Exorcist II: The Heretic

1977 · 118 min · EN · R · 4.6 (792 votes)

Dir. John Boorman · Starring Richard Burton, Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher, Max von Sydow, Kitty Winn, Paul Henreid · Music Ennio Morricone · The Exorcist Collection

“It's four years later... What does she remember?”

Horror

Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four 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?

VIBE

This is a fever dream of a film, trading visceral dread for a disorienting, often baffling journey into spiritual trauma. Its audacious visuals and experimental narrative create a truly unique, almost psychedelic horror experience that feels more like a hypnotic trance than a conventional sequel.

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