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Heretic
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Exorcist II: The Heretic
Directed by John Boorman
Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil for years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and knowledge of a Vatican investigator and a research specialist free her from its grasp? From TMDB
217 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Lemmy, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
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Exorcist II: The Heretic is a 1977 horror film, directed by John Boorman, starring Linda Blair, Richard Burton and Louise Fletcher.
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60 of 217 · most liked firstBOORMAN AND THE DEVIL is a new documentary by @davidkittredge.bsky.social about John Boorman, the making of EXORCIST II: The Heretic, and the risk of big creative swings. It will have its world premiere Sept. 5th at the Venice International Film Festival. We're excited for you to see it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Exclusive first look at the poster for the documentary Boorman and the Devil about the making of Exorcist II: The Heretic 🎥 The film will have its world premiere on September 5 at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival.
neutral · AI labelView post →🎞️ Excellent doc. I will to go back and watch Exorcist II: The Heretic with a new set of eyes. 🎞️ A favorite of 2026. 🎞️ Iconic! Favorite King book. A favorite De Palma film. 🎞️ An absolutely stunning piece of film art — patient, devastating, & hypnotizing. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched #filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →Still haven’t seen Boorman and the Devil, one of the year’s best docs? It makes its TCM debut Friday night, followed by a presentation of its subject, Exorcist II: The Heretic. #filmsky 📽 @davidkittredge.bsky.social @tcmtv.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Boorman and the Devil is a great feature-length documentary about the making of Exorcist II: The Heretic. Sitting between his Zardoz mask and his Excalibur sword, director John Boorman reflects on what went wrong. Out today in the USA + UK next month. 4 out of 5 film-authority.com/2026/08/28/b...
neutral · AI labelView post →Incredible run, after the debacle of 'Exorcist II' he makes....'Excalibur' A success, but also a very weird, stylized film- our dude refuses to learn any lessons from failure and keeps banging out exactly the movies he wants to make, studios be damned
neutral · AI labelView post →10 movies to get to know me 📽️ - The Muppet Movie - The Great Muppet Caper - Muppets Take Manhattan - Muppet Family Christmas - The Exorcist II - Muppet Treasure Island - Muppets From Space - It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas - The Muppets - Muppets Most Wanted
neutral · AI labelView post →new folk saying: Don’t piss on my leg and tell me that Exorcist II is a good movie.
negative · AI labelView post →As someone who has written their fair share about movies which did not work, BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL was a fascinating and thoughtful meditation on a movie (Exorcist II) which maybe shouldn’t be reclaimed (?) but certainly deserves to be celebrated as a world class act of weirdness. Good stuff!
positive · AI labelView post →It’s my Birthday week! I know you all like to see me in my poop pants, but before I turn the big 3.7 on Monday I want to share with you all that is me. My friends and I had my annual birthday movie night last night, showcasing the iconic, “Exorcist II.” Tonight is karaoke and pinball!! 🎂🫏🍻♒️
neutral · AI labelView post →Yes, I want to see the film about EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC very much. Premiering in Venice!
neutral · AI labelView post →I reviewed it for the US release, but quirky documentary Boorman and the Devil is finally out in UK cinemas. The Boorman is director John Boorman, and the devil is in the detail about how Exorcist II: The Heretic turned out to be a turkey for the ages. 4 out of 5. film-authority.com/2026/08/28/b...
neutral · AI labelView post →Over at the Spliced Personality Substack I reviewed BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL. David Kittredge's fantastic behind-the-scenes documentary screens this weekend at the Boston Underground Film Festival alongside EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC.
neutral · AI labelView post →One Cut of the Dead REALLY ives up to its reputation as a fun film. Exorcist II REALLY lives up to its reputation as NOT a good film 😆. #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd
negative · AI labelView post →Tonight at @offscreenff.bsky.social I'll be introducing BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL (2025), an enthralling documentary about John Boorman's ill-fated sequel to THE EXORCIST 19h Cinematek, Brussels. Followed at 21h15 by the film itself - EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC (1977). www.offscreen.be/en/offscreen...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Mummy (1999) ★ ★ ★ ⯪- Yes, for the first time! Candyman (2021) ★ ★ ★⯪ The Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) ★ ★ ⯪- it was not a good movie lol Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) ★ ★ ★ ★ #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
negative · AI labelView post →On this night (30th March) in 1991, the Scala Cinema was showing The Exorcist (1973), Repossessed (1990), The Exorcist III (1990) and Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) as a Possessed all-nighter.
neutral · AI labelView post →Suppose I might’ve gone with “Don’t projectile-vomit in my face and tell me that Exorcist II is a good movie,” but that’s like mixing milk and meat.
