2.5 Score

1977 • 1h 58min • R • Horror

Exorcist II: The Heretic

"It's Four Years Later... What Does She Remember?"

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?

IMDb 3.8

RT 10%

MC 39

Director

John Boorman

Composer

Ennio Morricone

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Richard Burton

Father Philip Lamont

Linda Blair

Regan MacNeil

Louise Fletcher

Dr. Gene Tuskin

Max von Sydow

Father Lankester Merrin

Kitty Winn

Sharon Spencer

Paul Henreid

The Cardinal

James Earl Jones

Older Kokumo

Ned Beatty

Edwards

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