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The Exorcist III

Horror

Directed by William Peter Blatty

On the fifteenth anniversary of the exorcism that claimed Father Damien Karras' life, Police Lieutenant Kinderman's world is once again shattered when a boy is found decapitated and savagely crucified. From TMDB

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The Exorcist III is a 1990 horror film, directed by William Peter Blatty, starring George C. Scott, Ed Flanders and Brad Dourif.

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  • Sarah. 🥀🦇🕸️ @vampireghuleh.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 16, 2024

    Horror Movie #PromoSky : 🖤 Creepshow 🖤 The Shining 🖤 The Exorcist & The Exorcist III 🖤 Nightmare On Elm Street III 🖤 May 🖤 Ginger Snaps 🖤 Excision 🖤 American Mary 🖤 The Omen & The Omen 2 🖤 Terrifier Trilogy 🖤 The Wicker Man 🖤 Evil Dead 2 🖤 Halloween & Halloween III 🖤 Scream

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  • Trevors (1990) starring Kevin Bacon @slimyswampghost.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 8, 2025

    The Exorcist III is a much better horror film than The Exorcist, i stand by this. The writing and performances in this film are peerless in the genre, imo. And it's so malevolently WEIRD.

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  • Trevors (1990) starring Kevin Bacon @slimyswampghost.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 5, 2026

    Favourite horror movie for every year of the 1990s: 1990: The Exorcist III 1991: Silence Of The Lambs 1992: Ghostwatch 1993: Leif Jonker's Darkness 1994: In The Mouth Of Madness 1995: Demon Knight 1996: The Frighteners 1997: Cure 1998: Disembodied 1999: Ravenous

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  • The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 26, 2025

    Before things get creepy in The Exorcist III, George C. Scott watches It's a Wonderful Life. Therefore: CHRISTMAS MOVIE! Our Exorcist III commentary is out!

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  • Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 8, 2025

    Happy Birthday to WILLIAM PETER BLATTY, author of the novel THE EXORCIST. He won an Oscar for the screenplay of the book's iconic film adaptation and ended up writing and directing THE EXORCIST III

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  • The Saint of Sinners! @thesaintofsinn1.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 5, 2026

    Favourite horror movie for every year of the 1990s: 1990 The Exorcist III 1991 The Silence Of The Lambs 1992 Dracula 1993 Army Of Darkness 1994 In The Mouth Of Madness 1995 Lord of Illusions 1996 From Dusk Till Dawn 1997 Event Horizon 1998 The Faculty 1999 Ravenous Always subject to change.

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  • Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 5, 2026

    Favourite horror movie for every year of the 1990s: 1990: The Exorcist III 1991: Silence of the Lambs 1992: Bram Stoker's Dracula 1993: Jurassic Park 1994: Heavenly Creatures 1995: Magnetic Rose 1996: Crash 1997: Lost Highway 1998: Ringu 1999: Eyes Wide Shut

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  • Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vetBluesky · Mar 30, 2026

    How is The Exorcist III a 1990 movie when it looks like it was filmed in 1971

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  • ✨John Carpenter’s BOObies✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 13, 2026

    THE EXORCIST III is a good movie no I will not be taking questions.

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  • Gerdzilla @gerdzilla.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2025

    ☄️🍎🐀🐧 #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky Night of the Creeps (1986) The Battery (2012) Mother’s Day (1980) The Exorcist III (1990)

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  • Cinematic Second Chances @cinemaseconds.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 17, 2026

    THE EXORCIST III (1990) Dir. William Peter Blatty I wanted to spotlight a film that found its audience at last. Long dismissed, now fully embraced- as it deserves. Rewatch it and remember the craft, the acting, and that unforgettable jump scare that still ranks among the best ever put on screen.🎞️📽️

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  • Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    If you had to pick one and only one scary movie to watch on Halloween, which would you pick? I'm going with The Exorcist III, natch.

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  • Zeb Cyrus 🎃👻🙀 @zbcy.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 13, 2025

    Books to film 📚=🎞️ Legion (1983) by William Peter Blatty was adapted to film as The Exorcist III and directed by Blatty himself. Both tell a detective story, but the film heavily leans into the supernatural aspects in order to connect the previous films. ⛧🕴️😈 #filmsky #booksky

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  • Clinton of the Damned 🎃👻 @puritythrufire.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 2, 2026

    Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Year 2, Day #109 "The Exorcist III" (William Peter Blatty/1990) Blatty adapts his own novel Legion to film with excellent results. While it continues characters from The Exorcist, it is more its own story. Check it out.

