#exorcist ii: the heretic (1977)

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Linda Blair, Richard Burton, Louise Fletcher, Max von Sydow, and Karen Knapp in Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

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Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) directed by John Boorman

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Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

[james-stark-the-writer]

frankly baffling as a sequel to The Exorcist, but there is a good movie in here, somewhere, buried under a lot of baffling creative choices and a tremendously bloated runtime. i can see why everyone hated it, it forgoes all of the exact specific things that were appealing about The Exorcist to go in the complete opposite direction and largely fails in doing more than some spectacle. there is an entire act/section of this movie that you can cut without any consequences. 30-45 minutes just straight up gone with literally zero impact or effect on the entire narrative in any way, it's just a pointless and exhaustingly boring side adventure. John Boorman is clearly a good visual director, there's a lot of fun visual stuff in here, but the visuals cannot save just how boring and scattered the script is.

My ★★★ review of Exorcist II: The Heretic on Letterboxd

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June/July 1977, Tucson

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EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC (1977) dir. John Boorman

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october movie marathon watchlist 2024

dracula (1931)

frankenstein (1931)

the wolf man (1941)

creature from the black lagoon (1954)

invasion of the body snatchers (1956)

blood and black lace (1964)

suspiria (1977)

exorcist ii: the heretic (1977)

the slumber party massacre (1982)

halloween iii: season of the witch (1982)

friday the 13th: a new beginning (1985)

re-animator (1985)

a nightmare on elm street part 2: freddy's revenge (1985)

poltergeist ii: the other side (1986)

halloween 4: the return of michael myers (1988)

in the mouth of madness (1994)

scream 3 (2000)

28 days later (2002)

jeepers creepers 2 (2003)

seed of chucky (2004)

final destination 3 (2006)

the texas chainsaw massacre: the beginning (2006)

wrong turn 2: dead end (2007)

saw v (2008)

get out (2017)

annabelle comes home (2019)

a quiet place part ii (2020)

fear street: 1666 (2021)

in a violent nature (2024)

maxxxine (2024)

i saw the tv glow (2024)

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Stats from Movies 601-700

Top 10 Movies - Highest Number of Votes

Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1992) had the most votes with 1,347 votes. Absentia (2011) had the least votes with 54 votes.

The 10 Most Watched Films by Percentage

Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1992) was the most watched film with 44.6% of voters out of 1,347 saying they had seen it. The Inhabitant (2017) had the least "Yes" votes with 0.6% of voters out of 785.

The 10 Least Watched Films by Percentage

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) was the least watched film with 69.7% of voters out of 538 saying they hadn’t seen it. I Am Alone (2015) had the least "No" votes with 11.3% of voters out of 531.

The 10 Most Known Films by Percentage

Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1992) was the best known film, 6,7% of voters out of 1,347 saying they’d never heard of it.

The 10 Least Known Films by Percentage

I Am Alone (2015) was the least known film, 88,10% of voters out of 531 saying they’d never heard of it.

The movies part of the statistic count and their polls below the cut.

The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007) Unhinged (2020) Tales from the Hood (1995) Tales from the Hood 2 (2018) Tales from the Hood 3 (2020) Quarantine (2008) Quarantine 2: Terminal (2011) I Am Alone (2015) The Hitcher (1986) Lady in White (1988)

Ghostland (2018) Dark City (1998) Event Horizon (1997) Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) The Exorcist III (1990) Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005) The Exorcist: Believer (2023) Tragedy Girls (2017) Martin (1977)

Saint Maud (2019) A Cure for Wellness (2016) The Devil's Advocate (1997) Alice, Sweet Alice (1976) 1408 (2007) Good Manners (2017) The Crawling Eye (1958) Un Chien Andalou / An Andalusian Dog (1929) Cadaver (2020) Skinner (1993)

Cube (1997) The Bees (1978) August Underground (2001) The House (2022) The Lodge (2019) Stay Alive (2006) Shallow Grave (1994) Contracted (2013) Messiah of Evil (1974) The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972)

Llamageddon (2015) One Hour Photo (2002) Absentia (2011) You Might Be the Killer (2018) The Haunting (1999) Onibaba (1964) Abandoned (2022) The Offering (2022) The Crow (1994) Call Back (2009)

La Llorona (2019) Suicide Club (2001) 1BR (2019) Where the Dead Go to Die (2012) El Conde (2023) Black Mountain Side (2014) Piggy (2022) The Neon Demon (2016) Prom Night (1980) Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987)

Prom Night III: The Last Kiss (1990) Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil (1991) Prom Night (2008) Rift (2017) Slaughtered Vomit Dolls (2006) ReGOREgitated Sacrifice (2008) Slow Torture Puke Chamber (2010) Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl (2016) The Club (1994) The Last Exorcism (2010)

