I did when i was 9 and thought it was a great sequel that was better than the terrible second film and as worthy as the original.
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Congrats for seeing it on the big screen - that's one regret I have always had. I've seen it many times on computer monitors, but of course there's no comparison.
At the time the film was released I had just about zero disposable income, so I neglected to see it in the theater. I'm happy you were able to do so. Do you recall anything special about the wide screen format and big speaker sound, or anything about audience reaction...? Just curious - I'm sure people weren't throwing up and fainting over this one, as they did over the Friedkin film...
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Saw it 9 times in the theatre.
I know, I know. But back then, you couldn't just 'Wait for the DVD' to come out a few months after release, and I was addicted to this friggin' movie, sooo...
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Gawd, that must have been awesome, seeing it in theater with the wide screen and excellent sound...
shareI was about 11 or 12 at the time this came out so I didn't get to see it in the theater, but I do remember seeing the tv spots and the poster outside the theater.
I also remember being with a friend around this time who saw the poster and mistakenly thought it was the movie version of a book I was reading called "The Executioner", which I think was written by Jay Bennett.
Funny how kids can misconstrue things... so do you think, on reflection, that Exorcist III ended up having anything at all in common with The Executioner (which I have not read) - or did the poster just remind your friend of the book, and that was all...?
shareNo, it all had to do with the title since both begin with the same five letters, so when he saw the marquee it was just an honest mistake. I'm always reminded of that moment whenever I think of Exorcist III.
The book itself has nothing in common with Exorcist III. If I remember right it was more of a revenge type story in the vein of 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'. It had a good cover showing the silhouette of a man standing over a freshly dug hole in the ground, with blue lighting behind him.
Oh - okay, thanks for the clarifications.
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Saw it on the big screen last year around Halloween with a very nice respectful crowd at a festival called "Horrorthon" in Dublin. Was happy when "that scene" drew some audible gasps in the audience! :)
shareExperiencing audience reaction must have been a special pleasure! I've never watched with anyone, not even a small gathering...
shareHa! Saw it on a huge theater screen with a good-hyper (into it, no nonsense) audience and a great sound system. THAT SCENE (oh you know what I'm talking about) stayed with me for weeks.
It was something. Years later we went to a re-releae of the original Exorcist at a midnight movie. Nobody could shut up and watch it.
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It's delightful to know you had such a good time with Exorcist III in the theater - a respectful and involved audience. Otoh, too bad about the Exorcist re-release - bored, disrespectful group. Why bother attending a film if they're not interested...?
shareA few years back, we went to see a double feature of the universal classics, Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein. It was packed! What a wonderful night that was. A respectful audience who gasped at the right times and who laughed at the appropriate moments. Interesting interviews were included.
We also went to see a re-release of John Carpenter's Halloween, and it sucked because the audience was a bunch of kids who can't appreciate a classic old horror movie.
Last year we went to the re-release of Kubrick's The Shining. It was very enjoyable and had a good crowd who was there to appreciate the film.
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What a gratifying experience with the double feature. I'm glad that there are still audiences that respect filmmaking. Re: Halloween, I can just imagine the dim-witted comments, "This isn't scary...this is soooo slow", etc.
shareMy wife and I saw this on a sunny Sunday afternoon in Bakersfield, California. We both walked out of the theater scared silly. The hallway scene got a huge scream, but other scenes were also quite effective. I do remember applause when Father Mourning arrived for the exorcism.
There have only been a handful of movies that really frightened me, and this was one of them. Scary, smart and well made.