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  • Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.socialBluesky · Dec 29, 2025

    That The Exorcist III features not only Viveca Lindfors but also Barbara Baxley and Zohra Lampert is how I know that the film was made for me personally.

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  • On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 30, 2026

    On this night (30th March) in 1991, the Scala Cinema was showing The Exorcist (1973), Repossessed (1990), The Exorcist III (1990) and Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) as a Possessed all-nighter.

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  • Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 13, 2025

    The Exorcist III. Saw it in NYC, on the second level of a movie theater, and when THE SCENE happened, everyone jumped and WHOLE CEMENT FLOOR wobbled in a way that made my stomach flip.

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  • Jayce @jayceb.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 5, 2026

    Favourite horror movie for every year of the 1990s: 1990: The Exorcist III 1991: Hiruko the Goblin 1992: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 1993: Cronos 1994: In the Mouth of Madness 1995: Gakkō no Kaidan 1996: Scream 1997: Cure + Perfect Blue 1998: Ring 1999: Gemini

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  • ᗷᖇ[IT]🎈 @babysip.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 19, 2025

    31 Days of Halloween Horror Challenge 👻 Day 20– “movie with a famous jump scare” This is the perfect opportunity to watch a solid sequel with a great jump scare that not enough people talk about— The Exorcist III (1990) ✝️

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  • RTL3 @russelllatshaw.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 17, 2026

    Avoided it for the longest time because of the assumed usual diminishing horror movie sequel returns but oh, The Exorcist III isn't just good, it's GOOD good

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  • Mister P. Paintbrush @pickmanpaintbrush.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 20, 2024

    This Spooky Saturday sees an essay on surprise good film, The Exorcist III. Love this movie, and feel I gave an interesting take on it too! horrorinclined.wordpress.com/2024/01/20/e...

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  • G’arthritis 🐺 @rstvideo.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2025

    🎃 Tonight’s Horror Movie - 31st Oct: The finale 🎃 The Exorcist IIi (1990) This is such an underrated/forgotten gem of a horror. Part cop drama, part horror. It’s funny at times but also disturbing and scary. Some fabulous performances (Brad Dourif is great as usual) ✝️✝️✝️🌗

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  • Anabela T @anabelat.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 25, 2026

    #NowWatching The Exorcist III (1990) with #SundayCinema 📽️

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  • Sandy @sandeelio.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 2, 2025

    #NovemberMovieChallenge #Moviesky #Filmsky Day 1 - Hospital in a Movie The Exorcist III

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  • Rocky @viperwave.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 3, 2025

    Its time for the third Stalked By My Doctor movie with @animeserbia.bsky.social. Dr Beck has survived jail but can he survive todays woke university campus? Tune in for whats been called The Exorcist III of sequels: www.twitch.tv/kemonofriend...

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  • David Hughes @filmcritic.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2023

    Writer/director William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist III ignored its predecessor—and his film was better for it. The new one isn’t great and (worse) it ignores III which is sublime.

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  • CC @cckirby.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 2, 2026

    218. I feel like I've been watching nothing but garbage lately and I'm so glad we went with The Exorcist III tonight, like an oasis in the driest desert I've seen in a long time letterboxd.com/cckirby/film...

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  • 🩸🎃lucille🎃🩸 @ boston !!!! @midwestrogen.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 28, 2026

    So many amazing films here (Trick R Treat, Prince Of Darkness, The Exorcist III to name a few), but Dead & Buried fucking rips. One of the great pleasures of my life so far has been showing it for a movie night and having people lose their minds over it. Great small town, gloomy vibes. Mia watch.

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  • Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 30, 2026

    Favorite horror film from each year of the 90s: 1990: The Exorcist III 1991: The Silence of the Lambs 1992: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 1993: The Cormorant 1994: Interview with the Vampire 1995: The Addiction 1996: Thesis 1997: Cure 1998: Ring 1999: Audition

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  • Melos 🌟🦋 @runlikemelos.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 25, 2025

    113. The Exorcist III (movie, 1990, rewatch) This movie is William Peter Blatty ruminating over whether his faith is able to weather the bottomless evil of the modern world, and while I am not a person of faith myself I find it makes for a gripping and terrifying experience.

