""Exorcist III" is an old-fashioned, precise nightmare machine, trusting the grip of psychological torment to generate wicked scares. It's certainly a talky picture, but outrageously cinematic, with a predatory sound and visual design that seeps into the skin, gradually churning unease as Kinderman pieces together the ghastly details of the crimes. Blatty directs with an eye toward intangible menace, using composition and stillness as a way of creating threat -- there's little about the film that plays by standard genre rules as we know them today. Sure, a few shocks strike from the shadows, and there's a bit of gore to keep the hungry happy, but the majority of the film is played frigidly to optimize the creeps. I could kiss Blatty for making such a patient effort. "Exorcist III" is watchful, internalized, vulnerable. It's, gasp, scary." - Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com