Horror icon John Carpenter once considered helming an Exorcist sequel, only to reject it upon realizing it featured no actual exorcism.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT John Carpenter passed on an Exorcist sequel because of one big issue with the script: a total lack of exorcisms. The original Exorcist was a genuine phenomenon when it hit theaters in 1973, and is considered one of the best horror movies ever made. It didn't lend itself naturally to becoming a franchise, which might explain why subsequent The Exorcist movies have struggled critically and commercially.
Carpenter praises the author as a "fabulous writer" and states that much of The Exorcist 3 is brilliant. However, he was "ambivalent" about the movie's screenplay because it didn't have an exorcism. Carpenter summed up the story as "The Devil's locked up in jail causing much havoc, and Kinderman finally shoots him in the head. End of story.
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