Exorcist II: The Heretic Reviews
November 2, 2020
Exorcist II: The Heretic is a perfect mix of tedium and hilarity, and it's easy to understand why audiences back in the day actually threw items at the screen (you'll doubtless fight similar urges).
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| Original Score: 1/4
November 1, 2019
Ridiculous, hopelessly confused, and incomprehensible.
October 23, 2019
Exorcist II, The Heretic makes The Exorcist numero uno look like Citizen Kane.
July 30, 2019
A stupid and useless film, whose mere existence is difficult to justify. [Full Review in Spanish]
October 30, 2018
A film simultaneously obsessed with and contemptuous of William Friedkin's 1973 classic, Exorcist II: The Heretic is crazy without ever becoming crazy fun.
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| Original Score: 1.5/5
September 24, 2018
Someone could make a slapstick comedy sequel to Saving Private Ryan and it would be no less faithful to the original than this picture is.
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| Original Score: 0/4
January 24, 2018
An often astonishingly terrible and inept sequel...
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| Original Score: .5/4
October 26, 2016
A strange and off-putting experience, filled with endless miscalculations in nearly every detail it attempts to build up, including performances by actors who ought to have known better.
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| Original Score: 1/4
June 18, 2016
118 minutes of endless flashy-light hypnotism, staggeringly terrible locust effects, and Richard Burton wandering around what appears to be Tatooine.
September 3, 2012
In a film that is by no means light on candidates for Worst Single Element, Richard Burton is pretty clearly the very bottom.
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| Original Score: 2/10
February 5, 2010
A glittering riposte to the original's earthbound viciousness
January 31, 2010
It may be that the best way to watch The Heretic is to shut off the soundtrack and play a CD of Goblin's Suspiria score as accompaniment.
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| Original Score: 2/5
December 29, 2006
Original Score: 1/5
May 26, 2006
Director John Boorman accomplishes dazzling things with his eerie, reflective sets and powerhouse cast including Richard Burton and Louise Fletcher.
November 23, 2004
Original Score: 2/5
March 19, 2004
Very enjoyable in retrospect, and a big improvement on its source material.
Original Score: 3/5
August 27, 2003
One fascinating disaster--an anti-Exorcist sequel from a filmmaker openly contemptuous of the original.
Original Score: 4/5
July 14, 2003
Not as bad as I was led to believe. Some interesting ideas about the aftermath. But alas, still not a compelling story.
Original Score: 2/5
September 17, 2002
What a shameless, awlful follow-up to one of horror's greatest moments
Original Score: 2/5
September 8, 2002
Compelling reasons for watching Exorcist II? Well, there's Richard Burton's voice. Then, there's...uh.... Oh, forget it. There are no reasons for watching this film.
Original Score: 2/10