Pazuzu Rises
Why two nearly-identical pictures? Because neither I nor the people I asked could decide between them! So let's use this one to talk about... PAZUZU IN POPULAR CULTURE.
Aside from a pretty constant presence in demonology, Pazuzu really got his big break in the 1973 film, The Exorcist, in which he was the demon possessing poor Regan. In this movie, he was depicted either as his idol, or as a Tim Burtonesque weirdo with sharp teeth. And since The Exorcist is pretty much the scariest movie ever, Pazuzu soon moonlighted on album covers, in comic books, and even Alan Moore cited him as one of the many, many things wrong with his brain. Pazuzu's popped up in Dungeons & Dragons, in the Final Fantasy games, and even in Castlevania - since Castlevania is practically its own Dictionnaire Infernal, it really is no surprise that Dracula's final form in Castlevania 3 resembles Pazuzu.
And lots of folks also know Pazuzu as Professor Farnsworth's gargoyle pet from Futurama - or, as Farnsworth would say, "PAZOOOOOOOZOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
You know, I've gotta say it, Pazuzu is a really hard name to take seriously. Pazoozoo! Ahem.
Pazuzu Rises
Why two nearly-identical pictures? Because neither I nor the people I asked could decide between them! So let's use this one to talk about... PAZUZU IN POPULAR CULTURE.
Aside from a pretty constant presence in demonology, Pazuzu really got his big break in the 1973 film, The Exorcist, in which he was the demon possessing poor Regan. In this movie, he was depicted either as his idol, or as a Tim Burtonesque weirdo with sharp teeth. And since The Exorcist is pretty much the scariest movie ever, Pazuzu soon moonlighted on album covers, in comic books, and even Alan Moore cited him as one of the many, many things wrong with his brain. Pazuzu's popped up in Dungeons & Dragons, in the Final Fantasy games, and even in Castlevania - since Castlevania is practically its own Dictionnaire Infernal, it really is no surprise that Dracula's final form in Castlevania 3 resembles Pazuzu.
And lots of folks also know Pazuzu as Professor Farnsworth's gargoyle pet from Futurama - or, as Farnsworth would say, "PAZOOOOOOOZOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
You know, I've gotta say it, Pazuzu is a really hard name to take seriously. Pazoozoo! Ahem.