Saturday, April 03, 2004

No, I Wasn't Planning To See It, Why Do You Ask?

I came across a review of The Exorcist II on one of my net surfing safaris:

The major theme of Exorcist II is that Linda Blair has developed breasts. Her acting on the other hand remains much the same as in the original Exorcist -- in which she was twelve. Her dialogue is riddled with grammatical error and slang and is delivered with a certain lascivious stupidity. My rental copy is not even in lip-synch. It's like I'm watching an old kung fu movie, combined with the overall cheap aura of bad porn. I kept waiting for Peter North to step out at any moment and begin undressing her.

The premise is that the Church decides to send a priest (Richard Burton) to investigate the death of Father Merrin who was killed during the exorcism in the original film. Making perfect sense, this investigation kicks off some SIX YEARS after his mysterious death, as evidenced by Regan now being eighteen. Burton catches up with Regan at her psychiatrist's office where he discovers that the demon may still have a fingerhold on her, and that she now has breasts.
I think I'll put on my copy of ZARDOZ instead.


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