Exorcist II: The Heretic (Snap Case Packaging)
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Actor: Kitty Winn, Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher, Max von Sydow, Richard BurtonBrand: BLAIR,LINDA
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Japanese (Subtitled); Georgian (Subtitled); Chinese (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 118 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-08-06
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Exorcist II: The Heretic (Snap Case Packaging)
Movie Review: John Boorman: the heretic.
Summary: 5 Stars
Presumably, this is what happened. The execs at Warner Bros. back in 1977 decided that they had a "can't-miss" on their hands: a sequel to the blockbuster *The Exorcist*, featuring the return of Linda Blair (now all grown-up and exceedingly buxom), to be directed by a director of note, John Boorman. Thus, the execs just sort of let things develop on their own, figuring that such a sure-fire hit didn't require any looking-after. Basically, they let Boorman go crazy. My question is: why were they surprised at the result? Hadn't any of them seen his *Zardoz*, for Pete's sake? Instead of the expected rehash of the possessed girl throwing up on everybody, Boorman unleashed an art-film on an unsuspecting public . . . and the rest is history. Regularly cited on any "Worst Movies of All Time" list, *The Exorcist II: The Heretic* has, in the meantime, garnered a devoted fan-club (check the other reviews here if you doubt me), of which I'm proud to belong. First of all, let it be said that this movie is a true sequel to the first. Time has passed, and the main character has grown up. Correspondingly, different set of issues now confronts her. In other words, it's not the "rehash" that I cited earlier, which all too often plagues movies that call themselves "sequels". This progression is undeniably refreshing. Even more refreshing is the inventiveness, bordering on sheer insanity, that Boorman and screenwriter William Goodhart bring to the hackneyed material set forth by the first film. Boorman gives us surreal landscapes pieced out of location shots and back-lots surrounded by trippy mattes; Goodhart eschews pretty much the entire Christian theology, going instead for a cosmic war between an ethereal, unknowable Good and Evil. Unknowable, but not unnamed: the demon in question that has been pestering Regan all this time is called "Pazuzu". Pazuzu, no longer Satan's henchman as in the first film, is here just one of possibly dozens of powerful, nasty spirit-gods. Manifesting himself as a locust, his plan is basically to infect the whole world, much as a bad grasshopper can infect a whole colony. Therefore, he makes a point of picking on those who seem particularly resistant to his evil strain: people like Regan, and another African boy who will later grow up to become a half-naked James Earl Jones dressed in a Mardi Gras locust costume. But this is a hint to stop. One either accepts the film's imaginative logic, or one demands the conventional entertainment provided by films like the first *Exorcist*. Knowing which camp you belong to will help you in your decision whether or not to bother with this film. Over and beyond its dizzy intellectualism, the movie also dares to make fun of the fans of the first movie. Perfect example: when asked why she sees a psychiatrist, Regan explains that "I was possessed by a demon, but I'm okay now." And having a clearly hungover Richard Burton walk around stiffly, calling out for "Pazuzu", reminds us of how silly ALL tales of the supernatural can be. If nothing else, the movie is a bracing tonic for those who take this genre too seriously. And -- sorry, Faithful -- but the plot particulars in this movie are no more ridiculous than those in the first *Exorcist*: possessed by a minion of Satan; possessed by a big grasshopper . . . what's the diff?
Summary of Exorcist II: The Heretic (Snap Case Packaging)
An older Regan is plagued with nightmares, and a Vatican investigator discovers that the evil in Regan, apparently exorcised, is only dormant.Genre: Horror
Rating: R
Release Date: 7-SEP-2004
Media Type: DVD
This sequel to the Oscar-winning horror film based on the novel by William Peter Blatty was virtually laughed off the screen when it came out in 1977. It was an unintentionally hilarious mishmash and received such terrible reviews that director John Boorman yanked it out of theaters. He reedited it, cutting eight minutes in hopes of getting the story (written by William Goodhart) to the point of coherency, to no avail. The film remains a kind of reverse gold standard for sequels. It's still a ridiculously overacted, although at times visually haunting, movie. Richard Burton stars as a troubled priest (something of a specialty of his) who is brought in to follow up on the case of Linda Blair, who is institutionalized, still troubled by her encounter with the devil (who wouldn't be?). By the time they confront Satan's minion in the final struggle, you'll be rooting for evil to win. --Marshall Fine
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