 The horribly deformed Young Victor Crowley is actually played by a  beautiful young actress named Rileah Vanderbilt (qv). When FX  artist John Carl Buechler (qv) needed a model to test the latex  prosthetic on, Rileah was the volunteer. Since the FX had already  been molded to her face for the test shots, Rileah played the role  in the actual film as well.