Legion

Legion

Movie

  • :
  • Genre(s): Horror
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): William Peter Blatty
  • Cast(s): Brad Dourif, Kevin Corrigan, George C. Scott, Ed Flanders, Scott Wilson See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 45min
  • Award(s): Rondo Statuette 2016 (Won)
    Saturn 1991 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Meg 2: The Trench, Evil Dead Rise
  • Story:
    This 'director's cut' of The Exorcist III was constructed by Shout! Factory and released in 2016. It is a cut of the film closer to author/director William Peter Blatty's original script, as studio Morgan Creek forced Blatty to shoot new scenes (including a new ending) four months after the film's completion. It has been created with footage archived from various sources, but primarily from VHS dailies, as much of the original edited film elements have been permanently lost. This cut is also renamed Legion as that had also been Blatty's original intent. Police Lieutenant Kinderman (George C. Scott) has been haunted by the death of his friend Father Damien Karras. Now, on the 15th anniversary of the exorcism that claimed the priest’s life, Kinderman’s world is once again shattered when a boy is found decapitated and savagely crucified.
    Full Story

Legion - Where to Stream?

Unfortunately, the movie Legion is not available to stream/stream on any of the streaming platforms in India. It is not available to buy/ rent online on any platforms right now.

Disclaimer: All content and media belong to original content streaming platforms/owners like Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime Videos, JioCinema, SonyLIV etc. 91mobiles entertainment does not claim any rights to the content and only aggregate the content along with the service providers links.

Legion - Cast

Legion - Crew

Legion - IMAGE GALLERY

STORY

Story
This 'director's cut' of The Exorcist III was constructed by Shout! Factory and released in 2016. It is a cut of the film closer to author/director William Peter Blatty's original script, as studio Morgan Creek forced Blatty to shoot new scenes (including a new ending) four months after the film's completion. It has been created with footage archived from various sources, but primarily from VHS dailies, as much of the original edited film elements have been permanently lost. This cut is also renamed Legion as that had also been Blatty's original intent. Police Lieutenant Kinderman (George C. Scott) has been haunted by the death of his friend Father Damien Karras. Now, on the 15th anniversary of the exorcism that claimed the priest’s life, Kinderman’s world is once again shattered when a boy is found decapitated and savagely crucified.

AWARDS

Won
Rondo Statuette Award

Best Commentary | 2016

Saturn Award

Best Writing | 1991

Nominations
Saturn Award

Best DVD Collection For and | 2007

Best DVDBluRay Collection For and | 2015

Best DVDBluRay Collection | 2015

Best DVD Collection | 2007

Best Horror Film | 1991

Best Supporting Actor | 1991

Razzie Award

Worst Actor | 1991

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

William Peter Blatty made the film based on his novel "Legion," which was published in 1983. Morgan Creek decided to call it "The Exorcist III: Legion" even though the screenplay and novel featured no exorcisms whatsoever. After principal photography was completed, the misleading nature of the title was noticed, and the producers determined that additional scenes needed to be written and then added into the film in order to make it a more recognizable sequel of The Exorcist (1973). The last third of the movie had to be entirely redone, with the insertion of a new character, Father Morning, and of an exorcism scene that cost nearly four million dollars.

William Peter Blatty wanted the film to be titled simply "Legion", just like his novel of the same name. The producers, however, wanted the title to be "The Exorcist III" for commercial reasons. Blatty even tried to convince them to alter it to "The Exorcist 1990" in order to distance it from Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), which he despised, but had to settle for "The Exorcist III" notwithstanding.

William Peter Blatty had hoped to recover the deleted footage from the Morgan Creek vaults, so that he might re-assemble the original cut of the film, which he said was "rather different" from what was released. Unfortunately for Blatty, and for the fans who had been clamoring for such a release, the footage was lost for years. On June 28, 2007, Blatty's wife sent the following comment to a fan site: "My husband tells me that it is Morgan Creek's claim that they have lost all the footage, including an alternate opening scene in which Kinderman views the body of Karras in the morgue, right after his fall down the steps. What a shame." However, the missing footage was finally found in 2016, and Blatty's original version was restored shortly before his death the next year, in 2017.

William Peter Blatty offered directorial responsibilities to John Carpenter, who liked his script, but backed out when it became clear that Blatty really wanted to direct the movie himself.

The Gemini Killer character was inspired by the real-life serial killer, "The Zodiac".

Popular Dialogues

"Kinderman: This I believe in... I believe in death. I believe in disease. I believe in injustice and inhumanity, torture and anger and hate... I believe in murder. I believe in pain. I believe in cruelty and infidelity. I believe in slime and stink and every crawling, putrid thing... every possible ugliness and corruption, you son of a bitch. I believe... in you."

"Patient X: I have dreams... of a rose, and then of falling down a long flight of steps."