The Exorcist Movies: Essential Films
This watch order focuses on the two best films in the franchise, skipping the poorly received sequels and prequels. These films represent the core Exorcist experience without the franchise's continuity complications.
The Exorcist III serves as a direct sequel to the original film, ignoring the events of Exorcist II: The Heretic entirely. Written and directed by William Peter Blatty, the original novel's author, it maintains the philosophical and theological depth that made the first film so impactful.
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The Exorcist
When a 12-year-old girl begins exhibiting disturbing supernatural behavior, her desperate mother turns to two priests who must perform an ancient exorcism to save her daughter's soul.
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The Exorcist III
Fifteen years after the events of the original exorcism, Police Lieutenant Kinderman investigates a series of brutal murders that bear an unsettling resemblance to the methods of a supposedly dead serial killer.
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