Review of Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) by Tony G — 01 Sep 2017

It is every bit as bad as its reputation leads you to believe. Linda Blair reprises her role as Reagan McNeil, this time she is involved with a psychologist (Louise Fletcher) who has some very unorthodox techniques for attempting to find out what Reagan can remember about her former possession.

Richard Burton is a former colleague of Jason Miller's priest from the previous and you also get to see Max von Sydow in flashbacks and a bit of James Earl Jones and Paul Henreid. You would think with a cast of this caliber they could do something with the poor material; but that is not the case.

John Boorman, best known for helming Deliverance, loses his grip and drives into a maddeningly boring and confusing storyline that has one of the most preposterous conclusions ever.