tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post1192785324260963618..comments2024-03-28T20:46:33.836-04:00Comments on Final Girl: HereticalosityStacie Ponderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-83759377742848496762010-03-09T15:53:55.137-05:002010-03-09T15:53:55.137-05:00One thing and one thing only to Neil Fulwood: ZARD...One thing and one thing only to Neil Fulwood: ZARDOZ IS AMAZING!Missy Y. (formerly A Case of You)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00024813150457436868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-41770051767433307582010-03-03T03:13:37.993-05:002010-03-03T03:13:37.993-05:00He was actually pretty young when he played Merrin...He was actually pretty young when he played Merrin, I think he was just in his forties. Sorta like Marlon Brando in The Godfather. <br /><br />What I love is that this was so bad that they ended up bringing it back to "fix" it after its opening weekend. It didn't work, obviously. I read somewhere that the ushers in the theaters were heckled and threatened by angry filmgoers! Why can't people do that today with all of the crappy movies these days?<br /><br />The Exorcist creeps me out to the point where as crappy as Exorcist II is, I still find parts of it creepy by association. BTW, I just read Joe Hill [Stephen King's son]'s new book HORNS and two of his characters are named Regan and Merrin!De Minimishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09233079528598984870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-15023459011463770092010-03-03T01:18:16.163-05:002010-03-03T01:18:16.163-05:00Another fine job, Stacie... I have to admit to lik...Another fine job, Stacie... I have to admit to liking this film, once I actually got a chance to see it -- it IS a pretty lame EXORCIST movie, but on its own terms, it's fascinating. <br />If EXORCIST wasn't part of the equation of this film, it'd be more highly regarded... or at least have a ZARDOZ type of cult following.<br /><br />When it comes to franchises, give the Mob what it wants, and don't try to upscale the product. A lesson also learned by the BLAIR WITCH 2 guys...Robert H.http://mimezine.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-45174493359105692842010-03-02T22:48:27.991-05:002010-03-02T22:48:27.991-05:00Just saw Shutter Island and Father Merrin stars as...Just saw Shutter Island and Father Merrin stars as one of the shrinks. How old is that guy now, 103?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-79635070013111632262010-03-02T22:28:15.817-05:002010-03-02T22:28:15.817-05:00I'm following this blog based on this entry an...I'm following this blog based on this entry and accompanying comments alone. 3000% awesome. <br /><br />Here, I thought all these years, I was the only one with obscure running Exorcist II referencing jokes. *sigh* Another slice of 'internet' home.Flora Isadorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16687873250583857070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-88482748945939704502010-03-02T18:33:42.472-05:002010-03-02T18:33:42.472-05:00Ha, I wouldn't do that to you guys. I try not ...Ha, I wouldn't do that to you guys. I try not to choose anything that's supposed to be terrible...however, as my other rule is "choose something I've yet to see", that can't always be avoided. Revisiting classics is game, though, as I did with The Exorcist- I do that hoping to get people to really dig into the old standbys. <br /><br />Exorcist II will probably never be considered worthy of that humble goal!Stacie Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-7156442351245356052010-03-02T18:27:38.507-05:002010-03-02T18:27:38.507-05:00"Oh,thank god ... when I read that intro I wa..."Oh,thank god ... when I read that intro I was afraid The Exorcist II was the next "film club" entry."<br /><br />Thanks, you know...for sticking the thought into the back of her brain. Really.<br /><br />Wait, I brought it up again, re-enforcing the thought. OH GOD! WHAT HAVE I DONE?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-36943928088193109002010-03-02T14:57:30.663-05:002010-03-02T14:57:30.663-05:00Thanks for taking one for the team. It's so mu...Thanks for taking one for the team. It's so much more fun to read about this film than to watch it.Cousin Barnabashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12100748097966533023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-46094904510147752552010-03-02T14:55:29.663-05:002010-03-02T14:55:29.663-05:00Never seen it. Now I don't have to. Exorcist I...Never seen it. Now I don't have to. Exorcist III is somewhat creepy and effective, thoughChris Ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13435979081891289688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-81032338362533434882010-03-02T14:34:57.019-05:002010-03-02T14:34:57.019-05:00Thanks very much!Thanks very much!Stacie Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-62200541798812311292010-03-02T14:24:38.679-05:002010-03-02T14:24:38.679-05:00oh Ms. Final Girl-this review totally made my lunc...oh Ms. Final Girl-this review totally made my lunch hour!!<br /><br />:)Mrs. Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15360433416733092249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-9500764038189716172010-03-02T12:49:20.877-05:002010-03-02T12:49:20.877-05:00Ned Beatty is the pilot who flies Richard Burton a...Ned Beatty is the pilot who flies Richard Burton around Africa. They make a big deal about introducting him then he disappears almost immediately after and you never really see his face. <br /><br />I loved reading this as you clearly tried to figure out just what this movie is. It's just a mess, almost unforgivably so. But there is something in there from its technical wizardry to, as you put it, the lofty goals about the nature of good and evil so it can't just be dismissed. But it's often intolerable and that's all on Boorman--he not only had no interest in making an EXORCIST film, he seems to have had outright contempt for the very concept of it. <br /><br />Its overall delirium and Morricone score sometimes makes me think that if they added a few more dead bodies you'd have an Argento film--but the difference is that an Argento film is like an insanely fascinating discussion over wine with a brilliant intellectual at a party. Boorman makes his film the equivalent of a pretentious college professor who stinks of too many cigarettes and won't stop shouting at you about his absurd theories.<br /><br />Aw, heck. Here's my own lengthy piece on it from a few years ago:<br /><br />http://mrpeelsardineliqueur.blogspot.com/2008/06/on-wings-of-demon.htmlMr. Peel aka Peter Avellinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10553482286909862975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-26729534084146880622010-03-02T12:38:01.814-05:002010-03-02T12:38:01.814-05:00Beatty plays the pilot in Africa. You may have fas...Beatty plays the pilot in Africa. You may have fast-forwarded right past him...timothy granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09178816364209218617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-11680666767386594632010-03-02T12:35:59.194-05:002010-03-02T12:35:59.194-05:00The only think I love more than this awful, awful ...The only think I love more than this awful, awful film ... is it's wacked out ear-splitting trailer ...<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY0bsaDpYpYtimothy granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09178816364209218617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-64538203805849722062010-03-02T12:25:16.110-05:002010-03-02T12:25:16.110-05:00Well done, Neil...WELL DONE.
