The Exorcist III and tells Karras to fight the Gemini. Karras regains his free will briefly and orders Kinderman to shoot him. He fires his revolver several times, hitting Karras in the chest, fatally wounding him and stopping the Gemini Killer. Kinderman puts his revolver against Karras' head and fires. William Peter Blatty, who wrote the original "Exorcist" novel and the screenplay for its film adaptation, initially had no desire to write a sequel. However, he eventually came up with a story titled "Legion", featuring Lieutenant Kinderman, a prominent character in the original "Exorcist" novel (though played a minor role in the eventual
The Exorcist (film) graphic he wrote, "That it received an R rating and not the X is stupefying." Some theaters provided "Exorcist barf bags". "The Exorcist" was nominated for ten Academy Awards in 1974, winning two. It is the first horror film to be nominated for Best Picture. At the 46th Annual Academy Awards ceremony, the film won two statuettes (highlighted in bold). The film was nominated for: "The Exorcist" was nominated for seven total Golden Globes in 1974. At the 31st Golden Globes ceremony that year, the film won four awards. The film was nominated for Several versions of "The Exorcist" have