MF26 Exorcist II: The Heretic
Is EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC really one of the worst films ever made… or have we all been getting it wrong for nearly 50 years?
Four years after Regan MacNeil’s unfortunate encounter with the Devil, she’s seemingly doing just fine. Unfortunately, nobody told Father Lamont (a gloriously sloppy Richard Burton), who arrives as a priest determined to discover what really happened during her exorcism, sending the pair on an increasingly bonkers journey involving experimental mind-melding technology, psychic powers, African mysticism, swarms of locusts and James Earl Jones dressed as a giant grasshopper.
John Boorman’s spectacularly ambitious sequel to The Exorcist was ridiculed upon release and has spent decades occupying a comfortable spot on lists of the worst movies ever made. But look beyond its reputation and you’ll find a visually extraordinary, utterly sincere and genuinely unique piece of ’70s studio filmmaking, backed by an incredible Ennio Morricone score and possessing more ideas in five minutes than most horror sequels manage in their entire running time.
Terrible movie? Misunderstood masterpiece? Magnificent folly?
Nearly half a century later, EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC is definitely due a re-evaluation. We’ll let you decide.
Four years after Regan MacNeil’s unfortunate encounter with the Devil, she’s seemingly doing just fine. Unfortunately, nobody told Father Lamont (a gloriously sloppy Richard Burton), who arrives as a priest determined to discover what really happened during her exorcism, sending the pair on an increasingly bonkers journey involving experimental mind-melding technology, psychic powers, African mysticism, swarms of locusts and James Earl Jones dressed as a giant grasshopper.
John Boorman’s spectacularly ambitious sequel to The Exorcist was ridiculed upon release and has spent decades occupying a comfortable spot on lists of the worst movies ever made. But look beyond its reputation and you’ll find a visually extraordinary, utterly sincere and genuinely unique piece of ’70s studio filmmaking, backed by an incredible Ennio Morricone score and possessing more ideas in five minutes than most horror sequels manage in their entire running time.
Terrible movie? Misunderstood masterpiece? Magnificent folly?
Nearly half a century later, EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC is definitely due a re-evaluation. We’ll let you decide.
| Commences | Friday, 9 Oct 2026 |
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| Rating | CTC |
| Genre | Horror |
| Running Time | 117 |
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