Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Review: Coffin Creeps’ talking Captain Howdy doll delivers deluxe-level frights

Coffin Creeps' The Georgetown Project Deluxe Edition

by Tara Adams

Writer, Haunt Hunters App 

If you’ve ever wanted to bring a little hellfire into your home, Coffin Creeps has answered your prayers - or curses - with its 18-inch talking Captain Howdy doll. 

Unboxing the doll is an experience in itself. The sturdy coffin-style packaging, eerie iconography, and bold Captain Howdy branding set the tone before you even lift the lid. And once you do, the demon stares back with that unmistakable pallor, sunken eyes, and grimacing teeth. It's a sculpt that looks screen-accurate and unsettlingly alive. 

Captain Howdy's craftsmanship is sharp: the face is cold, gaunt, and frightening; the black cassock drapes with a funereal heaviness; and the hands and feet are menacing enough to look like they might etch “Help Me” onto your body while you're trying to sleep.

A showstopper is the doll's voice feature. Press the hidden button on its arm, and it recites approximately 30 unholy, spooky phrases that fans of “The Exorcist” will recognize immediately. The audio quality is crisp, loud, and just distorted enough to feel authentically fiendish. 

Coffin Creeps didn’t skimp on the atmosphere, either. The Georgetown Project Deluxe Edition comes with a hand-crafted wooden keepsake coffin box, a durable rosary featuring St. Benedict medals, a Captain Howdy t-shirt, 5-inch Pazuzu statue, and a memorial rose.

Whether you display it in a cabinet, spotlight it in your horror room, or casually leave it on the couch to traumatize your family, this figure has a presence. Its power lies in the balance it keeps between homage and lurking unease. It’s clearly made by people who love the source material and understand what horror fans want: accuracy, quality, and something that creeps us out a bit every time we walk past it in the dark. This Pazuzu delivers.

If you’re a fan of “The Exorcist,” demonic oddities, or just enjoy owning something that feels like it shouldn’t be in your house but you invited it in anyway, the Coffin Creeps 18-inch talking Captain Howdy is a must-have. 

It’s bold, beautifully creepy, and guaranteed to stir up a little trouble … just keep the holy water nearby.

The Georgetown Project is also sold in a Collectors Edition. For more information on the Collectors and Deluxe Editions - quantities are limited - and other products by Coffin Creeps, visit coffincreeps.com.

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An observation

What do the words and letters on The Georgetown Project rosary mean?

Another impressive level of detail with The Georgetown Project Deluxe Edition is the rosary that comes with it, which contains medals of a saint you want on your side when dealing with the devil: St. Benedict. 

As a big fan of rosaries, this was one of the features I was looking forward to the most. I could only wonder, would it be made of lightweight, cheap plastic beads, and generic medals, or would it be a durable and usable rosary? 

I was excited to find out that not only is it sturdy and rugged, with the beads linked by a black paracord, but it's also a St. Benedict rosary with actual St. Benedict medals.

St. Benedict, a monk who lived in the 5th and 6th centuries, is known as a main protector against evil. His prayers are used in exorcisms, and his medal contains Latin inscriptions of exorcism prayers. 

Those inscriptions on the medal are:

C.S.P.B.: "Crux Sancti Patris Benedicti,” The Cross of the Holy Father Benedict, located around the cross on the medal.

C.S.S.M.L. across the cross’ vertical bar and N.D.S.M.D. across the horizontal bar stand for "Crux Sacra Sit Mihi Lux” and "Non Draco Sit Mihi Dux,” which mean, May the Holy Cross be my light, and May the Dragon Never Be My Guide.

V.R.S.N.S.M.V.: "Vade Retro Satana, Nunquam Suade Mihi Vana!," located in the circle around the medal, which means, Begone Satan, never tempt me with your vanities!

S.M.Q.L.I.V.B.: "Sunt Mala Quae Libas, Ipse Venena Bibas!," also located in the circle around the medal, which means, What you offer is evil, drink the poison yourself!

PAX: This is located at the top of the medal and means peace.