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Halloween is coming, folks, and you know what that means: Carved pumpkins, mountains of candy and horror movie marathons on every other TV station. It’s also the one time die-hard Exorcist fans get to dress up as Regan, wearing clothes splashed with green pea soup and calling people “worthless cocksuckers” while blaming it on a legitimate Holiday. I don’t go as far as some (I usually just dress as Father Merrin and ‘bless’ people), but I’m guaranteed to receive emails from fans who have gone the distance with Exorcist-themed displays in their yards or exceptional Regan costumes to greet and freak children as they trick-or-treat.
I was recently linked to this Halloween Mask Association forum thread created by sculptor ‘Mike’. In 2010, he decided to sculpt a replica of Regan from scratch, starting with nothing more than a lump of clay (at least, I presume it’s clay being used). He provided progress pictures and shared them on the forum, including the fascinating final result.
His effort resulted in one of the most impressive Regan sculptures I have ever seen. I even tested it on my wife– she walked in to my office where I was preparing the final image to post in this thread, and she did not believe for a second that it was actually a sculpture. I had to show her the progress pictures.
Just imagine having something like this greet you at a random house on Halloween! To this day I know some adults who refuse to even see an image of possessed Regan, let alone sit through The Exorcist ever again. This terrifying piece of fan art (if you can call it that) is absolutely priceless.
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do you think would do just the scene where Regan's head to turn withall the blood and the expression on his face demonic??
My original post is now missing the image of the very last image posted here. I posted this back in May, 2011:
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“Do you have a favorite “Regan Imitation” discovery? Share it if you do!
Below is probably one of the best I've seen. This is a sculpture from the Monsterpalooza show in Burbank, California in April, 2011.
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What's up? Is this the same artist?
Father Bowdern
Amazing work. Truely masterful. I am rather jealous, I wish I had such outstanding talent for sculpture.
Father Bowdern,
I checked the uploads directory on my server and it seems the image you uploaded has been deleted (and not by me or the server…) you may need to upload it again. Sorry about that.
Or, if pasted it from a different source, perhaps it has been deleted from that original location?
Thanks, Cap … no big deal. Devil is acting up!Â
Anyway, here is the original image I posted (I added the event/date back in May).
Same artist? I only ask because of the original blue-colored glass eyes that ended up cat-like in the final product).
Great work.
Father Bowdern
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In the words of Lord Vader:
“Impressive!  Most impressive!”
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Wow….that is just stunningly beautiful in its own freakish way.
Yes, Father, I believe that is the same artist. In the forum I link to, he writes that he will be changing out the eyes in his final piece, as the eyes he used at the time were only temporary.
Cap, this is the one and same artist, Mike Hill. For those interested in seeing two additional photos of his Regan sculpture and his other work (as well as the artist himself), click the link below. Mike Hill also does work for Madame Tussaud's Wax Museums … incredible artist!!!
http://www.stoneykins.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=2026
Father Bowdern
Captain Howdy said:
Awesome stuff, Father Bowdern. Great find! That man is extremely talented.
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Cap, here's the link to Monsterpalooza in Burbank in April 2011.
Three notes:
1. Dee Wallace from E.T. is in the beginning promoting ??? (although she is standing in front an E.T. poster). She's held up physically quote nice. :) Lots of other familiar faces from behing and in front of the camera.
2. As an American Werewolf in London fan, like me, you will a series of screen-used familiars including and animatronic version of Jack (check around 16:00).
3. Eileen Dietz … still milking her 12-seconds of screen time from The Exorcist. She rented a booth and you can purchase: “Photo with Eileen – Face of Death $20.00 and 8 x 10 of Captain Howdy $35.00.”
I would definitely want to attend Monsterpalooza, which brings us back to this artist, Mike Hill. You can see a short video capture of his work in this link as well as the other aforementioned:
Enjoy,
Father Bowdern
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