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Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

R06/17/1977Horror1h 58m
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It's Four Years Later... What Does She Remember?

Overview

Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and knowledge of a Vatican investigator and a research specialist free her from its grasp?

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    Richard Burton

    Father Philip Lamont

  2. Cast 1

    Linda Blair

    Regan MacNeil

  3. Cast 1

    Louise Fletcher

    Dr. Gene Tuskin

  4. Cast 1

    Max von Sydow

    Father Lankester Merrin

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    Kitty Winn

    Sharon Spencer

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    Paul Henreid

    The Cardinal

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    James Earl Jones

    Older Kokumo

  8. Cast 1

    Ned Beatty

    Edwards

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    Belinda Beatty

    Liz

I have all the respect in the world for John Boorman--his 'Point Blank' and 'Deliverance' are excellent--but this sequel to one of the greatest horror movies ever made simply falls listless and flat. Of course, the script is extremely talky and lifeless--as if it had been 'exorcised' of all the wonder and shock that William Friedkin's vision of the battle of good vs. evil would entail. Yes, Sir Richard Burton was a great actor--yet when shoehorned with a crappy script and with his more irritating peccadillos left unrestrained, he can be such a chore and bore to watch. Though I have not seen th...