In Popular Culture
Pazuzu has been featured in numerous spoofs/parodies. A notable example is Scary Movie 2, in which the scenes of the exorcism of Regan are spoofed in the prologue. The character was also spoofed in the film Repossessed; Linda Blair starred in the film and reprised her role as the demon.
In Futurama, the Professor's pet gargoyle was named Pazuzu.
A statue resembling Pazuzu appears in the Gorillaz's music video for "Rock It". Pazuzu is also depicted in the cover art of their 2007 compilation album D-Sides, designed by Jamie Hewlett. Band vocalist 2D is also sometimes depicted wearing a "Captin Howdy" t-shirt.
In the Super Nintendo Entertainment System game Final Fantasy Mystic Quest, the main character enters a tower called Pazuzu's Tower, and defeats a winged, bird-like creature who guards the Wind Crystal. Pazuzu makes a second appearance in Doom Castle, on a floor that resembles the tower the main character climbed earlier in the game.
Read more about this topic: Pazuzu (The Exorcist)
Famous quotes containing the words popular and/or culture:
“I do not see why, since America and her autumn woods have been discovered, our leaves should not compete with the precious stones in giving names to colors; and, indeed, I believe that in course of time the names of some of our trees and shrubs, as well as flowers, will get into our popular chromatic nomenclature.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting the progress of the arts and the sciences and a flourishing culture in our land.”
—Mao Zedong (1893–1976)