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The Exorcist III (1990) KILL COUNT

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The Exorcist III (1990) KILL COUNT is the four hundredth and twenty-seventh video of The Kill Count.

Overview[]

In Georgetown, fifteen years after Regan MacNeil's exorcism in 1975, Father Dyer and Lieutenant William F. Kinderman reminisce about Father Damien Karras. The following night, an incident at a church occurs indicating the presence of something supernatural, which causes a crucifix to open its eyes. A man later walks on the streets speaking of a dream of "falling down a long flight of steps", suggesting that someone is committing murders linked to Karras' death.

The next morning, Kinderman is called to find the body of Thomas Kintry, a Black youth who had his head replaced with a cut-off statue of Jesus. Afterwards a priest, Father Kanavan, is murdered during a false confessional one night, also decapitated. The fingerprints at the crime scenes do not match, indicating different people committed each murder. Dyer falls ill and ends up in hospital which houses a psychiatric ward for the elderly. He is also murdered and decapitated with all of his blood neatly placed in small bottles. After questioning patients in the mental ward, assisted by Sergeant Mel Atkins, Kinderman notices that the murders fit the modus operandi of James Venamun, "The Gemini Killer", a serial killer who was executed fifteen years prior.

Kinderman visits Father Riley, the head of the church council Kanavan and Dyer worked for that Kanavan himself ran fifteen years earlier. When discussing a connection between the murders, Kinderman believes the suspect to be possessed by the Gemini and questions Riley on his belief in possessions. Riley suggests he talk to Father Paul Morning, who handled an exorcism in the Philippines that "his hair turned white overnight" as a result. Riley reveals a connection between the victims regarding the Regan MacNeil case: Kanavan allowing that exorcism to take place, Dyer being friends with the family, and Kintry's mother being the one who decoded a backwards message on a tape recording of Pazuzu – the entity who possessed Regan.

Afterwards, Kinderman questions another patient at the hospital, an elderly woman who knows nothing of Dyer's murder. He then visits the head of a psychiatric ward, Dr. Temple, who relates the history of one of his patients. The patient was found wandering aimlessly fifteen years previously with amnesia. He was locked up, catatonic until six weeks earlier when he got better and became violent, also claiming to be the Gemini. The patient is Kinderman's old friend Damien Karras, who is in fact possessed by the Gemini. The Gemini expresses ignorance of Karras, but boasts of murdering Father Dyer and other victims years earlier.

That night, a nurse is murdered, and Dr. Temple dies by suicide. Kinderman returns to see Karras who is still possessed by the Gemini. The killer explains that he is being aided by "The Master", presumably Pazuzu, who was vengeful for Karras expelling him out of Regan's body. "The Master" took the spirit of the Gemini (who was executed the same night), and placed it in Karras's body with Karras' spirit locked inside to witness the horrific acts as punishment. The Gemini has possessed other people in the institution to carry out his murders and forced Dr. Temple to help him.

The Gemini possesses a patient, the old woman, who leaves the hospital disguised as a nurse and attempts to murder Kinderman and his family at their home. However, the attack abruptly ends when Father Morning arrives at the hospital to confront Karras, sensing a calling to perform another exorcism from his home. As he attempts to cleanse Karras, "The Master" intervenes, taking over Karras' body, and Morning is severely mutilated. Kinderman rushes back to the hospital with the now unconscious patient and attempts to euthanize Karras. The possessed Karras then torments and attempts to kill Kinderman.

As "The Master" chants how victory is on his side, Father Morning regains consciousness and tells Karras to fight. The real Karras briefly regains his free will and cries out to Kinderman to shoot and kill him. Kinderman does this, freeing Karras from both the Gemini and his "Master". Later, Kinderman and Sergeant Atkins watch Karras' funeral, his tombstone listing his death at the age of 40 on 9 October 1975.

Deaths[]

Counted Deaths[]

  1. Thomas Kintry - Mutilated, decapitated, crucified offscreen - 5 mins in (body discovered)
  2. Father Kanavan - Asphyxiated & beheaded offscreen - 16 mins in (body discovered)
  3. Father Dyer - Drained of blood, decapitated - 28 mins in (body shown)
  4. Nurse Keating - Decapitated w/ shears offscreen - 1 hr 16 mins in
  5. Dr. Temple - The doctor is out - 1 hr 17 mins in (body shown)
  6. Nurse - Killed offscreen for uniform - 1 hr 29 mins in (body found)
  7. Father Morning - Skin peeled off, died of injuries - 1 hr 44 mins in
  8. Father Karras - Shot 3x in chest, once in head - 1 hr 44 mins in

Non-Counted Deaths[]

  • James Venamun/The Gemini Killer - Executed by the electric chair 15 years prior (mentioned)
  • Karl Venamum - Killed by the Gemini killer off-screen (mentioned)
  • Unnamed Waitress - Throat slit by the Gemini Killer (mentioned)
  • 16 Unknown People - Killed by the Gemini killer off-screen (mentioned)
  • Eddie Dyer - Killed during the Vietnam War (mentioned)
  • James Venamun/The Gemini Killer (Spirit) - Spirit banished by Morning and Kinderman

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