of the makeup, testing of special effects and as a stand in for lighting the scene. When it came to the actual filming, Linda was brought in.

@mechinate

Жыл бұрын

There was Eileen Dietz as stunt double as well as the face of Captain Howdy, Mercedes McCambridge for the voice and the contortionist for the Director's Cut spider walk scene. So that's 4 women involved including Linda Blair.

@Oneanddone14

9 ай бұрын

​@@gregklugeI agree. I've seen many interviews with Blair discussing The Exorcist, and she won't mention Dietz' name. It is always "The Body Double" ...

원래 목소리는 귀엽노

I see the problem

😶😶😶😶

Wait… this movie wasnt real?!?!

@brandonspain12345

2 жыл бұрын

The movie itself wasn't real but it was based on a true story.

Sounds like your average Billie Eilish fan

much better with the child's voice - way creepier

She sounds like Meg Griffin

😟…

But Josh fraileys#1devil

Charity already beat this because charity's better

Works better with Mercedes.

Besser scheiden lassen;)

Don’t worry it’s fake it’s Actually make up I can tell because of how fake the “IT BURNS! IIIITTTTTT BBUUUURRRRRRNNNNNSSSSSS” is