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My first experience with this movie was interesting because I didn't know I had seen it for several years. At some point in 77 when I was 6 years old, I remembered seeing a movie at a drive-in theater with my parents; all of the details escaped me except those surreal point-of-view shots of the flying locust as if you're riding on its back. The images haunted me but I never knew what they were from until about 6 years later when I saw Exorcist II on television. I think I literally pointed at the tv screen and shouted "giant moth! the moth!" In my 6-year old memory, it was a giant moth.
I think the original Exorcist is a superior film in general, but II remains an interesting, LSD-laced, bizarro mind trip that is sometimes visually stunning, odd, frequently boring and compelling at the same time, certainly nonsensical, full of vivid visuals, and all of it is bathed in that gorgeous Morricone music. I find it to be infinitely watchable.
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I agree with Allardyce. I don't think this film, flaws and all, will be truly appreciated until more people see in in big-screen high-definition.
It fulfills my chief criterion for a studio-mandated sequel which is: "I sure as hell wasn't expecting that!"
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Its been getting a fairly frequent screening on TCM uk recently.
I caught some of it, but so far havent sat through the whole film so cant judge.
Had the Lp originally. At one time as a young teenager i thought Regans theme was the only listenable track.!!
Ennio at his most atonal. But very effective in the film.
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Every year, my husband and myself host a New Year's Eve Sober Movie festival. (A lot of my friends are in recovery, and they like it that they've got a place to go alcohol-free.) There's always three movies, with a general theme.
Three or four years ago, the theme was "Sequels Nobody Wanted".
Our line up:
"Beyond the Poseidon Adventure"
"Grease 2"
"Exorcist II: The Heretic"
I actually like all three films. "Beyond..." because it's so entertaining in it's shabbiness; "Grease 2" because there's pure desperation in every frame of it: and, "Exorcist II" because it's actually petty good movie, warts and all. In many ways, it's better than "The Exorcist", which I never found scary to begin with (and yes, I saw it during it's original run). "Exorcist II" also has the distinction of one of having one of the worst performances ever filmed, thanks to Richard Burton. And Morricone's score is terrific.
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I bought a book on the making of Exorcist 2 - a little paperback i think was written at the time, after reading that and seeing Boorman interviews and articles about it, i liked it more.
Just like Zardoz, i'm not really much of a fan, but i find some of the visuals really interesting, and once Boorman's commentary puts a bit of the process behind it i seem to appreciate the film a bit more.
Both films are pretty daft, but i find them just about watchable. The story of the making of Exorcist 2 is better than the film.
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I have had this Movie in my Collection in atleast 20+ years I Think but have never gotten around to Watch it until this year in early October. It did not suck that much that its reputation says...Sure it wasn´t nearly as great as the thirst or third (or even the fourth) but wasn´t that mess it was said to be
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