Mark Kermode on "Legion" (The Exorcist III)

[MrHopeTelevision]

"william friedkin , GREATEST FILMAKER OF ALL TIME!"

dear oh dear

[VinceLyle]

i watch a the exorcist (for the first time) on itv 4 very resently, to find there was no spiderwalk at all, very disapointing. what is going?

[killerstudios10]

@VinceLyle there were showing the original version

[Muskateering]

I prefer the version in the documentary.

[Concreteowl]

I can highly recommend Spicediver's fanedit of Exorcist III/Legion. It's not perfect but it brings some dignity back to this abused film.

[sabalos]

As stupid as Exorcist III gets, I quite like it - George C Scott and Ed Flanders are great before the silly ending, and Brad Dourif is incredible for most of his scenes in his prison cell.

[rorrt]

In the the end Kermode says, "Me and Nick", i think he knows as well as anyone its "Nick and I"...

Still, i personally dont like the spiderwalk, to me it just looks silly

[TheMildBunch67]

@rorrt "Me and Nick" is correct.

[rorrt]

@TheMildBunch67

Is it?

Oh well, i'm not much bothered either way. I very much take a Stephen Fry type approach to language, basically if it makes sense, it doesn't matter either way. Though my brain isnt as big has his.

[TheDensley7]

The product of a demented mind!

[dowling1981]

@TheDensley7 Ye portain them?

[BRm2008]

hey the original cut never had that scene at all

[TheConciseStatement]

I remember this blog post now, Incredible that The Good Doctor (along with his friend Nick) now becomes a genuine part of Exorcist folklore. Wonderful.

[bugsquish71]

Blatty's Legion is as good as his Exorcist book

[whisperingfox]

What I dont understand about Exorcist III, is that it kinda bases a large part of itself on the 'friendship' between Kinderman and Karras. I think there is even a scene where Kinderman says something like "He was a good friend. I miss him everyday", or words to that effect. But we know that they didnt have any friendship. Infact they only met a couple of times before Karras died.

[richardbrodieuk]

Fingers crossed they can get the original cut of Legion done, that would be worth seeing!

[ChevKen]

The novel "Legion" is much better than what we saw on the screen.In fact, I think that the film suffered the same kind of disappointment that many of Stephen King's stories did onscreen.

[BunnyMan456]

holy hell. Kermode was responsible for the last true scare that I ever had? I watched that clip of the flicking tongue and just thinking about it I couldn't sleep

[sabbs]

I'm so excited about the original cut of legion. I had no idea that the ending was re-shot?! I thought it was an amazing film up to the point the stupid OTT effects kicked in. Typical Hollywood 'Bay -esque' nonsense......:/

[superswanwick]

his hands are huge....

[RolandDeschain1]

With the uncut NIGHTBREED (another compromised Morgan Creek film from around the same time) recently surfacing I hope that LEGION could also be 'found' at some point.

[soupie]

Nightbreed was a brilliant idea, as most clive barker stuff is, but really poorly executed

[hanshotfirst1138]

@RolandDeschain1 I just don't see it happening. The footage is allegedly "lost," and even in the case of NIGHTBREED, even if the did find it, they're reticent to release it. LEGION: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT is, sad to say, probably a fanboy dream. The footage is gone, I doubt they'll find it. It's THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS of horror films. Sad.

[Jellyform]

I thought 3 was very good.