The Exorcist 3

Starring:George C. Scott, Ed Flanders, Brad Dourif, Jason Miller, Nicol Williamson, Scott Wilson, Nancy Fish, George DiCenzo, Don Gordon, Lee Richardson, Grand L. Bush, Mary Jackson, Viveca Lindfors, Ken Lerner, Tracy Thorne, Barbara Baxley, Zohra Lampert, Harry Carey Jr., Sherrie Wills, Edward Lynch (II)
Director: William Peter Blatty
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product Type: DVD

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The evil is back. The Exorcist novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter William Peter Blatty triumphs again with this spellbinding sequel starring George C. Scott.Year: 1990

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Genuinely Creepy, Nicely Done.......2007-05-10

Yes, skip the Exorcist 2. It's junk.
But this!!! This little gem was a total surprise. It plays more like a weird murder mystery about a really twisted serial killer. It takes place fifteen years after The Exorcist ended, and it seems that something from that incident is not finished quite yet. So there are some scary, supernatural things going on.

There's so much I could say about this film and its acting, script, dialogue, imagery, strangeness, sound design, cinematography... not to mention its creepiness factor; the hair on my neck stands up.

And there's that scene that always, always makes you jump. Dead silence, no background music to distract you. Until you let your guard down. Very Hitchockian, giving you a big scare that really isn't scary after all, and then moments later, the big genuine fright just as you're starting to relax and you don't expect it. Good stuff.

Casting is interesting here: the woman playing George C. Scott's wife was Zohra Lampert from the 70's film "Let's Scare Jessica to Death". I always found her fascinating, brittle, and pleasantly odd. Her dialogue is dubbed strangely here. It sounds like they recorded it in a tupperware sandwich box.
Oh, and if you blink you'll miss the king of chitchat, Larry King, at the restaurant. It's a one second shot of him. There are a few familiar faces around this film.

You find so many macabre touches in Exorcist 3:
The old woman crawling in a very unexpected place.
The voice you hear in the church confessional.
The big shears.

I'll never look at hospitals the same way.

There are odd people in this film, like the nurse with the heavy lipstick, and the chainsmoking doctor who rehearses his conversation. It's as if David Lynch was consulted half the time. There are really bizarre characters. I like that.

And it's not realistic, but that's no big deal. People smoking in a hospital. You could say that about "Alien". Lighting up a Marlboro in a spaceship: Wouldn't they all explode? Well, duh.

And that deep female voice in the confessional gets to me. She'll be in my nightmares. It reminds me of the late Colleen Dewhurst's smoky, seasoned, frosty voice. But there's no credit in the film for a voice. Funny how it smacks of the whole Mercedes McCambridge debacle from the first Exorcist film. Apparently Mercedes did the creepy voice of the demon (uncredited), and after the film was a smash hit, they had to re-do the credits to include her because she was going to sue the studio. It may be rumors for all I know.

Anyway, a final word: filmmakers of today's horror movies should watch this film. It gets under your skin so much more than movies like Saw, House of Wax, Hostel, or The Hills Have Eyes.
Give this movie a try. Turn the volume up more than you usually do. The sound design is half the fun.

' It's a wonderful life'.

Legion.......2007-01-28

I would say that the real star of this production is the sound design. Surely such is lost on a playing through an ordinary TV with its own speakers, but play it through a good surround system with decent bass response and the nearly subsonic rumble throughout will have viewers on the edges of their seats.

Additionally, being a DC native and still resident, I found the location shots particularly gratifying. I am very familiar with the boathouse where they found the first young victim.

The scene where Lt. Kinderman and Father Dyer went to a movie was filmed in the lobby of what was once a lovely small cinema on M Street. It was called the Biograph, and one could always count on the Biograph to present films that were otherwise out of circulation. Not only that, but they offered a variety of seasoned salt for the popcorn. Sadly, that location is now what too many other neighborhood theaters have become...another CVS!

One half-star may be subtracted for the final chase scene through Georgetown to reach the home of the last victim. It seems the film makers went way, way all around Nelly's barn to get to where the heroes were going.

I know cab drivers, trying to cover as many zones as possible (DC uses zones instead of meters) who will still drive a route economically convenient to the customer to reach a final destination. lol

At any rate, if you want a good goose bump flick, treat yourself to a rental of this one.

