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‘Boorman and the Devil’ Review: The Making of John Boorman’s 1977 Disaster ‘Exorcist II: The Heretic’ Becomes a Documentary So Unbelievable It’s Funny

Variety · August 23, 2026 at 6:29 PM

‘Boorman and the Devil’ Review: The Making of John Boorman’s 1977 Disaster ‘Exorcist II: The Heretic’ Becomes a Documentary So Unbelievable It’s Funny

You might call Boorman’s fortitude admirable, but you could also call it delusional.

And it lends "Boorman and the Devil" the quality of a true-life Christopher Guest movie.

For this is the unintentionally funny story of what happens when utterly unhinged and high-minded hubris becomes your guiding

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‘Boorman and the Devil’ Review: The Making of John Boorman’s 1977 Disaster ‘Exorcist II: The Heretic’ Becomes a Documentary So Unbelievable It’s Funny

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