`` Review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes reports 62 % of critics gave the film positive write-ups based on 26 reviews , with a rating of 5.6/10.. British film critic Mark Kermode called it `` '' a restrained , haunting chiller which stimulates the adrenalin and intellect alike '' '' Timeout.com and New York Times reviewer Vincent Canby said `` '' The Exorcist III is a better and funnier ( intentionally ) movie than either of its predecessors '' '' , Movies.nytimes.com while PEOPLE Magazine 's Ralph Novak began his review with , `` '' As a movie writer-director , William Peter Blatty is like David 's Lynch 's good twin . ''
The Exorcist III scored less than 60 % based on more than 26 reviews .