Over 13 am I? You betcha! I was in college when I read the first hard-back version of "The Exorcist" and it scared the pants off me! Imagine reading it alone at night in a rural off-campus trailer where mice were scraping around and the sounds of whip-poor-wills augmented the effect of the story with reminiscences of Lovecraft's "Dunwich Horror."

Excellent Sirvice.......2006-11-11

Movie came within the correct time period and excellent sirvice and was what I expected.

Exorcist III: The Return to Sound Story Tellling.......2006-10-31

Once again, Chad has done a great job writing and evaluating this sequel. This film should have faired better than it did, but I think the disappointing entry of "The Exorcist II: The Heretic" spoiled the franchise a great deal. It was hard to take any of the sequels seriously after that mess of a film and that's a shame as The Exorcist III really deserves praise as it is a solidly written, acted, and directed film that really does what a sequel is supposed to do . . . continue the story (not repeat it or satirize it). Much credit goes to William Peter Blatty as he wrote both the original story and the literal sequel. He knew what he wanted to accomplish and he executed it very well as the director.

It important to keep in mind that unlike perhaps the rare sequel that is equal or superior to its original (i.e. Spider-Man, Alien, The Godfather), few sequels ever give us what we really want, and that is the same feelings we had when viewing the original film. That's what makes those films true classics; they are something we just can't repeat. It is like lightning; it's there one moment and gone, but, wow, it was glorious when it flashed!

Ban this guy........2006-10-25

William Peter Blatty should be banned from ever making another movie this scary again. That is enough. This movie will scare the living crap out of you. What a great comeback to such an awful part 2. Well worth the wait.

Exorcist 3-Pack (The Exorcist - The Version You've Never Seen / The Exorcist II - The Heretic / The Exorcist 3)

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GREAT 3 PACK DVD COLLECTION.
cool set for a low price
Excellent Deal!

Exorcist 3-Pack (The Exorcist - The Version You've Never Seen / The Exorcist II - The Heretic / The Exorcist 3)
Starring: Jason Miller , Ellen Burstyn , Max von Sydow , Lee J. Cobb , and Kitty Winn
Director: William Friedkin , John Boorman , and William Peter Blatty
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Release Date: 2004-08-17

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GREAT 3 PACK DVD COLLECTION........2007-06-08

YOU GET ALL THE ORIGINAL FILMS. THE BEST OF COURSE IS THE EXORCIST, THE VERSION YOU'VE NEVER SEEN. WHICH HAS DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY, WHICH IS GREAT. 12 MINUTES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO MISSING SCENES FROM THE ORIGINAL 73 VERSION. I SAW BOTH THE ORIGINAL AND THE 2000 VERSION WHEN THEY CAME OUT. I COULD COMPARE BOTH VERSIONS. THIS IS THE BEST. BETTER SOUND QUALITY. BETTER VISUAL EFFECTS. THIS FILM WAS FILMED IN NYC IN AN AIR CONDITIONED STUDIO. THE ACTORS ARE ACTUALLY FREEZING. IT'S NOT LIKE TITANIC, THAT DIGITAL VAPOUR WAS ADDED. THIS IS THE REAL THING. EVERYONE HAS LAYERS OF CLOTHING, EXCEPT POOR LINDA BLAIR. SHE ONLY HAS A NIGHTGOWN, NOT FAIR. ALL IN ALL A GOOD BUY. THANK YOU

cool set for a low price.......2004-08-23

This is a really well priced set for a great trilogy of movies.

Excellent Deal!.......2004-08-21

I watched all the exorcist movies on TV long time before and I would like them to join my DVD collection. I bought the Exorcist III at a very special low price. Then I was waiting for the Exorcist I and II on sales for big discounts. Wait & wait....never ever happens. On the other hand, Exorcist 0 'The Beginning' is coming soon in August and I would like to re-watch all the previous exorcists before my adventure of 'The Beginning'. Thinking for a while (it's a couple months long thought), should I buy Exorcist I & II? Hmm......Bingo! I got the news that Warner Home Video is going to release the 3-pack trilogy on Aug. 17. at a very low price. Whew~~ I pre-ordered it right away.

This 3-pack trilogy is a great news to all Exorcist fans who hasn't owned the full DVD sets yet. Even though there's no extra features or fancy box set wrapping around them, I think the attractive low price for this 3-pack is the huge factor for driving people's desire of ownership. Besides, all of three Exorcist I, II, III, are the great movies in horror film history. I think this 3-pack is an excellent deal!

(Reviewed by Otto Yuen, 20-Aug-2004)

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