Here's another good one from Auntie Holly's toy box!
The Exorcist III - does that count as obscure?
Exorcist II was pretty awful, and the box office figures for
Exorcist III were poor as a result, most people apparently deciding that the series was going to descend,
Jaws style, into a string of sequels, each sillier than the last. Which is a shame, because William Blatty returned to the director's chair for the third instalment and produced another lean, chilling, serious, "adult" horror in the style of the original. It is perhaps not quite the equal of the first film, but it delivered some wonderful, atmospheric chills and some moments of real tension and fear, and I feel that it deserves to be known and loved by horror fans as part of a two-film story along with the original.
Below is a clip of one of the scariest scenes from the movie, and one (IMO) of the very best scares from the horror canon! It is a perfect demonstration of one of my favourite sayings concerning art, whether it be films, writing, music or anything in that line:
"If you want somebody's attention, whisper." The camera barely moves for over two minutes; there is no music and no dialogue, and then - BANG! Masterful! If I was teaching a course in film-making, this scene would be one of the lessons, no doubt about it.
Anyone who knows the film will know the scene I am talking about. Yes, it's nursie...
For the rest of you,
watch and enjoy, my friends!!!