Kermode Uncut: Legion and Exorcist III
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A new BluRay is out in the US which includes an assembly of William Peter Blatty’s cut of Exorcist III. It’s a complex patchwork version that gives us a glimpse of just how extraordinary his original film might have been... - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
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The nurse decapitation in the hospital hallway is one of the scariest moments in cinematic history. It unnerves me every time I see it.
I know,right? I've been watching horror films for 3 decades and rarely am I really bothered by something in a movie. I saw Exorcist 3 for the first time this year and that one scene still makes me shudder when I hear ice cubes crackling in a glass.
Horror's best kept secret.
This and Carpenter's "In the Mouth of Madness".
Whatever else the studios did to the film, George C. Scott's final monologue where he confesses the darkness of his own soul is amazing. I have not seen the director's cut, but it must only suffer for the lack of that speech.
Of his own soul? I thought he was talking about the darkness in the world.
Love the way George C Scott shouts at people for no reason, in Exorcist lll.
He went thru a lot. Hes stressed out!
he had a great voice, would've loved to have him yell at me and call me a piece of shit etc
because i the movie he's fighting inner daemons.
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he;s sitting opposite himself.
I remember watching Excorcist 3 when I was a kid, and being terrified of the old bird on the ceiling.
the nurse with the big scissors wow what a scene
I grew up thinking I was the only one who enjoyed Exorcist III, and then I decided to do a quick research about it and find out Kermode loved it, as a lot of people also do. It's an amazing film in it's own right and an amazing experience - to watch something great but clearly flawed.
gabrieltdelima it's also Jeffrey Dahmer's favorite film.
Is a great, underrated film
Exorcist lll, is so criminally awesome!!! 😍
spare some change for an old alter boy, fad'r?
That's the late great Mary Jackson crawling on the ceiling who played Parnell Rigsby's wife on the Andy Griffith show
Legion is one of my favourite books. The Exorcist III film is also a favourite of mine as far as films go. Such an underrated film, and so many people are unaware of its existence. Fantastic to hear it is being updated to reflect Blatty's original vision. I think I will have to read the book again. P.S. Jason Miller and Brad Douriff are mind-mindingly satisfying to watch in this film.
same as Halloween III, should've just called it "Season of the Witch"..
By the way....I liked SOTW.
This is a great movie. Stands alone as a psychological horror
This is one underrated, miss understood film. George c Scott and Brad duoriff are brilliant.
This film has one of the best scares of any ever made. Mark,I'd just like to say how much I love your reviews...you give a great balanced opinion and they are a joy to watch,thanks.
Omg thank you! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Exorcist III and I can't wait to get my hands on the directors cut!
Greatest psychological thriller of all time... With each passing decade, it getting its due
I really wanted Simon to crawl across the ceiling at the end :)
A genuinely scary movie.....and so underrated......it scared me e to death
Probably the best psychological thriller I’ve ever seen.
We badly need this released in UK region.
I love this movie. I'm not sure if the Directors Cut is "better" than the theatrical one. After I read the book I did miss the character of Dr. Vincent Amfortas in the movie. He plays a big part in the brilliant novel and is in some way responsible for the "resurrection" of the Gemini patient. I think he could have had a central part in the movie with his talking to spirits on 'reel to reel' tapes etc.
Just saw this for the first time. Wow!! This was so good.
Exorcist III is actually my favorite!
I've been waiting for this video ever since the blu ray was released.
A very unsettling film & how Brad Dourif didn’t win some kind of award is beyond me
Brad Dourif was great in this! Haven't seen this movie in 20 years but still recall his lines!
The Exorcist 3 is masterpiece in my opinion. It stays with you after watching. And I must have seen this film around 10 times now and I still love it.
George C Scott has always fascinated me. He was a great actor. In his later roles he had this tired grizzled look to him like he was either on the brink of tears or violently losing his shit. I could definitely see him just sitting in a dark living room for hours drinking scotch and smoking unfiltered camels.
Now coming to the UK on blu ray from Arrow in December. Shame they did'nt get Mark to record a commentary or do an interview.
Awesome! I didn't know about this--can't wait to check it out! And I really liked 'Exorcist III'; Blatty's writing and direction (and Brad Dourif's performance) guarantee the chills will seep into your bones. And, damn...that looonngg take at the nurse's station still gets me, even though I know what's going to happen.
