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Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

Rate: 3
Viewed: 3/14

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3/14: Richard Burton, Louise Fletcher, James Earl Jones, Paul Henreid, Max von Sydow, and Ned Beatty...all in the same film for Exorcist II: The Heretic.

What the hell happened? After a third of the way, it seemed to go fairly well. The next third would mark the beginning of how bad things were getting. Finally, the last third was when shit hit the fan.

It's hard for me to pinpoint what exactly the problem is. Perhaps it's the locusts, the trip to Ethiopia, the boy doing the lasso thing, Kokumo's inconsequential impact, the sync machine, Richard Burton's deadpan stares, the fancy terrace with almost no fence, or the inane line "The wings are brushing me!" I suppose it's been a combination of them all.

I'm trying to understand the final part when Father Lamont found the infernal Regan lying on her bed inside the famous room in Georgetown. How can there be two Regans when the possessed person is supposed to be the evil spirit within her? By the way, I know the Georgetown area well, but it's inconceivable when the taxi rammed into the crumbling house, there's nobody outside on the street or a dispatched police car right away.

Oh, yes. I want to point out the scene when Richard Burton was rock climbing from the ground to reach the colony up high. How about this...er, forget it. To extinguish a fire, it must require the use of crutches. How brilliant! I shall write this down because I'm learning so much from the movie about how the real world works.

Meanwhile, what is that all about when James Earl Jones' character spit out a tomato ball? Finally, the cynosure of the show: Linda Blair. Sometimes, I think she's letting her breasts do the acting for her as the upper half of her apparel looks purposefully tailor-made this way although she wasn't of legal age yet. Otherwise, it's easy to see why Linda Blair wasn't much of an actress back then.

All in all, Exorcist II: The Heretic isn't one of the worst films made, but it's pretty close.