A police lieutenant uncovers more than he bargained for as his investigation of a series of murders, which have all the hallmarks of the deceased Gemini serial killer, leads him to question the patients of a psychiatric ward. The Exorcist III is nowhere near as good as the first plus it's way different than both of them as a whole and definitely better than the 2nd one. The film's acting was brilliant and it was more of a psychological thriller than a horror movie and Brad Dourif's perfomance was damn stunning. Definitely a very underrated sequel. (8/10)

When a series of brutal killings rock a small town, the local police detective finds that they resemble a supposedly long-dead serial killer's work and finds the truth behind the deaths to be done by a possessed madman, forcing him to stop the deadly rampage before it's too late.This is a rather surprisingly good film with a few flaws. One of the more engaging elements to this one is the fact that it goes for a more subdued series of scare tactics which is well appreciated. The main angle of the series of gruesome deaths that takes up the majority of the first half which is basically taken up with discussions about the graphic murders being committed around the city or conducting their investigative tactics trying to tie it into the events in the past storyline. They help with a powerful tone that is really unsettling and manages to get the best out of very little. The storyline is quite brilliant, leaving very little in the way of confusion and the way it is able to connect with the original and take off where it left is a fantastic feat. The other really enjoyable aspect of this one is the series of fine jumpscares that are present here to help break up the monotony. The dream sequence moving through Heaven as a large Grand Central Station where he finds an old friend with his head stitched on who turns and utters a shocking line holds a strong kick, the moment where a character enters a hospital ward and one of the patients is scuttling about on the ceiling behind them is a real jump and the nurse jump is among one of the finest shocks ever committed to the screen. These here make this one engaging as there's very little to find fault within this one. There are a couple things that come to mind with this one. One big issue is the fact that the ending is so out-of-place and over-the-top that it borders on the ludicrous in what it tries to pull off. Not only does it really ruin what could've been a brilliant movie, but it does little to stave off what was the inevitable by being so tonally off from what had come before it. However, the other thing that really bothers is that the pace of the film is a real slog to get through. Very rarely does this one have anything happen as the film doesn't really need to be sped up and make things go quicker since the film does take its time in spelling things out as the investigations that take up the main part of the film don't really offer this one any kind of horror-based activity. It's the biggest problem that affects this one.Rated R: Graphic Language and Graphic Violence.

One might imagine that, after the debacle that was The Exorcist II, the franchise would have returned to the head-spinning and vomit spewing of the original, but to writer/director William Peter Blatty's credit, he tries something a little different with The Exorcist III, his film's serial killer plotline more akin to The Silence of the Lambs for much of the time. The nearest the film comes to William Friedkin's 1973 classic is with the brief special effects laden exorcism scene in the final act, which was forced upon Blatty by the film's producers.The majority of the film sees George C. Scott's cop Kinderman investigating several gruesome murders that mimic the modus operandi of The Gemini Killer, who was executed in the electric chair fifteen years earlier. Kinderman's enquiries lead him to cell eleven of a secure hospital ward where a patient who resembles dead priest Father Damien Karras claims that he is the Gemini Killer, having possessed Karras's body as he died.Sadly, as original as the majority of this film is, it also proves frustratingly dull for much of the time, with a glut of exposition heavy dialogue, an extremely slow pace, and only one decent scare (the much lauded hospital hallway scene) to keep the viewer from nodding off. As out-of-place as the studio sanctioned exorcism undeniably is, at least it's entertaining, which is more than I can say about George C. Scott's character complaining about a carp in his bath.

The original is a masterpiece. The second is one of the worst major Hollywood film of all time, so where does the third one fit? Kinda of right n the middle, leaning more towards the bad. First, the film is dull, VERY dull. You'll with the time every 10 minutes or so wondering how come nothing has happened yet. Jut stick with the original.