The movie follows poor Linda Blair, now 18, repossessed by the spirit of a demon called Pazuzu, who finds that it still lurks within her. Meanwhile, a priest investigates the death of the girl's exorcist.
4 June 1966, West Midlands, England, UK
17 January 1931, Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
22 July 1934, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
10 April 1929, Lund, Skåne län, Sweden
26 October 1931, Monticello, New York, USA
26 November 1948, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
14 December 1934, West Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
26 October 1929, Los Angeles, California, USA
May 25, 1927 in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, USA
22 January 1959, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
6 June 1940, Los Angeles, California, USA
19 November 1905, Port of Spain, Trinidad
21 February 1943, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
27 February 1940, Santiago, Chile
7 November 1953, Los Angeles, California, USA
15 November 1928, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
7 November 1964, Maywood, California, USA
6 July 1937, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
10 November 1925, Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
10 January 1908, Trieste, Austria-Hungary [now Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy]
3 October 1969, Sherman Oaks, California, USA
March 19, 2004
Very enjoyable in retrospect, and a big improvement on its source material.September 03, 2012
In a film that is by no means light on candidates for Worst Single Element, Richard Burton is pretty clearly the very bottom.February 05, 2010
A glittering riposte to the original's earthbound viciousnessOctober 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.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.September 17, 2002
What a shameless, awlful follow-up to one of horror's greatest momentsSeptember 08, 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.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.August 27, 2003
One fascinating disaster--an anti-Exorcist sequel from a filmmaker openly contemptuous of the original.August 08, 2002
Just plain silly but has a sort of bad movie charm.June 18, 2016
118 minutes of endless flashy-light hypnotism, staggeringly terrible locust effects, and Richard Burton wandering around what appears to be Tatooine.May 26, 2006
Director John Boorman accomplishes dazzling things with his eerie, reflective sets and powerhouse cast including Richard Burton and Louise Fletcher.