Release Year: 1990 Rating: R Duration: 110 minutes Other Title: The Exorcist III: Legion, William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist III Director: William Peter Blatty Producer: Carter DeHaven
synopsis
A serial killer haunts the streets of Georgetown, do these events have anything to do with the exorcism of 15 years ago? On the 15th anniversary of the exorcism that claimed the life of a young priest, a nightmarish series of bizarre, religious murders haunts a local police lieutenant.
cast
George C. Scott as Lt. William 'Bill' Kinderman Jason Miller as Patient X (Father Damien Karras) Samuel L. Jackson as Dream blind man
Dt. Kinderman: My wife's mother is visiting, Father, and Tuesday she's cooking us a carp. It's a tasty fish, I'm not against it. But because it's supposedly filled with impurities, Mary's mother buys it alive, and for three days now it's been swimming in my bathtub. Up and down. Cleaning out the impurities. And I hate it. I can't stand the sight of it moving it's gills. Now, you're standing very close to me, Father. Have you noticed? Yes. I haven't had a bath in days. So I never go home until the carp is asleep. I'm afraid that if I see it while it's swimming, I'll kill it.
After the debacle of "Exorcist II," no one expected anyone to make another sequel. Sure enough in 1990, Mr. Pazuzu came back minus Linda Blair, who was doing a parody of "The Exorcist" at the time called "Repossessed." William Peter Blatty was also back, this time writing and directing a direct sequel to the original based on his 1983 novel "Legion." "Exorcist III" is not bad, and it is a considerable improvement over the second film, but it is still miles away from the classic original.
