

Saturday Night Live also parodied the meme in a 2010 video, and more reaction videos followed. This set off a wave of similar reaction videos, massively boosted later in August of that the year when then-Disney stars Miley Cyrus and Mandy Jiroux recorded their own scary maze game video. Recording unsuspecting people playing scary maze games became a popular prank and meme in 2008 with a hit YouTube video showing a young boy playing the game, and getting duly, and to many, hilariously, frightened. Once the player completes Level 3, a picture of Regan McNeil (Linda Blair), the possessed girl from The Exorcist, suddenly, and terrifyingly, pops on their screen, accompanied by a loud scream. The flash-based computer game requires a player to navigate a multi-level maze without touching any of its walls, demanding intense concentration. Game developer Jeremy Winterrowd is credited with creating the original scary maze game, which his website calls “The Maze,” in 2003.