Watched this film first 1989 at Nth Ken Fire Station London..... was the most scariest films I’ve ever seen and still is....the hospital scene where the the killer after a marvellous drawn out hospital nighttime routine quickly crosses the corridor “door to door” with the head choppers in speedy murder chase was spine chilling/ old lady on the ceiling was scary too...all the watch shat their pants ......
Best Horror Film of all time
Kind regards
And thank you for this creation xx
Tom Butler
just watched this last night. Brilliant film!
Fellow Blatty fan and Manx resident totally agree. Acting class in one film along with excellent humour from earlier writing
Exorcist 3 is one of my all time faves
RedLetterMedia made a video about this film, then I watched it, it is phenomenal. The writing is excellent (except for the reshoot scenes), George C. Scott is always great, Brad Dourif gives an Oscar-worthy performance, and the editing is outstanding. It’s also surprisingly scary, but it’s not trying to be a true horror movie as much as it is a disturbing, thought-provoking psychological thriller. Only real fault I have with it is how the exorcism happens at the end.
Brad Dourif and Jason Miller in the theatrical cut are just so much more powerful and driven than the original cut.
I do agree that the ending is overkill, but still the original was severely low-key and unsatisfying for a movie.
Should I watch the theatrical or the directors cut? And I’ve heard how terrible 2 is so should I just glance over the story so I’m not left to infer what’s going on in 3
I actually consider Exorcist III to be one of my all time 10 favorite horror films. Something about it just gets under my skin than most horror movies do.
Hopefully, I can get Shout Factory's release for Christmas. Perfect Yuletide viewing, lol.
Don’t know how I found this channel. But I’m going to leave a like.
Been waiting ages for Mark to get round to talking about this. I emailed him ages ago about it.
0:31 looks like Aunt May got the Spider-man powers, and didn't handle the loss of Peter and Ben too well.
One of the best psychological thrillers I've ever seen!
The jump scare scene in the hospital.....
My appetite has been wetted Mr Kermode.
This movie is scarier than the first and I watched the first one and wasn’t scared
I have seen a FanEdit version that has no exorcism in it. It improves the film. I think I will enjoy this new version also. Thanks.
Mark, there's this film called The Exorcist made in 1973. It's directed by a man called William Friedkin, I think you might like it. I know Mr. Friedkin directed a film called 'Sorcerer' and 'The French Connection', but since I have no interest in things such as wizards, Lord of the Rings and Harold Potter (or the French for that matter) I haven't gone out of my way to see them yet.
Regards,
Man Beadle um..... yeah.....ok.
For me, The scariest thing about Exorcist 1 was the poster but Exorcist 3, creeped me out. Its the intelligence of the Demon that got to me and the hospital scene.
I seen this movie at the theater. I was 10. I thought I been cool going with my older cousins.
I was so scared for weeks. I mean scared to the point were I didn't come out from under the blanket until morning. My young mind just couldn't comprehend it.
That little violin lapel pin is really cool Mark. Are you a patron of the London Symphony Orchestra perhaps?
Brad Dourif is one of those quiet legends of film that, once you get a taste for his work, you really begin to notice in other roles.
still one of my all time favourite films. i'd better find this new release.
I couldn't stop laughing. Nurse, didn't you inform all the patients, no crawling on the ceiling?
Sorry, the original cut is lesser. They needed at least one more scene with the preist they added so he feels more connected - but otherwise, that ending it massively superior. A huge release after a growing tension for both audience and the main character.
Creepy as Hell... Better than most spooky movies today
This is one of my favourite films, with one of the scariest jump scares ever. I would love to see his original idea.
Such a treasure!
It's odd. Two such very different films: The Exorcist III and Local Hero. Both 2 of mine and Mark's favorite films of all time. I guess I should follow Kermode more.
Is the version that is available for streaming on Amazon Prime (North America) a good version to watch?
Absolutely legendary movie.
I just watched this movie for the first time and I really enjoyed it, but I just though it was a good movie, not all that scary. The reason I enjoyed it is because I sometimes grow tired of modern film making with the abundance of cgi and over the top performances. This had really solid performances and the use of silence throughout set the mood very well.
REALLY??? So, he made Legjon! Wonderful! I saw it in the theater, and it was delightfully unnerving:)
Typical Morgan Creek executives at the time, chopping and changing everything to sell a product rather than sticking with the original script that was intended. They did it with another movie that very same year in 1990 with Nightbreed.
