SummaryA 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.
Directed By:John Boorman, Rospo Pallenberg
Written By:William Goodhart, Rospo Pallenberg
Exorcist II: The Heretic
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Boorman deserves credit for trying out some new ideas, even if most of them backfire. Visually, it's fascinating—sort of a blend of Minnellian baroque and Buñuelian absurdity—but the dialogue is childish, the story is incomprehensible, and the metaphysics are ridiculous. Still, an audacious failure is preferable to a chickenhearted success. More than worth a look, if only out of curiosity.
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Not as awful as its notorious reputation would indicate, but certainly not the neglected masterpiece its small cult of supporters has claimed, Boorman's gorgeously shot sequel to The Exorcist has isolated moments of breathtaking imagery, but its parts do not add up to a satisfying whole.
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Sep 27, 2022
3
the exorcist 2 is a rare and at the same time disastrous movie, unfortunately it is one of the worst sequels I have seen despite the fact that it has great actors and a good director. A failure in all respects but with beautiful photography and very few aesthetically beautiful scenes.
Jul 2, 2019
3
Terrible Followup
This movie disrespects the legacy of it’s predecessor with it acting like a bland and stupid horror film.
50
Substantially recut by Boorman after his original version was derided in America, but it's still easy to see why New Yorkers jeered. Boorman completely avoids gore and obscenity, treating the original as a kind of sacred good-versus-evil text, and weaving its sets and characters into a highly traditional confrontation of occult forces.
42
It would be a lot easier to buy Exorcist II: The Heretic as a mood piece if it was able to sustain a tone beyond clumsy exposition and hysterical camp for longer than a few minutes.
40
This sequel is so laden with dubious, spurious, curious and tedious stuff about theology, parapsychology, entomology and speleology that it forgets to frighten you in its frantic concern with being hip in the fad world of the occult. The Heretic simply drowns in its own malarky. [27 June 1977, p.61]
40
A snooze-fest without any scares.
30
Exorcist II begins by looking foolish and slowly becomes a straightfaced film of the absurd.
Aug 17, 2024
2
Embarrassing, Silly, Pointless, And ultimately very sad, Given the talent involved, to come up with this laughable mess, that is the most shocking thing about this movie.
Jun 12, 2020
2
Si, es una película bastante deficiente, la historia es deliberadamente confusa, ridículamente sin pies ni cabeza, razón de ser e innecesariamente compleja, el hecho de ser precedida por la mejor película de terror de todos los tiempos ya complicaba mucho la recepción de esta infame secuela, pero en el fondo no es tan mala si tan solo olvidas por un momento la existencia de El Exorcista original. Si existe algo que se pueda destacar positivamente es la banda sonora y nada más.
Oct 14, 2018
2
Good story ruined by unnecessary and negatively uncomfortable scenes, bad acting, and confusion that lurks in this film.
Feb 16, 2022
1
Truly terrible film. I can’t even think of any reason to watch this. There was one second shot of someone stepping on spikes which was entertaining and some bits on rocks which looked alright. The rest of the film is painful incomprehensible crap. I believe that this is the worst film ever made. Do not watch. Atrocious.
Jan 3, 2019
0
Nothing is good about this movie, the original wasn't really sequel worthy, but this is too far, by far just one of the worst movies.
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