Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) - Bonus Clip: Actress Linda Blair Discusses The Sequel (HD)
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"It's the most interesting of all [the films] because it takes chances none of the other films are willing to risk." - Cinepunx.com
Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil (Linda Blair) four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and knowledge of a Vatican investigator (Richard Burton) and a research specialist (Louise Fletcher) free her from its grasp?
Employing production design and special effects that are dizzily exhilarating and a supporting cast (Max von Sydow, Paul Henreid, James Earl Jones) of compelling distinction, director John Boorman draws us into the tangible experience of evil. We fly with the demon, feel the African landscape vibrate and get engulfed in the terror of swarming locusts as Exorcist II: The Heretic weaves its fascinating, frightful spell.
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The script may have been crappy but the fact that she got to work with Richard Burton and James Earl Jones so early in her career had to have been a treat!!!
Agree. I think that was a sort of consultation prize for the films failure
Original script was supposed to have been fantastic. 5 rewrites after they were all signed. How they can legally get away with that I’m not sure.
RICHARD BURTON WAS A TERRIBLE FILM ACTOR
@@melisagalvalizi6982Get out of here! You probably haven’t seen any of his films apart from small clips on CZcams! Troll
Agreed.
So cool that she agreed to do a bonus interview for this release
With it being such a letdown and a sweet, turned extremely disappointing and even hurtful time in her career, yes, her doing an interview specifically about this movie is admirable. It’s odd to me that they can change a project that drastically once they have stars signed on to a certain script. She said 5 rewrites after they were all signed. This couldn’t have been good for any of their careers. Odd that they had no recourse.
Linda is so well spoken. A fine actress we don't have the opportunity to see enough of these days.
I agree, yes.
She has talked about how GREAT the original script was BEFORE Rospo Pallenberg messed it up..but she's NEVER said HOW the original script was GREAT!!? Was the synchronizer in the original script? I'd LOVE to see the original script someday.
I often felt the same way about Chained Heat. She said the same thing...the original script she was given was really strong, really good and the daily rewrites were horrendous and the end result garbage. I remember her on Thicke of the Night talk show in '82 or so where she was telling people to please NOT go see it.
🤔 Me too.
I'd really like to see this original masterpiece script myself; this wasn't just a disappointing sequel, this was an atrocious POS all on it's own. And what the hell was with those bright strobe lights everywhere?
Me too Eric that would be so interesting if she told us how the original script was going to be liked.
@@Coasterdude02149 curse of exorcist 2?
I love @lindablair. She expressed more appreciation for her fellow cast members than the absolute embarrassment of the horrible sequel.
@James Brice
I don't see the relevance of the third to the first in any way, apart from small references to Father Karras. The basis of Legion / The Exorcist 3, was the irrelevant "Gemini Killer", I mean WHY ????
@James Brice
I did enjoy it, but I didn't see it as a "Exorcist" film, I still own the standard DVD version, and the Arrow Films "Special Collectors Edition" version like I do with Exorcist 2, but to me its not an Exorcist film.
If somehow they can release a collectors edition for the first movie. That would be insanely huge.
They Change the script 5 Times
For Linda the first script was the best .. I saw a interview from her and linda say that ...
the script was good she said in one interview just what ended up on the xcreen was not what she read
Boorman allegedly did a lot of on the fly rewrites
Yeah Id like to know what the first version was like.
Perfect ❤️
I know I may sound stupid but I kinda liked it. It was different. Max von sydow and kitty winn were in it too. I think the Exorcist TV series was good. Got cancelled.
i think this movie was wonderful as well.we all have different opinions about it.it was unfairly compared to the first .it had nothin to do with her bein possessed it was about her tryin to live her life with the knowledge 3 people died while she was possessed.she was just tryin to be a normal teenager.thats all she wanted
So in the Exorcist 2, she got to work with Dana Plato, Darth Vader, Mark Antony, Nurse Rachette, and Jesus.
Jesus?
@@jimmyjambhere max von sydow, but he was in the first one only.
Linda is super excelent....actrees.....👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏beatiful❤GOD BLESS FOREVER.....😇
sad they had the actors just not a good script
The cast for Exorcist 2 really is amazing and they all do their best.
Crap sequel. But I only watch it for Linda she was so hot in the movie
Yeah she was looking sexy.
She was under 18 what do you expect?
She's was a teen, you guys are FUCKING gross
yes i agree
Crap openion
It was one of those typical 70s movie.... creepy, illogical, flashy lights, confusing, hard to grasp... this movie did not follow or continue the original script, it seemed aloof & digress from the classic, it had its scary moments but another "part 2" failure. trying to cash in on the original.!!