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  • Something Weird @i-am-estevan.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 21, 2025

    boxd.it/8SWfHl The Exorcist III is my favorite film in the Exorcist franchise. A director’s cut was released in 2016 by Scream Factory, and really adds to the movie. William Peter Blatty directed the movie, which was based on his novel, Legion #filmsky #horrorsky

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  • optiMSTie @optimstie.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2024

    HOLY SHIT Best jump scare ever, uncontested, especially with the drawn-ouuuuuuuut buildup that the GIF doesn't cover. Since I seem to be running with a theme of pop cultural heresies tonight, here's another: I hold The Exorcist III in a higher regard than the first movie. Yeah. I just went there.

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  • Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 26, 2024

    #31Horrors4Halloween: 20. The Exorcist III. Damn this movie rocks. Brad Dourif remains the horror GOAT. And his scenes with George C. Scott are masterful. There’s THE jump scare. And possessed old people. I loved it.

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  • Jo is Afraid @bywayofjosiah.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 28, 2024

    Rewatching THE EXORCIST III (1990). Christ, this thing is amazing. After creating a whole subgenre of horror with the first movie, William Peter Blatty predicted that 90’s horror would be all about serial killers. What a legend.

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  • AJ: A Mario Bava Film @ajmacready.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2023

    I am but a humble man who holds humble beliefs and one of them is this: the single greatest jump scare in film or television used to be in THE EXORCIST III but is now in THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE. Thank you, Mike Flanagan.

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  • Chris Franklin @errant-signal.comBluesky · Aug 27, 2023

    You know, in a certain sense Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Exorcist III: Legion are the same movie

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  • Raysident Evil @sireviscerate.myatproto.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    The Exorcist III: Legion (1990) This could have been an absolute mess of a movie, bogged down by too many studio notes, if not for the sheer force of will of noted weird little guy Brad Douriff as the spirit of a serial killer possessing a dead priest. 6.5/10

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  • 𝖓𝖒𝖉 (but haunted) 🎃👻🦇 @nmdtower.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 5, 2026

    Movie # 11 - The Exorcist III #100horrormoviesin92days #horrorsky

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  • optiMSTie @optimstie.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 18, 2023

    GHOST PEPPER TAKE: The Exorcist III was at least as good as, if not better than, the first film. There, I said it. [dives behind the couch]

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  • Dread VanVleet 🎃🕷️ @velodus.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 11, 2023

    I finally watched The Exorcist III (I skipped II because it's apparently atrocious) and I thought it was great. It's a very different story from the first film and with much more of a plot, but it connects to it well. Also Patrick Ewing is in it for a second. IOW: a worthy sequel

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  • Kane @demikane.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 5, 2026

    Favourite horror movie for every year of the 1990s: 1990: The Exorcist III 1991: Silence of the Lambs 1992: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 1993: Darkness 1994: In the Mouth of Madness 1995: Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell 1996: Thesis 1997: Cure 1998: Disembodied 1999: Sleepy Hollow

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  • Sandy @sandeelio.bsky.socialBluesky · May 12, 2026

    #MayMovieChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky Day 12 - A movie that had a nurse The Exorcist III

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  • Tim Edwards @timzero4.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 24, 2025

    The Exorcist III Good movie you may have missed Try to find the restored version #horror #film #Halloween

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  • Kristy Lamoureux @kristyjeans.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 20, 2025

    #31DayHorrorChallenge Day 20: Movie w/a Famous Jumpscare The Exorcist III (1990) After a string of murders, a cop is confronted with an evil he thought was long dead. Way underrated in my opinion. A fun blend of theology, bathtub carp, and horror. @nofspodcast.bsky.social #TheExorcistIII #Horror

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  • Roland of Gilead @rolandofgilead19.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2025

    Reading and watching horror movies all day. This is how I dull the pain. Watched Snatchers. A bit silly, but really not a bad movie. Now watching The Exorcist III: The Heretic. I remember now why I had a huge crush on Linda Blair. She's magnificent in this. Read a bit from The Witch's Apothecary.

