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The Exorcist III ignores the events of Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977). [ a ] The film follows a character from the original film, Lieutenant William F. Kinderman, who investigates a series of demonic murders in Georgetown that have the hallmarks of the Gemini, a deceased serial killer.
Blatty based aspects of the Gemini Killer on the real-life Zodiac Killer, [1] who in a January 1974 letter to the San Francisco Chronicle had praised the original Exorcist film as "the best satirical comedy that I have ever seen". [2]
He portrayed the Gemini Killer in The Exorcist III (1990) and appeared in Death Machine (1994), Sworn to Justice with Cynthia Rothrock and Alien Resurrection (1997). He later appeared as Sheriff Lee Brackett in Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007) and Halloween II (2009).
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Father Damien "Demis" Karras, SJ, is a fictional character from the 1971 novel The Exorcist, its 1983 sequel Legion, one of the main protagonists in the 1973 film The Exorcist, and a supporting character in The Exorcist III, the 1990 film adaptation of Legion. He is portrayed by American TV and stage actor Jason Miller.
The newest Exorcist movie stars Leslie Odom Jr., Ann Dowd, Jennifer Nettles, Norbert Leo Butz, Lidya Jewett, Olivia Marcum and, reprising her role from the 1973 original Exorcist movie, Ellen Burstyn.
Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Exorcist. As written by William Peter Blatty, both in his original novel and his Academy Award-winning screenplay, The Exorcist (1973) did not happen.
[3] The Exorcist III (1990) has a character named the "Gemini Killer", loosely based on the Zodiac Killer. Disguised Killer (2000), a short film filmed in Vallejo and set in the present, is based on the Lake Herman Road murders. [4] Zodiac Killer (2005) is set in the present.