#48 THE EXORCIST (1973)
PEA SOUP PUKE-A-BRATION!
Though
there's been many classic repulsive vomit scenes in film history,
from Seth Brundle puking on a donut before he eats it in The Fly, to
the infamous tale of a pie eating contest gone bad in Stand By Me,
but none has the sheer unexpected repulsiveness of Linda Blair
projectile vomiting a geyser of pea-soup in The Exorcist. If you
ever get a chance to rent the DVD, check out the great "Making Of"
features that show how they pulled off this amazing effect with a
pump that could shoot massive amounts of actual pea soup (that's
really what they used).
-Robert Berry
rberry@retrocrush.com
