Exorcist II: The Heretic

June. 17,1977      R
Rating:
3.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism.

Richard Burton as  Father Philip Lamont
Linda Blair as  Regan MacNeil
Louise Fletcher as  Dr. Gene Tuskin
Max von Sydow as  Father Lankester Merrin
Kitty Winn as  Sharon Spencer
Paul Henreid as  The Cardinal
James Earl Jones as  Older Kokumo
Ned Beatty as  Edwards
Rose Portillo as  Spanish Girl
Ken Renard as  Abbot

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Reviews

KnotMissPriceless
1977/06/17

Why so much hype?

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Wordiezett
1977/06/18

So much average

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Borserie
1977/06/19

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

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Abbigail Bush
1977/06/20

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

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Eric Stevenson
1977/06/21

One of the most frightening films ever made got one of the dullest sequels ever made. Not only is this film boring, but none of it makes any sense at all. Apparently the demon that possessed Regan is still lurking in her body, albeit hidden very deeply. There's this weird machine that allows a person to see what the other person is thinking or some stupid thing like that. We find out that the demon that possessed Regan was already exorcised by someone in Africa. A priest goes to Africa and there's this stupid scene where he's about to fall on spikes in front of James Earl Jones.We then immediately cut to Jones with normal clothes and them in some laboratory. I have no clue what's going on and this film is so stupid I don't care. Trust me, Mom, you'd think this was worse than the original with how dumb it is. Locusts are involved a lot, which has nothing to do with "The Exorcist". The whole film is confusing and accomplishes nothing. I think the only saving grave was that it was nice to have Linda Blair back as Regan, but even she has too many awkward lines. Well, I'm starting with Nostalgia Critic Month and it's interesting how this is the oldest film he ever reviewed, not including DVD reviews. At least I got the video game reviews over with. *1/2

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adonis98-743-186503
1977/06/22

A teenage girl once possessed by a demon finds that it still lurks within her. Meanwhile, a priest investigates the death of the girl's exorcist. Exorcist II: The Heretic suffers from what most horror sequels do which is a bad script and just the same old story all over again with things that make no sense and the whole Pazuzu thing bored me to death i mean seriously this film is really slow paced and for some reason actors such as James Earl Jones (Star Wars and Conan The Barbarian), Richard Burton and Louise Fletcher are in here for some reason which is probably the money. Overall Exorcist 2 is nowhere near as good as the first film or contains any of the horror that the original movie had plus the film is considered one of the worst sequels of all time and you can see why although nothing will ever beat "Nightmare on Elm Street 6" (3/10)

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Filipe Neto
1977/06/23

If "The Exorcist" is one of the best horror films ever, this sequel can be one of the worst. The story seeks to give logical continuity to the first film but ends up losing all logic. Linda Blair retakes the character who made her famous, but she's so stupid and shallow that we just do not recognize her. Next to her comes the veteran Richard Burton, in the role of an unconvincing Catholic priest. In fact, he was already drowned in alcoholism in the same way that Blair might no longer be unknown to drugs. There is no merit in the support cast, no use talking. The script should have been used as toilet paper before the movie was shot. Everything that could be stuck in the film ended up appearing, invariably ridiculous, forced and pitiful: from obvious allusions to the hippies (watch costumes, for example) to an absurd story involving an African tribe, not to mention that box with strobe lights which left the person hypnotized. To make the salad more complete only the aliens and medieval knights were lacking. Can we offer this film to Pazuzu, to see if he takes the movie away for good?

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SnoopyStyle
1977/06/24

Dr. Gene Tuskin (Louise Fletcher) treats troubled kids including Regan MacNeil (Linda Blair). Regan seems normal but she doesn't remember that night in Washington. Father Philip Lamont (Richard Burton) joins her this time to investigate the death of Father Merrin. Dr. Tuskin uses a synchronized hypnotist machine on Regan that links their minds. Lamont discover the demon Pazuzu resides inside Regan and he goes to Africa to search for a cure from Kokumo (James Earl Jones).The higher they climb, the farther they fall. There is an obvious way to make the sequel to Exorcist. This is not it. There is nothing scary. It's trying to explain the Exorcist rather than making a bigger Exorcist. The hypnotist machine is laughable and flattens the movie. The African story is muddled and drags. It may be teaching more about locus than anything else. The locus POV is also somewhat laughable. This is simply wrong in so many ways.

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