negative · AI labelView post →about halfway through The Exorcist II and this movie is cool, what the hell is everyone always bitching about. let's get some apologies to john boorman going in the chat
positive · AI labelView post →Documentary sensationally claims that Exorcist II: the Heretic nearly destroyed the life of director John Boorman, but the arguments are only partly founded Boorman and the Devil premieres in the 82nd Venice International Film Festival: dmovies.org/2025/09/06/b...
neutral · AI labelView post →Film Name: "The Pope's Exorcist II: Electric Spookaloo"
neutral · AI labelView post →I left the cinema and then went back in again for a double-bill with Boorman & the Devil, a fairly entertaining doc on the disastrous making of Exorcist II. While I wasn't left with a desire to revisit the film, I am now very keen to acquire the Ennio Morricone score...
neutral · AI labelView post →We watched the "Boorman and the Devil" doc about the making of noted cinematic bomb The Exorcist II and it makes this exact point. Exorcist 2 had some obviously terrible stuff (Burton's performance, the entire script), but John Boorman put his entire genius ass into that weird/dumb/cool movie
neutral · AI labelView post →David Kittredge’s incredibly entertaining BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL, about the making of John Boorman’s EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC, finally opens this week. I’m in it, so I can’t review it, but I wrote about it anyway: www.vulture.com/article/i-ca...
neutral · AI labelView post →Every frame of Boorman and the Devil drips with David Kittredge’s deep love for film and more specifically The Exorcist II: Heretic. It’s a doc made of blood sweat and tears and a must-see for anyone who’s ever been obsessed with a film - and all lovers of film.
neutral · AI labelView post →I love Exorcist II; such a bizarre experiment from Boorman and beautifully shot. Morricone's score is FABULOUS. It's true that the actors aren't good, but we're talking auteur film making here! He wanted to make an Exorcist film which was completely different from the first, and boy did he.
positive · AI labelView post →Exorcist II is an insane enough movie that once in awhile I do feel compelled to watch it again
neutral · AI labelView post →#Junesploitation Day 3 - Linda Blair! Today's movie is CHAINED HEAT (1983), which has an absolutely stacked exploitation-tastic cast. (Pre-show trailers: Savage Streets, Exorcist II) @fthismovie.bsky.social www.fthismovie.com/2026/05/anno...
neutral · AI labelView post →"The people who made this piece of shit are in this room!." - William Friedkin recalling the first public reaction to Exorcist II ("The product of a demented mind." when refering to it's pisspoor director.) #Exorcist2 or 2💩 #Filmsky #Writing letterboxd.com/hunkykubrick...
neutral · AI labelView post →In for a penny….. #NowWatching Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) #Horror #HorrorMovies #HorrorSky #Movies #Film
neutral · AI labelView post →Name a movie a lot of people hate, but that you love and defend. Exorcist II: The Heretic
positive · AI labelView post →My review of Equus prompted discussion of another Richard Burton movie, his contribution to John Boorman's beknighted sequel Exorcist II: The Heretic. It's terrible, and yet I'm drawn to rewatch this one over and over again, unable to believe how awful it is. 2/5 film-authority.com/2025/05/15/e...
negative · AI labelView post →Rewatched Exorcist II (great movie), forgot about the split diopter of James Earl Jones and his friendly locust
positive · AI labelView post →#Howl-A-Ween 🎃 #MusicSky #MusicChallenge I messed up the prompts. Please excuse me. Here's my film theme. A tenebrous movie/film score Pazuzu (Exorcist II Theme) - Ennio Morricone (1977) youtu.be/olqEJ6kHT84?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Turner Classic Movies is running the Exorcist II: The Heretic along with the documentary on the production Boorman and The Devil. They make for a great double feature. The movie raising the questions and the doc providing the answers. Two thumbs up. #filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →Say what you will about EXORCIST II, but that’s not a movie made by algorithm. It has moments of grace and also moments of unintentional hilarity. It’s goofy but it’s also fiercely, defiantly ambitious.
neutral · AI labelView post →OFFSCREEN FILM FESTIVAL: Brussels March 11-29. Full programme now online, including ticket details. Premieres, Spanish genre, 1970s US paranoia, John Woo, Harry Kümel, Exorcist II: The Heretic, The Man Who Fell to Earth and more!
neutral · AI labelView post →Every great director has made at least one terrible film & this was Boorman’s. EXORCIST II is a perfect 1970s storm of psycho babble & occultism. Not entirely convinced that Eric von Däniken didn‘t ghost the script. All it needed was Burton‘s priest riding a giant locust to do battle with the devil.