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  • Watch If You Dare @watchifyoudare.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 19, 2025

    This rad Fright Rags shirt of “The Exorcist III” finally arrived in the mail! - Derek #horror #horrorsky #film #filmsky

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  • Sara-Scare-a-Bo-Bear-a @saraelle.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 3, 2025

    Film no. 4. The Exorcist III (1990. #100HorrorMoviesin92Days

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  • no average joel @noaveragejoel.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 6, 2025

    Fave horror movie from each year of the 90s 1990: The Exorcist III 1991: Silence of the Lambs 1992: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me 1993: Addams Family Values 1994: Tammy and the T-Rex 1995: Se7en 1996: Scream 1997: Perfect Blue 1998: Ring 1999: The Blair Witch Project

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  • Joseph Finn @josephfinn.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 25, 2025

    OK, it's Friday night and while I contemplate dinner let's hit something that''s been on my watchlist for forever but I put off after the weird snorefest that is the 2nd movie. Now time for THE EXORCIST III (1990).

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  • Samantha Burns @cheesecakechik.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 20, 2025

    Jazz was referencing the Bible and I mistakenly thought it was actually a reference to The Exorcist III: Legion. *it’s important to note that she has never seen that film, something that she knows I KNOW*

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  • ♡𝔰(𝔄𝔦𝔫𝔱)𝔏𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔠𝔯𝔞𝔣𝔱♡ @saintlovecraft.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 16, 2024

    Horror Movie #PromoSky : 🖤 Hereditary 🖤 Rose Red 🖤 The Exorcist & The Exorcist III 🖤 Nightmare On Elm Street III 🖤 Poltergeist 🖤 Ginger Snaps 🖤 Witch 🖤 Jason Takes Manhattan 🖤 Hellraiser i-iv 🖤 Lord of Illusion 🖤 John Carpenter's "Apocalypse Trilogy" 🖤 Evil Dead 2 🖤 Halloween & Halloween III

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  • Dread Central @dreadcentral.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 20, 2024

    Tyler Doupé looks back on ‘The Exorcist III’ and argues how the film is more terrifying than its famous predecessor.

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  • 📼 V I D E O 📼 @video199x.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 30, 2026

    Share your fave: Vampire Movie: Sinners Zombie Movie: Day of the Dead Haunting Movie: Pulse Creature Feature: Tremors Found Footage: Noroi (Tied with all of the Senritsu movies) Slasher: Candyman Cosmic Horror: Occult Psychological Horror: The Exorcist III Horror Comedy: Dead Alive

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  • Nadia Asfar @nadiaasfarphotos.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    #100HorrorMoviesin92Days Movie 77-The Exorcist III And another first viewing 🎞️ #ExorcistIII #Horror #Filmsky

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  • Ghoul 🇲🇦🇨🇦💚ⵣ#BLM📚🔮🪄 @twilightofadead.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 22, 2026

    Movie I'll watch: The Exorcist III! :) (I'll watch it tomorrow aye!) #filmsky

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  • 🖖🏳️‍⚧️T'Lynn🦇David🦇Cooper🏳️‍⚧️🖖 @awholedamntown.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 21, 2026

    open.spotify.com/show/31JXE8v... Listening to this now. It's the basis of THE EXORCIST III, the secretly-best Exorcist movie.

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  • Takeru Cage - drafting novel and drawing things rn @ktakerucage1029.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 26, 2025

    31 Days of Horror Viewing - Day 20 The Exorcist III (1990) (Rewatch): Completed. #31DaysofHorror #Horror #FilmSky #Halloween #TheExorcist

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  • Tom Stewart @uncletupelo1.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 20, 2025

    #31DayHorrorChallenge #HorrorSky #FilmSky Night 20 'The Exorcist III' (1990) There is one scare in this film that I still reference as how to do and old fashioned 'jump' scare, I won't spoil.

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  • Burger Snail @surlaw.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 26, 2025

    Alphabet of Movies - E One of the all-time best sequels, an idea that really shouldn't work on paper and turns out incredibly good. I go back and forth between preferring this or the original Exorcist. Two masterpieces! My ★★★★★ review of The Exorcist III on Letterboxd boxd.it/4NBx9d

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  • Dakota @onetrueglob.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2024

    Arrow Films just announced The Exorcist III UHD! Easily the best Exorcist sequel and one of the scariest horror movie moments!

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