Exorcist II: The Heretic

(1977)

★ 4.5 IMDb · 817 votes

Genres: Horror

Year: 1977

Runtime: 118 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Джон Бурмен

Cast: Richard Burton, Linda Blair, Луиза Флетчер, Макс фон Сюдов, Kitty Winn, Пол Хенрейд, Джеймс Эрл Джонс, Нед Битти, Belinda Beatty, Роуз Портильо

Plot

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?

Dr. Gene Tuskin works with troubled children, perhaps none more troubled than Regan MacNeil, who suffers from bad dreams and repressed memories. The memories she represses are of the time she was possessed by a demon. Dr. Tuskin's invention, a device that hypnotizes two persons and links their minds together, reveals that the demon, named Pazuzu, still lurks within her. It is desperate to emerge again and wreak havoc. Meanwhile, Father Philip Lamont is ordered by his cardinal to investigate the death of Father Merrin, the priest who died while performing an exorcism on Regan. Father Lamont undertakes his task reluctantly. He feels unworthy of his assignment. He also feels that Evil is literally an entity and that this entity is winning the battle over Good. His investigation takes him to Africa where he locates another recipient of Merrin's exorcising and learns something fascinating and terrible about locusts.