Loool how was that typical of 70s cinema
it wasnt tryin to cash in on anything.it was not suppos to be like the original.it was about her tryin to life her life as a regular teenager.tryin to forget 3 people died while she was possessed and the knowledge she killed one of them herself
@@marywise7418 yes they used a different angle hoping to separate it from the original, ultimately creating some form of distorted version that the general public didn't accept. come on Mary, you can't say with the huge success of the original, they weren't trying to make some money using Blair & Father Merrin again, Richard Burton & James Earl Jones. that's a big cast. it was a different script but absent was William Blatty & Friedkin, they were the deal breakers.... bottom line is that the movie was a failure.. sorry
@@clightning9703 say what you will but in no way were they tryin to recreate the first.i think it was a good movie even she herself said the script was good
@@marywise7418 didn't say they were trying make "another" Exorcist.. i'm saying with the success of the 1st one , they just tried to live of the popularity of the 1st by quickly making making another related one... this movie was not good & didn't make half the $$ as the original, the public demand proved it. only made like 15 million. very warped & mind-boggling effect with some scare scenes.. ridiculous
To Bad they didn't put Linda Blair in The Excorist 3.
John bore man should be jailed for this pile of shite. He also destroyed the enigma of first exorcist film
i enjoyed the second movie it was never going to beat the first one
I enjoyed it too. 🙂
It's s super weird film
But boy is it crap XD
Sorry Linda it wasn't your fault
If it wasn't a squeal to such a great movie such a perfect movie
Maybe it wouldn't be so bad.... maybe
Vivian Stanshall I agree. If it had not been a ‘sequel’ to a movie that was going to be almost impossible to match, I think it would have garnered a better response.
Totally underrated film. People by in large were expecting twice the scare and twice the pea soup but got instead a more sophisticated thriller with philosophical nuance. That was actually the right approach, make something different since the first film understandably can't be topped in the scare department. I suppose you can't shift gears and meet peoples expectations.
*...but got instead a more sophisticated thriller with philosophical nuance.*
More sophisticated thriller?
I don't see how "Exorcist II" would count as a thriller... or as sophisticated.
Well, if one didn't like watching the film there comes a point where one is just waiting for it to be over and not anticipating how it will unfold. It wasn't trying to be a horror film like the first. How else would it be characterized, as dramatic "horror-light?" I wouldn't be surprised that those who hate the film wouldn't be able to describe the larger explanatory element of the plot.
*I wouldn't be surprised that those who hate the film wouldn't be able to describe the larger explanatory element of the plot.*
Well, because it's convoluted and badly presented.
The character motivations make zero sense and the plot is so far removed from anything I would consider "relatable" that I was, at no point, engaged.
To the thing about it not necessarily being a horrormovie: That's certainly true, however, if it's a good movie, I wouldn't mind.
But if it calls itself "Exorcist II", it has the same characters and it claims to explore the events and characters from the first movie further... then it has to play in the same universe!
But it doesn't. The first movie was very, very realistic, essentially showing a story that could happen in OUR world. The second movie introduces right at the beginning a machine that can make people see other people's memories and thought!
Not only is that "equalizer"-thing badly explained in what its actual rules are, it's also something that does not fit in the established universe from the first movie.
You can't call your movie a sequel and then change essentially everything, from characters, to genre, to basic rules of the universe.
"The second movie introduces right at the beginning a machine that can make people see other people's memories and thought."
Yeah, that stems from the parapsychology mania at that time. I come from the point of view it is better not to over burden the audience with tedious explanatory dialogue.
"You can't call your movie a sequel and then change essentially
everything, from characters, to genre, to basic rules of the universe."
Yes, I originally acknowledge that with "shifting gears." If Lucas had made Space Balls as the sequel to the Original Star Wars people would have been pissed off or worse if it was a musical. It certainly is not a perfect film but despite it's flaws I found the plot intriguing. The ending needed to be better in some way.
*I come from the point of view it is better not to over burden the audience with tedious explanatory dialogue.*
Well, I agree, but I don't understand what this has to do with that bizar plot-device. It's clearly a SciFi-device that doesn't fit a movie-world that, up to this point, has delt very much in the realms of plausibility. Also, making the rules of a device that is at the center of a movie clear is NOT "tedious explanatory dialogue". That would be essential. If you can't make essential information to your movie interesting, then you might want to rethink your skript.
*It certainly is not a perfect film but despite it's flaws I found the plot intriguing.*
Well, I can give you that.
Although, the intrigue to me came mainly from the fact that I had no idea what was going on half of the time, and I was hoping for an end which would pull it all together. Which, unfortunatelly didn't happen.
