Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher Reflect on 'Exorcist II' Chaos in New Doc
The documentary features Linda Blair and John Boorman reflecting on the sequel’s failures and its lasting impact on Hollywood.
- Director David Kittredge explores the production of The Heretic in his new documentary, Boorman and the Devil, opening in New York City on August 28 before wider release on September 4.
- Warner Brothers hired John Boorman following his success with Point Blank and Deliverance, yet the sequel became "a critical and financial failure that not only changed how Hollywood did business but nearly ended Boorman."
- The production featured stars including Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher, and Richard Burton, as Kittredge presents the project as a story on the "importance of taking big artistic swings."
- In the trailer, Boorman wryly recalls advice from David Lean: "John, you know, we all make failures. Try not to make a famous one." The sequel became one of the most famous failures of all time.
- While The Heretic remains notorious, it serves as a lens to view broader cinematic failures; Nathan Rabin noted, "A flop the magnitude of Exorcist II: The Heretic would kill most franchises, but the series survived to flop again.
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Trailer: "Exorcist II" Doco "Boorman and the Devil"
There’s a lot to be said about John Boorman’s “Exorcist II: The Heretic,” the 1977 film that followed up arguably the most famous horror film of all time with…something very different. At the time of release, the film was widely dubbed one of the worst movies ever made by audiences, critics, film historians, author William Peter Blatty and quite a few filmmakers such as the first film’s director William Friedkin. Yet it has some fans in certain …
Reflect on one of the most famous movie failures of all time with Boorman And The Devil trailer
Exorcist II: The Heretic is regularly cited as a terrible sequel, its failures somehow put into even sharper relief by all the other bad movies in the Exorcist franchise released after William Friedkin’s powerful original. And yet, as The A.V. Club‘s Nathan Rabin put it, “A flop the magnitude of Exorcist II: The Heretic would kill most franchises, but the series survived to flop again,” so John Boorman’s 1977 follow-up has also proven to be an i…
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