Braid (2018) Red Mist (2008) Knock at the Cabin (2023) Revealer (2022) Piranha (1978) What Keeps You Alive (2018) Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) Teeth (2007) Martyrs (2015)

The Woman In Black (1989) The Last Thing Mary Saw (2021) Thirst (2019) Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017) An American Haunting (2005) Troll Hunter (2010) The Power (2021) Post Mortem (2020) Vampires vs. the Bronx (2020) Bulbbul (2020)

The Inhabitant (2017) The Cleansing Hour (2016) The Wind (2018) The Mimic (2017) Errementari (2017) Witches in the Woods (2019) There's Something Wrong with the Children (2023) Antrum (2018) Love at First Bite (1979) The Night of the Hunter (1955)

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James Earl Jones

1931-2024

It makes a kind of sense that James Earl Jones, one of the most revered actors of his time, was best known to most people for two voice roles, as Mufasa, the murdered and avenged sovereign in Disney’s 1993 The Lion King and of course as the voice of the masked Sith Lord Darth Vader in the Star Wars series (1977-2016), arguably the most iconic villain of all time. Hollywood racism had something to do with that, as did Jones preference for the greater opportunities of the stage (he would win three Tonys, one for Lifetime achievement). But there was the voice itself, a rich authoritative baritone that commanded respect if not deference, that could make the line “I find your lack of faith disturbing” both chilling and funny, that could turn his climactic speech in Field of Dreams (“This field, this game – it’s a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good, and it could be”) from sentimental kitsch to plainspoken poetry.

On the Stage he would perform the works of Shakespeare, Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Wiliams and August Wilson but in film he was more often used to lend gravitas and dignity to  films like the Tom Clancy adaptations: 1990’s The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger (1990 1992 and 1994-- he played an admiral), 1993’s Sommersby (a judge) and the wrongheaded 1986 Soul Man (a distinguished Law Professor trying to school a white student who used tanning pills to turn himself black – it was the 80s). He made his debut as one of the bomber crew helping Slim Pickens destroy the world in Stanley Kubrick’s Dr Strangelove (1964); was Oscar-nominated  for reprising his Tony-winning role as Jack Jefferson, (a boxer not-so-loosely based on Jack Johnson) in Martin Ritts’s 1970 The Great White Hope; played a garbageman courting Diahann  Carroll in 1974’s Claudine. He was a scientist/Demon fighter in John Boorman’s utterly bonkers Exorcist II: The Heretic (1978) and Thulsa Doom, the snake cult leading archenemy of Arnold Schwarzenegger as Conan The Barbarian (John Milius, 1982); A sergeant who loves the army but hates the (Vietnam) war in Francis Ford Coppola’s underrated Gardens of Stone (1987).  Not a bad career for a side hustle. And that voice….

[weirdlookindog]

Linda Blair in Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

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CLICK THE LINK ABOVE FOR THE FULL REVIEW

THE EXORCIST III is probably one of the more underrated great horror sequels ever made. Subtly strong direction by William Peter Blatty, a captivating mystery mixed with some memorable scares and visuals, and fantastic performances - especially by George C. Scott, Jason Miller and especially Brad Dourif. While it’s not a masterpiece like the 1973 original, this 1990 sequel is definitely a massive improvement over 1977’s THE HERETIC: EXORCIST II in every single way, making this the first real sequel [in my opinion] of the franchise. While I prefer the Theatrical Cut due to its final act, The Legion Cut is no slouch and offers something to those wanting a more grounded resolution. Either way, this is a mandatory viewing for any fan of this franchise.

[james-stark-the-writer]

some notes and thoughts on John Boorman's Exorcist II: The Heretic.

[mov1efanatic]

Exorcist II: The Heretic - 1977

Four years after her bout of demonic possession, Regan MacNeil seems at peace. But her doctor and Father Lamont, a protégé of the priest who died exorcising Regan, suspects the demon may still have a hold on Regan.

[danman007]

The Parademons in Zack Snyder's Justice League(2021) and in its predecessor, Batman v Superman(2016), remind me of the locust swarms from Exorcist II The Heretic. Exorcist II(1977) is another John Boorman film and like Zardoz(1974) before it this sequel to the 1973 original is often malign and discarded but I think it deserves reappraisal.

A lot of the themes and ideas found in Exorcist II especially on the nature of good vs evil have made their way into Snyder's Superman films(Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, Zack Snyder's Justice League).

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Ennio Morricone - Regan's Theme

off the soundtrack of Exorcist II: The Heretic, 1977