Tag Archives: Eileen Dietz

I don’t think anyone had an inkling, back when The Exorcist was first released, that the controversial subliminal images of Captain Howdy flashing up on the screen were actually the face of a female. I’ve always been of the understanding that Eileen Dietz was hired to be Linda Blair’s body double for the …

Deke Farrow over at The Modesto Bee sat down with Eileen Dietz who is appearing at the ShockerFest International Film Festival. Dietz was originally uncredited as Linda Blair’s stunt double in The Exorcist, a credit that was eventually honored in The Version You’ve Never Seen re-release years later. Speaking at …

DreadCentral reports that Eileen Dietz, the famous face of Captain Howdy from The Exorcist and the woman who played Linda Blair’s stunt double (in now-obvious scenes) throughout the film has been cast in director Rob Zombie’s latest horror project. Halloween 2, the sequel to Rob’s 2007 Halloween remake/reboot/re-imagining/ began shooting …