And I still think that the fact that the characters don't seem to have proper motivations or motives a huge issue. Movies can be either plot-driven or character-driven. And for a plot-driven movie, the plot didn't make enough sense to me, and for a character-driven movie, the characters were unrelatable and didn't seem to have any motivation outside of moving the skript forward.
Exorcist 2 : The Hairy Tick
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I think the real The Exorcist curses was not sets burning, or people dying, but the curse of the sequels being trash.
No they Are not The original was overated and The 3 and 4 Are underated
the original was not overrated, and 3 is not overrated anymore.
@@plasticweapon yes it is the orginal is overated deal with and 3 is underated
@@mogensschmidt2498Hello?
What... possessed her to act in that abominable sequel? I can't take her seriously after Exorcist II.
Exorcist 2 is probably the worst movie ever made.
No it’s not hater
@@mogensschmidt2498 Yes, it is. Deal with it.
Amen brother
@@huck638 no its not deal with it
@@mogensschmidt2498 whatever
This movie was a moderate hit but they call it a bomb because it earned less than the original. Not very fair.
Love this sequel ❤️
You have no taste
@@reddhead2948 YOU have no taste
LMFAO
dont worry i doo too screw the haters
@@mogensschmidt2498 your messed up
The whole premise of the first is that Evil is able to possess an innocent child out of the blue and become really dangerous and corrosive ....Linda Blair at 17 was a hot woman which is actually the Devil lol ...they should have went for a prequel about Merrin since MVS wasn't really old in the first ...E2:the Heretic is probably the worst sequel ever made almost laughable and unintentionally comedic with an obvious drop in the quality especially in the make up&effects department .... the first is an unsurpassed masterpiece the Ultimate horror movie in which every scary movie is measured ...
I love this film, it covers MORE than the hilarious unrelated THIRD film "The Exorcist 3".
In this film, there is Reagan, Sharon, Father Merrin (the actual Exorcist), the House, the Demon (Pazuzu), the possessed Reagan (in horrific makeup). It may NOT be as scary and OTT as the first, but I still rate it pretty high on keeping with original film, the third film, concentrates on the Gemini Killer, what a waste of time.
@James Brice
Absolutely, I have both the standard DVD version and "Special Collectors Edition", although I am based in the UK (which is region B), and the S.C.E. is Region A (USA), but I just like to add it to my collection.
Love The Original Exorcist But the Sequels are total garbage.
Not exorcis t three though three is amazing
Agreed. Part 3 was very good.
What? 3 is great. 2 is not a good movie, but I must say it's concepts, themes and cinematography are really good. I love the idea of the "world conscious mind;" with the internet it has become even more relevant than in 1977.
How should they have made exorcist 2 better 👍🧟♂️
No they not stubid hater
I actually liked the movie. Nothing compared to the original but cool in its own way i thought.
Cringe
THE WORSE MOVIE EVERRRRRRRR MADE. HAHAHAHAH
prooove it
Worst movie in history. Richard Burton was a drunk by then.
it's not even a bad film. it's worthy, intelligent, and somewhat interesting, but i don't particularly enjoy watching it, and it didn't really need to be made. also not impressed with boorman's snobbish, ignorant comments about the original. exorcist 3 (legion) is the only one of the sequels i can really sink my teeth into.
Problem with Legion (The Exorcist 3) was the constant reference to the Gemini Killer, and very little reference to the first film. Whilst the actual film "Legion" (only available on the Arrow Films release), was filmed with JUST Brad Dourif, and NOT Jason Miller, makes this film (i.e. Legion) insignificant to ANY of the franchise, with NO mention of Father Merrin (the actual Exorcist), one reference to Reagan as "...the McNeil kid..." by the University President, no filming around the real house, apart from at the bottom of the stairs, and a brief unidentifiable scene in the introduction, in the dark, which is hard to tell its actually heading towards Prospect Street. All in all, the second film seems more relevant to the first than the third, with the TWO main characters in (Reagan and Ft Merrin), makes this film GOOD, but not necessarily scary.
@James Brice #
I found the Exorcist 3 as more of a comedy (like the spoof "Reprosessed"), there was too much humour for me, like the dialogue with Kidderman and Ft Dyer in hospital, and other places I just can't quite remember, but hearing this, I could not this film seriously, I loved the introduction where the church doors fly open, the eyes of the statue of Jesus open, and the eerie walk through Georgetown, heading towards the house, although it's taken me a while to realize that it was the house at the end of the introduction, right before the Black Boy gives a rose to the camera.