Exorcist 3 Review

April 1, 2026·1 hr 15 min·6 clips

Listener Ben O. paid $666 to be on the show to review Exorcist 3, a film he's obsessed with.

The energy starts half-spent. Bryce Hansen and Max Allen joke about recording two episodes in one day, then bring in longtime listener Ben O after his requested Exorcist 3 lines up with Bryce's short list. Ben arrives through Patreon-adjacent chaos. The paid guest tier was too steep for him, but the movie pick gets him a free seat anyway. The Heretic becomes the measuring stick, and the conversation moves into whether Exorcist 3 works better as a sequel, as Legion, or as a studio-mutated mix of both. The review stays sharp. They like how the movie lets a character switch feel natural before the mechanics show, which gives the scene a cleaner hit. Then the production story takes over. The hosts trace the original Legion plan, with none of the original cast, George C. Scott as Kinderman, and a different actor as Father Dyer. The casting history gets messy fast. Scheduling problems, surviving cast members, and the decision to keep the priest alive all feed the puzzle. Brad Durif was already central. Then studio demands pushed Jason Miller into the film, not by starting over, but by intercutting him with Durif after much of it had already been shot. That is where the episode has real bite. The hosts treat the interference as annoying but weirdly fascinating, especially the audience test with viewers who apparently could not follow the film. The studio wanted clearer sequel hooks, which meant an exorcism and someone from the original cast. The criticism is blunt without getting precious. They poke at what works, what got forced in, and why the final version still sticks. The ending veers into game-show nonsense: Ben wins horror-or-porno guessing, the hosts plug voicemail, patrons, reviews, and social links, then circle back to the cold open's bit about more energy and passion.

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A messy sequel gets a sharp, lively defense that follows the film's problems instead of smoothing them over.

This review treats Exorcist 3 as a sequel shaped by studio interference, and it makes a fair case for why the film still holds up. It moves cleanly from the audience test and the push to bring back Jason Miller from the original cast to the choice to pair him with Brad Dourif,…

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