Saw it at the theater opening day with Mo' Better Blues (Spike lee movie) and there were like 6 people if that at mo better blues line and the line was out the door at Exorcist 3, insane!
Do we see the decapitated priest in the confession booth in this version ?
3 is TERRIFYING.
Kermode's hairstyle is based on a Mr. Whippy ice cream cone.
I've just read Blatty's Legion. It has freaked the hell out of me! It also explained the life story of the Gemini Killer - what he did was evil, but he had his reasons which explain why he does what he does - the roots of his evil. The tragedy of what happened to him and his brother so that he became so evil is a tragedy that shouldn't have happened.... I absolutely recommend the novel. It is entitled Legion (nothing to do with the film with the same title)
Does the exorcist 3 have any think to do with the exorcist regarding the storyline
I wonder if he's seen the Spice Diver fan-edit of Exorcist 3 that just removes the exorcism scene and all footage of the priest from the theatrical cut.
The best movie acoustics of all time
Favorite movie of the series
There were some hilarious TH-cam videos I saw several years ago called "Inappropriate Soundtracks" . . . and it'd be funnier than hell to see the creepy footage of the old bat defying gravity accompanied to the Lionel Ritchie song 'Dancing On The Ceiling' -- whoever did those funny videos needs to get on this one quick.
I find it interesting that Legion is in the Title of this new DVD with an old women walking on the walls because there is a Move called "Legion" with an old woman walking on the walls of a diner. Hmmmmmm.
Well, somewhat the new cut that Shout did was somewhat worth the watch and liked it but was rather disappointed not that it did not followed the original 1989 shooting script before the Exorcism scene had arrived, so what i did was to do a restructured version of LEGION by following the 1989 script named William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist 1990, which I thought the version I did was pretty much far better and enjoyable in my opinion, but I would say there are people who are going to enjoy this new cut, Shout! did, but, there were scenes not restored in the new cut is where Kanavan's motionless body holds his severed head in his lap and a scene which I thought would've been fine if it was restored where Karras's body is viewed at the Police pathology lab.
How did I get he after spiderman
Couldn't they have just transferred the VHS footage & remastered it? They seem to be able to do it with Doctor Who & other films & shows?
Till this day that part with the old lady climbing on the ceiling freaks me out!😱😱😱
I wish that sequence with the woman crawling on the ceiling didn't cut to the insert showing the woman from above. It would be a lot stronger without it.
EX III is a great film
In the first scene , I realise the girl with a pillowcase can c the demon on the ceiling & that the demon jumps from one to the next
Why is the lady crawling on the ceiling?
This is so much better than the embarrassing Heretic The Exorcist II
And i believe...in you. How good was this movie! Brad and George shud both win academy awards! Top 3 hair standing on back of neck movies!
They should have called it 'The Exorcist: Legion.' Then everyone would be happy. But every one was obsessed with numbers past the name of the movie back in the 90s.
do you think they could do this for bruce lee game of death?
They already did, it's on the Hong Kong Legends DVD release.
Doing well on that ceiling as it’s Polystyrene
This exorcist scared tf outta me in particular
Love Blatty.. Love Kermode.. especially love Legion..
Have to say though..
After the first film.. the sequel did feel as if it needed an exorcism at the end, due to the confinement of The gemini in a cell.. the ending would have felt unfinished.
Dancing on the ceiling! Anyone?
apparently Samuel l Jackson is in this somewhere.
That old lady on the ceiling is creepier than ANYTHING in ANY horror film from the past 10 years.
best exeocist movie,,
Shouts releases are amazing. I keep thinking about getting a multi region player. However a lot of titles that have been released in USA and region locked are now becoming available here. The big question is can a UK distribution company get the licence to release titles like this.
Despite its flaws I still think its original release is great.!.
After the disappointed release of pt 2 it was just asumed 3 wouldnt be very good.I first saw this movie 30 years after it was made and was very impressed with it .George C Scott is one of the very best actors
EVER.The movie PATTON proved Just how great.If this movie had been titled
a different bloc it would have been much more
recieved in the day.
IT IS NOT IN THE FILE !!!!!
God dammit! My Grandma is off her meds again!
Love the back story to the creation of the Gemini,how his love for his brother Tommy and his subsequent death lead to the killings to dishonour the abusive overtly religious father.
How the hell would that nurse not see her on the ceiling from there positions she would still be in view even with her going down that hallway she just went into lol
Finally someone who agrees with me,Loved the book Legion, loved the movie..But the end sucks.