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Ok....we all know and love the EXORCIST
Classic film.
And I actually enjoyed much of the EXORCIST III....even though it can be very confusing on first veiwing....
But let's talk real confusion-that's where The EXORCIST II-the HERETIC comes in.
Linda Blair is back as Reagn-who is seeing a shrink as a result of her duel with Pazuzu the demon in the first film.
And Max Von Sydow is back in flashbacks casting out a demon from an Ethopian boy who has the power to ward off hoardes of locasts.
In addition we get Louise Fletcher who is creepier in this than in ONE FLEW OVER THE COCO'S NEST.
And,of course,Richard Burton ...who is-well-the Heretic of the title
Oh-James Earl Jones shows up too.
And with all this talent -you would think their would be one iota of acting in this mess?
NONE. I've seen puppet shows with more range of emotion.
BUT!-Watch it anyway-just to see-
Linda Blair looking really hot! You can see her nipples pushing against her blouse in many scenes.
Linda doing a version of 42nd street-the scariest part of the film!
Linda doing a weird dance among a horde of locasts.
Evil Linda vs Good Linda!
Oh-and Burton walking around like a catonic in a subway-which likey wasnt an act.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgP0dD_FQ6Q&feature=related
Ronny, I remember reading a magazine at our local town barbers which had pics from this in it: I vaguely remember seeing things like locusts on fire and it scared me quite badly. Only ten at the time, mind you.
Quote from: Trevor on October 24, 2012, 05:49:13 AM
Ronny, I remember reading a magazine at our local town barbers which had pics from this in it: I vaguely remember seeing things like locusts on fire and it scared me quite badly. Only ten at the time, mind you.
Oh-there are lots-LOTS of locats in the film.
But the best was the giant locast buzzing over hill and dale terrifying villagers....unfortuantly for the audiance it was more hilarous than scary! :bouncegiggle:
I usually forget to mention this one during discussions of the worst movies (major releases, not cheesy, low-budget movies) of all time. This one is right up there with Al Pacino's REVOLUTION, WIRED, DUNE, et. al.
all I know is the trailer is a work of high art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HxIG0hwymM
Just call 'em grasshoppers Ronnie :smile:
Quote from: zombie #1 on October 24, 2012, 10:48:11 AM
all I know is the trailer is a work of high art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HxIG0hwymM
Whoa: WTF was that exactly? :buggedout: :wink:
Quote from: Trevor on October 25, 2012, 03:01:11 AM
Quote from: zombie #1 on October 24, 2012, 10:48:11 AM
all I know is the trailer is a work of high art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HxIG0hwymM
Whoa: WTF was that exactly? :buggedout: :wink:
THAT was the enter movie !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h1UgFHjaLM
The more I think of this clip-the stupider it is!
Thats just the thing you share with an autistic child-!
I wouldnt share that with AM COAST TO CAST host George Norry-let alone this poor child!
WTF was John Boorman thinking when he made this?!? Isn't this the same man who gaves us DELIVERANCE???
Oh yeah-he also gave us Sean Connery in a jock strap-ZARDOZ. :bluesad:
Quote from: Jack on October 24, 2012, 12:53:39 PM
Just call 'em grasshoppers Ronnie :smile:
You can spelll because you know how to...I-I mispell-because I CANT HELP IT!
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You can spelll because you know how to...I-I mispell-because I CANT HELP IT!
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LOL, I was just confused as to who these people of the lower caste, or "locasts" were :bouncegiggle:
Just tell me to shut up Ron :teddyr:
I mentioned this one a while ago on the phorum... I'll be the Devil's advocate (which is not a bad position to talk about a film about demonic posessions) and I'll say I don't find it to be a total train wreck. Sure, it's not very scary and Richard Burton does a terrible job, but the script throws in a few interesting bits, and the visuals are interesting.
But then somehow the last bit becomes a parody of the original film, complete with hammy acting and fireworks, and that's just unforgivable. I'm willing to forgive many things in a bad movie if the end is good, but here's actually the opposite thing.
"Lower your tone Reagan" :bouncegiggle:
A very well developed Linda Blair is the only thing that makes this abomination watchable.
Quote from: voltron on November 07, 2012, 12:52:17 PM
"Lower your tone Reagan" :bouncegiggle:
A very well developed Linda Blair is the only thing that makes this abomination watchable.
Sure she looks grown-up here, but her acting seems to have progressed backwards.
This movie is horrible and pretty much incomprehensible. The only Exorcist sequel that I kind of enjoyed was the 3rd film.
Quote from: Torgo on November 12, 2012, 06:31:40 PM
This movie is horrible and pretty much incomprehensible. The only Exorcist sequel that I kind of enjoyed was the 3rd film.
"Dominion", the prequel that went straight to DVD has its moments, although it's not very scary. The Renny Harlin version, the one that got a theatrical release, is even worse than this one.
I've been curious about this movie for a while now mainly because of its reputation. Sadly, (thankfully?) I haven't been able to track down a copy yet.
This is one of the great all-time fell-on-its butt movies. I especially like when the doc is having a heart attack and rather than call an ambulance or anything, they have Linda Blair hooked up to the electroshock skullcap and have her overpower the demon with sheer sincerity. :thumbup:
I thought we were in for more of the same when EIII opens to George C. Scott angrily lecturing his detectives about Shakespeare, but they soon got their oars in the water and I can easily see why this was Jeff Dahmer's all-time favorite movie.
This was just a plain bore. You could tell that they were rewriting the script as they were going along with such improvisation and bad editing. With the exception of James Earl Jones (who is epic in anything), Linda Blair was about the only good thing just because she was rip-her-clothes off hot. Even then objectively her acting was far better when she was just a kid in the orignal, but damn she was a stunning babe in this.
I heard the orignal unaltered script was a lot better. It didn't have the syndication tool as a plot device and it had more coherent stabilization as far as dialog and storytelling goes..