George C. Scott, Ed Flanders, Brad Dourif

Ignoring Exorcist II: The Heretic, this one deals with a serial killer who was executed the same night of the exorcism in the first film with the girl Regan. The priest who fell down the flight of ste...( read more  read more... )ps was been taken into the spirit of the killer to claim victim after victim some 20 years later. The killer mutilates priests and doctors and uses old women as a suspect. After the returning police detective Kinderman sees that it is the same serial killings of the Gemini, he and another priest decide to find and destroy the killer's spirit with using the final exorcism. But this exorcism will be much dangerous...

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R, 110 min.

Directed by: William Peter Blatty

Release Date: August 17, 1990

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DVD Release Date: June 5, 2001

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  • September 18, 2009
    Great horror film! Not fair it got caught in the Exorcist franchise as it can stand on its own as a great movie. The script was fantastic, the acting was superb and the story, as silly as it might be, works really well in blending thriller and horror together. The nurse scene is ...( read more)classic horror at its best and the granny crawling on the ceiling is probably one of my favorite moments in cinema!
  • March 27, 2009
    Based on some things I read and heard, I really had my hopes up for this one.

    It's a shame, really.

    It picks up all the right ideas from all the wrong angles.

    Review TBC.
  • July 8, 2008
    This movie creeped the hell out of me and gave me nightmares. I'm often afraid to re-watch it. There are a few scenes to make you jump out of your chair. I hate thinking about the dream sequence at the bus station in heaven, the hospital hallway, the statue with the painted Joker...( read more) face, the little boy tied to the oars rising out of the floor, the priest in the confessional, the little Jesus statue, the spring loaded shears, the statue without the head, the old lady on the roof, the vials of blood - ewww! Spooky stuff. Such a creepy movie which pushed all my anti-devil buttons. IMHO, a classic as worthy as the original.
  • September 25, 2007
    The movie is so creepy. I mean unbelievably creepy. No seriously you don't understand...creeeeepy.
  • December 30, 2006
    Exorcist II was awful, but the third was surprisingly enjoyable. Clearly nothing compared to the first, but still a good watch.
  • October 28, 2009
    A lot better than The Exorcist III, thatīs for sure but it runs out of steam and becomes a bit too silly towards the end.
  • October 26, 2009
    I like the first 4 exorcism films, this one is pretty good.
  • October 11, 2009
    I like this,it is more of a sequal to the original,than the exorcist 2 was,which seemed more of an attempt to cash in on the success of the exorcist....
  • October 8, 2009
    What A AWESOME FUCKING GOD DAMM PIECE OF SHITT!!!
  • August 8, 2009
    I really didnt like the lady on the ceiling. Uhg.

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  • stallonefan1
    May 11, 2007
    I do believe that there will not be another Horror Movie to top this.Except for The Exorcist the original,this is the best.In this sequel to the original,George C. Scott plays Lieutenant Kinderman (originally played by Lee J Cobb) and is investigating a series of grisly murders that somehow link to a killer thats been dead for years.The opening is Classic with Tubular Bells and hellish growls.Great acting,great novel,great scares and a really great mystery horror thriller.Blatty did a wonderful job with this!

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