negative · AI labelView post →Beyond Fest Screening #2: EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC! Martin Scorsese’s personal 35mm print! Dreamlike on its presentation. If the first film is about evil corrupting good, this sequel is about good triumphing over evil. A good sequel, but not the one the world was ready for.
positive · AI labelView post →I think I understand some of the reasons why John Boorman's EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC is so hated, but I guess I'm a sucker for ambitious and unhinged sequels made for and/or by weirdos. I try to make a case for it here.
positive · AI labelView post →The Exorcist > The Exorcist III > The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen > Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist > Repossessed > The Exorcist: Believer > Exorcist II: The Heretic > Exorcist: The Beginning (I haven't seen the whole series so I'm only ranking the movies.)
negative · AI labelView post →Everyone I know on Bluesky is watching Exorcist II. It is like watching everyone you know being radicalised into a cult. I like the film, but I can't bring myself to rewatch as "I've flown this route before. It was on the wings of a demon."
positive · AI labelView post →Got a fever, so the perfect conditions in which to watch The Exorcist II for the first time. It’s a pretty good movie. Not unstintingly, and certainly highly silly in places (James Earl Jones’ hat), but the climax, with its echoes of The Searchers, is very moving. Could have used more locusts.
positive · AI labelView post →what’s the one horror film you’ll defend no matter what? for me… "Exorcist II: The Heretic" (1977) 🫀
positive · AI labelView post →#filmsky Good director - awful movie? Jaws still drop that John Boorman delivered Exorcist II: The Heretic (out today, 1977). I find it less a disaster than an oddly fascinating mess: surreal visuals, creepy Pazuzu scenes in Africa, eye-popping bad Richard Burton & Louise Fletcher acting. Why, John?
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy #LetterboxdFriday My #LastFourWatched are: boxd.it/23Hn Road Games(1981) dir. Richard Franklin Exorcist II: The Heretic(1977) dir. John Boorman Race With The Devil(1975) dir. Jack Starrett The Appointment(1982) dir. Lindsay C. Vickers #Film #Letterboxd Crossposted with @openvibe.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy #LetterboxdFriday My #LastFourWatched are: https://boxd.it/23Hn Road Games(1981) dir. Richard Franklin Exorcist II: The Heretic(1977) dir. John Boorman Race With The Devil(1975) dir. Jack Starrett The Appointment(1982) dir. Lindsay C. Vickers #Film #Letterboxd Crossposted with @openvibe
neutral · AI labelView post →I listened to the @fthismovie.bsky.social episode on Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) and it made me think about the films of John Boorman. This four movie run needs to be studied!
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m psyched to be introducing films at the Boston Underground Film Festival that are being co-presented with Salem Horror Fest: Exorcist II Friday 11:59 pm at the Coolidge and Boorman & The Devil Saturday 3:45 pm at the Brattle. #BUFF #SHF
neutral · AI labelView post →'To make Exorcist II' - an instantly legendary horror movie's sequel that's not a horror movie, and that is also a direct rebuttal to the first film - 'is one of the most prime examples of ’70s Hollywood thinking that I can think of.'
neutral · AI labelView post →Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) what an utterly bizarre movie feels like every 20 minutes the story wildly changes focus also kinda very racist
negative · AI labelView post →Today's movie: David Kittredge's excellent 2025 documentary, BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL, about John Boorman's 1977 horror film Exorcist II: The Heretic, which almost ended his career.
neutral · AI labelView post →n(e)w: “The Exorcist II” I’m deeply fascinated that all these can’t-miss names are associated with a flick widely considered a debacle.
neutral · AI labelView post →I resurrect this post in honor of all those who sat in a movie theater watching Hateful Eight and immediately recognized Regan’s Theme from Exorcist II: The Heretic 🫡 bsky.app/profile/doom...
neutral · AI labelView post →If you're a film nerd, I recommend watching Boorman and the Devil. An interesting deep dive into his epic failure, Exorcist II: The Heretic. www.imdb.com/title/tt3765...
positive · AI labelView post →"I think EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC is very much a filmmaker’s movie. It takes huge creative swings, and even if some don’t work, the swings alone are kind of awesome to experience."
neutral · AI labelView post →It's the Q&A to the Film Independent on August 5! Hear me chat about EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC, John Boorman and how we made BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL-- and please forgive my raspy voice!
neutral · AI labelView post →Zardoz->The Exorcist II: The Heretic->Excalibur is one of the craziest runs in film history. What strain was John Boorman smoking and can I have some.
positive · AI labelView post →I saw Exorcist II on a double-bill with the first film more than once, but its ideal pairing would be with Argento's Phenomena.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching The Exorcist II…what the fuck is this movie even about?
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