One of the most pointless prequels of all-time.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 7, 2022

Leaving aside the folly of making a prequel to William Friedkin's 1973 horror classic, this fails on every level. Ninety minutes of tedious exposition give way to a random jumble of horror clichés that rise to a shrill pitch of hysteria.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Apr 22, 2019

The sfx in the climactic duel with the Devil is cheesy to say the least and the Devil's makeup render him more laughable than scary. On the face of it, the dice is loaded heavily against the movie.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 7, 2019

Unlike the first film, in which audience members fainted and threw up, the showdown between good and evil prompted more laughter amongst the audience than terror.

| Aug 24, 2017

An utter violation of anything that ever made The Exorcist memorable... just gaudy effects and things jumping out to say "boo!"

| Original Score: 2/10 | Jun 7, 2011

Brutal. Not for kids.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jan 1, 2011

Contrived, clich, murky, muddled, and an utterly gory mess...

| Apr 29, 2009

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 7, 2008

More than 30 years after the original hit screens, along comes the very best of the sequels.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 19, 2008

Most of the movie feels nothing like an Exorcist film.

| Original Score: D | Jul 30, 2007

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 14, 2007

The serious Catholic themes that made the original film genuinely disturbing have been flattened out into a cartoonish backstory pitting Merrin against Nazi storm troopers.

| Feb 27, 2007

This is not horror. It's sadism.

| Feb 27, 2007

Flawed, but still good.

| Dec 30, 2006

Some things are better left mysterious, and some movies better left unmade.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 22, 2006

Reams of tedious exposition finally give way to a random jumble of horror movie clichs, rising to a shrill pitch of hysteria that is never remotely frightening.

| Jun 24, 2006

It isn't quite hell, but clambering to the end of this dusty remnant of an idea is certainly purgatory.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 1, 2006

Harlin can stage an action sequence that will make you pee your pants, but conversation is a mystery to him.

| Sep 16, 2005

One would think studios would shy away from this dead horse; I guess the power of crap compels them.

| Original Score: 0/5 | Jul 25, 2005

What is rather horrifying is how this would-be thriller manages the bizarre feat of being simultaneously dull and completely ridiculous.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jul 11, 2005