Episode 10 - The Exorcist Saga, Part 2: The Gemini Killer Lives!

The Retro Podcast Massacre

THIS EPISODE CONTAINS ONLY LIGHT SPOILERS
In this episode, Val pays a heartfelt tribute to director Renny Harlin before recapping the troubled history of the sequels to The Exorcist.
After his book "Legion" became a bestseller, William Peter Blatty returned to adapt the novel as "The Exorcist III" which is surprisingly great despite huge amounts of studio interference.
Inspired in part by a letter from a real-life serial killer, the original cut of The Exorcist III invokes the spirit of the original movie, but - unfortunately - did not contain an actual exorcism.
Oops.
Val explains why this film provides a great postscript to the original movie - but why that missing exorcism created all sorts of problems for poor Bill Blatty.
Then we move on to the story of the duelling Exorcist prequels. Once again, studio stupidity helps screw over The Exorcist franchise... but is there anything worthwhile in these two alternate versions of the same story?
Join us once again, Willing Participants as we wrap up this bizarre story of the Exorcist franchise. The Power of Christ compels you!