Sooo . . . first let me be honest that I thought I was buying a DVD of 'The Exorcist'; you know that movie with Linda Blair. Somehow I missed the Roman Numeral 'III' stuck in the middle of the 'O' in Exorcist on the cover. Took me about twenty minutes to realize something was drastically wrong with this movie, or at least my expectations of it. You see, I'd never seen the first Exorcist, still haven't, but I knew there was supposed to be this rather gifted child star. Nope, not in this one. And some really outstanding special effects, especially for 1973. Nope, there are some reasonably passable gore scenes, but nothing like a spinning head, and, considering it was 1990 when this one was released . . . what a disappointment.
Now, I have always had a lot of respect for Mr. Scott. . in fact his 1971 black comedy "The Hospital" still ranks as one of my favorite movies. But what drives a gifted, principled actor to sign on to a project like this? I really hope he thought it would turn out far better than it did.
Now, I have always had a lot of respect for Mr. Scott. . in fact his 1971 black comedy "The Hospital" still ranks as one of my favorite movies. But what drives a gifted, principled actor to sign on to a project like this? I really hope he thought it would turn out far better than it did.