Exorcist III is a gr...Well done, Neil...WELL DONE.<br /><br />Exorcist III is a great film.<br /><br />The real issue is, where was Ned Beatty in this? I didn't see him.Stacie Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-44718207674723736542010-03-02T12:09:25.262-05:002010-03-02T12:09:25.262-05:00I just love listening to Sir Richard Burton say &q...I just love listening to Sir Richard Burton say "Pazuzu".B-Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-92144562109534400982010-03-02T11:51:16.363-05:002010-03-02T11:51:16.363-05:00HAHA! This is awesome. Weirdly enough, I was JUST ...HAHA! This is awesome. Weirdly enough, I was JUST listening to the soundtrack on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iIZb0gOmFQ<br /><br />I always quote this line from the movie ---> "What's the matter with you?" "Oh, I was possessed by a demon." "..." "It's okay, he's gone."Less Lee Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620210272700753006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-40466445074148655202010-03-02T09:15:53.360-05:002010-03-02T09:15:53.360-05:00Oh,thank god ... when I read that intro I was afra...Oh,thank god ... when I read that intro I was afraid The Exorcist II was the next "film club" entry. As much as I wanted to take part in the next film club, I really, really didn't want to watch TEII again.<br /><br />IMHO, there is a good Exorcist sequel ... The Exorcist III. I wish Warners would splurge for Blatty's "director's cut" of the movie. I'd love to see how he wanted to wrap the film before the studio made him go all Hellraiser.Cousin Barnabashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12100748097966533023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-23038638752370699202010-03-02T08:55:50.713-05:002010-03-02T08:55:50.713-05:00It's been a long time since I've seen it, ...It's been a long time since I've seen it, but I remember thinking that James Earl Jones was even more ridiculous in this than he was in that first Conan movie. That's sayin' something.Verdant Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139591223231428391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-15043892879814295272010-03-02T08:28:39.768-05:002010-03-02T08:28:39.768-05:00The Exorcist III is far better in terms of ambianc...The Exorcist III is far better in terms of ambiance, story, and George C. Scott romping. But I have a soft spot in my heart for part II...the overuse of strobe lights helped. <br /><br />Also...you almost dropped a Babs reference right into the middle of all that. That would potentially have constituted a hug. But alas...Midnight Frighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802773703940840791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-47464262156575044252010-03-02T05:16:19.940-05:002010-03-02T05:16:19.940-05:00One of the worst movies ever made. But Linda Blair...One of the worst movies ever made. But Linda Blair is so unutterably HOT in it.<br /><br />In fact, might need to go and watch SAVAGE STREETS now then take a cold shower.CashBaileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593976245341180685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-25040251076139015422010-03-02T05:16:19.941-05:002010-03-02T05:16:19.941-05:00Some of the things I love about ‘Exorcist II: The ...Some of the things I love about ‘Exorcist II: The Heretic’ that transform it from POS cash-in to masterpiece of misconceived high trash:<br /><br />1) Director John Boorman hated the original and wanted his sequel to be “an antidote”. In his autobiography, Boorman purposefully refers to the film as ‘The Heretic’, leaving out that troublesome ‘Exorcist’ bit.<br /><br />2) James Earl Jones plays most of his scenes decked out in a witch-doctor type get-up – the worst costuming since some doofus decided to put Sean Connery in a nappy/bandolier combo in ‘Zardoz’. (Said doofus was John Boorman, btw. Coincidence? I think not.)<br /><br />3) The Synchronizer!!! The film’s greatest conceit: a device that links people’s minds and explores their memories. And what does this supposedly ultra-high-tech bit of kit look like? A mug tree with two lightbulbs strapped to it! Awesome!<br /><br />4) Father Lamont is asked to investigate Merrin’s death, even though four years have passed since Merrin carked it. In the same scene, the Cardinal tells Lamont the church is considering Merrin a heretic for practising exorcism, yet the first film clearly demonstrates that it was not only sanctioned by church authorities but Merrin was actually asked to do it.<br /><br />5) Africa: a few square meters of polystyrene rocks and an artificial sun hanging over a back lot.<br /><br />6) Regan’s tap-dancing routine. Seriously, this is the point at which the film becomes a Mel Brooks spoof.<br /><br />7) The devil possesses Regan not by causing pustules to erupt on her face, green vomit to hurl from her mouth and crucifixes be applied in an unorthodox manner as in the first movie, but by putting her in a slinky nightdress and giving her a makeover. Father Lamont conducts an exorcism which dispenses with holy water, religious texts and such piffling requirements as invocations to the Almighty and takes the more direct punch-Regan-in-the-face-a-few-times-then-rip-her-heart-out route.Neil Fulwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14686296295535235988noreply@blogger.com