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Title: Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Linda Blair | ... | Regan MacNeil | |
| Richard Burton | ... | Father Philip Lamont | |
| Louise Fletcher | ... | Dr. Gene Tuskin | |
| Max von Sydow | ... | Father Merrin | |
| Kitty Winn | ... | Sharon Spencer | |
| Paul Henreid | ... | The Cardinal | |
| James Earl Jones | ... | Older Kokumo | |
| Ned Beatty | ... | Edwards | |
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Belinda Beatty | ... | Liz (as Belinha Beatty) |
| Rose Portillo | ... | Spanish Girl | |
| Barbara Cason | ... | Mrs. Phalor | |
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Tiffany Kinney | ... | Deaf Girl |
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Joey Green | ... | Young Kokumo |
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Fiseha Dimetros | ... | Young Monk |
| Ken Renard | ... | Abbot | |
Dr. Gene Tuskin works with troubled children, perhaps none more troubled than Regan MacNeil, who suffers from bad dreams and repressed memories. The memories she represses are of the time she was possessed by a demon. Dr. Tuskin's invention, a device that hypnotizes two persons and links their minds together, reveals that the demon, named Pazuzu, still lurks within her. It is desperate to emerge again and wreak havoc. Meanwhile, Father Philip Lamont is ordered by his cardinal to investigate the death of Father Merrin, the priest who died while performing an exorcism on Regan. Father Lamont undertakes his task reluctantly. He feels unworthy of his assignment. He also feels that Evil is literally an entity and that this entity is winning the battle over Good. His investigation takes him to Africa where he locates another recipient of Merrin's exorcising and learns something fascinating and terrible about locusts. Written by J. Spurlin
Why that bad? I liked this movie even more than first one (although it has a very high quality which had not been matched by any sequel) but I liked the different style of this one, with an interesting metaphysics background and the emotional evolution of the first movie's characters, especially Regan, not a possessed girl anymore but a feminine Messiah. I think the movie has some failures in its execution, with some cheesy scenes and dialogs and some overacted performances, especially Richard Burton. But the final result is amazing. I like the feeling of the African sceneries and that music theme sounding when Linda Blair is on scene. This movie has a positive feeling; it's the Good, opposite to the Evil shown in the first. It suggests that the Evil goes after good people (the nurse who heals the sick, Regan that seems to be special), and I like that idea. I think people didn't understand or didn't like that change, but, another "Exorcist" replica would have been better? Maybe for the box office, but what John Boorman did with this was a bizarre but quite worthy follow-up to the 1973 smash hit. I think it is commendable. Maybe it is not a masterpiece, I agree that it is not for the masses, it has a confusing history and slow, not easily digestible by everyone, but it has "something". Maybe what the director wanted for the movie but lost in translation. This very pretentious movie seems it could have been greater and better but finally results in a strange and sometimes complicated mixture of religious and philosophical theories, with some scares (not enough for the audience) and a great adventure film component. But whether you like it or not, something is certain, at any rate, it is a beautiful film to watch: visually exciting and musically captivating.