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Repossessed
It's been some time since Father Jebedaiah Mayii exorcised the Devil from little Nancy Aglet, who is now grown up with a husband and two children of her own. But the prince of darkness wants to go a second round and has returned to repossess her! With Father Mayii unwilling to help, Father Luke Brophy tries his best to help Nancy, even when TV's Ernest Weller plans to air the exorcism live on TV.
Release : | 1990 |
Rating : | 4.8 |
Studio : | Carolco Pictures, Seven Arts Pictures, |
Crew : | Production Design, Director of Photography, |
Cast : | Linda Blair Ned Beatty Leslie Nielsen Anthony Starke Thom Sharp |
Genre : | Horror Comedy |
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hyped garbage
The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
Comedy made as sequel to famous horror The Exorcist. In original movie, in 1973 devil takes possession of girl named Reagan, while in Repossessed he takes the same person 17 years later, but here she is named Nancy. Linda Blair plays both roles, Nancy and Reagan... Nancy Reagan :D For her role in The Exorcist she got Golden Globe and Oscar nomination, while in her later performances she was nominated for the worst actress 6 times. Movie is full of typical Leslie Nielsen humor, references and parodies to everything and anything. To me, it was very entertaining and definitely worth watching more than original...........................................
I'm a fan of the parody subgenre and of course the horror genre, mixing both of them together really can make a beautiful combination. I'm probably going to be in the minority on this but I personally think this is another under the radar gem. This film believe it or not was one of the first parody films I've seen and it was also the first film with Lesile Nelson I've seen before the "Naked Gun" films.This to me is one of those parodies done right because it really feels like it's doing it's own thing which is what a good working parody should do. And yeah sure it's not on the same level as the "Naked Gun" films (first and second to be precise) or any other A level parody film out there but it's not trying to be, it's just trying to be plain fun.This film is an obvious jab to "The Exercist" and I think it's a very solid hit that leaves a mark. Not much I can really say about this film, I really like some of the physical sight gags which really made me chuckle like one really suttle one was seeing a bible vending machine which I don't think is too far off with the vending machines we have now where some sell random jewelry and romance novels. But of course there was that rocky like montage sequence, where we see Mayii train and gear up for the exorcism which I thought was funny and cool since I'm a fan of the Rocky films and I even like the lunch box that Mayii brings, I'll give you a hint it's another Stalone action film. That's one of the best things about the film it kinda homages Stalone's films a lot, the writer must've been a Stalone fan.Even some of the verbal gags are funny like the jabs on PMS, you got to admit whenever the female populace goes though it, they do act like their possessed. Or my favorite line "Freeze puke face!" The characters are really solid and a lot of fun. I really like subordinate villain Ernest Weller played by Ned Beatty whom is pretty much just a sleaze con artist that is cheating viewers out of their money with his church program and of course the devil possession situation is just another opportunity for money and ratings. It's obviously a parody on some of the TV church scams that were going on .But of course the main villain the Devil is the spotlight villain, played well by Linda Blair which is ironic since she was in "The Exercist". What really makes this version stand out for me is the scheme The Devil has which is to influence and create more followers by using the power of media. That's another thing the film does is it parodies on the issue of media manipulation.And the protagonists are also great. Anthony Stark as Father Luke is funny because he's good natured and always means to help but is always insecure, he's got some good lines.But the highlight of course of the whole film is Lesile Nielsen whom plays Father Mayii. I like his last name which is obviously two words run together. Not much to say for his character, Lesile as usual plays it straight as a good natured priest whom has became retired and reluctant due to the post trauma he's suffered from the last exorcism he's done. Which of course all the more wants you to win, hoping he'll find the courage and strength again. But other than that his character is hilarious he's got some great lines even some sight gags as well. Like seeing him watch a telethon of Weller's crooked Chirch program and he is expressing constant distaste and wearing a bunch of random masks to numb the pain of the program; though Mayii could've just turned to another channel but I guess nothing else was on and he didn't have cable.The exorcism which to me is the real highlight of this film. It was just hilarious just seeing Luke and Mayii just do their jobs while the Devil was just giving them more and more grief. Let alone seeing a cameo by Jesse Ventura and Gene do a wrestling cometary on the exorcism which really added to the humor more because I was a bit of a fan of the WWF at the time (the 80's and early 90's when WWF was actually still good).What all three of them go though in the exorcism is just really random and crazy almost like one big skit show. I won't give away too much two of my favorite moments were seeing the Devil just turn both Mayii into just random things and Luke is going along with it. Or even the "Devil with a Blue Dress" number which I thought was a lot of fun since I like that song.The only bad things about the film for me are that I do thing the middle of the film is just a bit on the slow side, but of course things pick back up around the third and final half so I can't complain too much. And of course some of the visual jokes as well as a few sight gags are kinda lame but same could be said for a lot of other comedies out there and there are more than enough hits to keep you satisfied.If your a fan of the parody subgenere as well as Lesile Neilson then I recommend giving this film a try, it's devilish fun.Rating: 3 stars
Nancy Aglet (Linda Blair) is a lovely woman, who lives the decent middle-class life in the suburbs with his husband Braydon (Thom Sharp) and their two children (Benj Thall and Dove Dellos). But a long time ago, Nancy was possessed by the devil and she was exorcised by a kind priest Father Jebedaiah Mayii (Leslie Nielsen). Now after all these years, when Nancy lived the good life... then suddenly she's repossessed again after 17 years ago, when she's watching TV with her family. Now the possessed Nancy wants Father Mayii to battle with him again and to see, if Father Mayii still got what it takes to remove the demon out of her. Since Father Mayii is too old to fight this demon again, he's getting help from a young inexperience priest Father Luke Brophy (Anthony Starke). But when Father Brophy tells the Church there's a possessed woman, the Church thinks it would be best if it's televised with the association of a sleazy televangelist (Ned Beatty) and his wife (Lana Schwab) hoping to get millions from the ratings and of course... donations to the Chruch and stealing money from the donations by the televangelist by making himself richer. But the situation goes way out of control on live TV and the possessed demon is hoping to get people possessed by other demons for those who watched the TV special. Now Father Mayii and Father Brophy are forced to fight with this demon, before it's gets away by controlling the world.Written and Directed by Bob Logan (Meatballs 4, Up Your Alley) made an not so successful spoof to the classic horror movies of all time "The Exorcist" with Blair making fun of her own Oscar-Nominated role. The problem with the film, while it is watchable. While the directing and the script by the director isn't always successful. There's some terrible acting at times and some unsuccessful gags are supposed to hit the mark. Which Logan is certainly not the right writer or director to make this kind of spoof. But Logan does tries hard for it and he goes some points for it. But it's Blair, Nielsen and Starke makes its somewhat enjoyable if forgettable movie fun to watch and they give their 110 %. Blair still certainly looks great with that demonic possession look and it looks almost as good but different than the original Make-Up look that it was design by Oscar-Winner:Dick Smith. "Repossessed" is certainly a curiosity movie, nothing more with good comedic performances by the leads, some good visual gags and amusing cameos. If you want to see Blair having a blast with this role, it is worth a look at least once. (** ½/*****).
Some reasons why this is one of the worst films ever made:1. Leslie Nielson is a great comic actor when deadpanning in absurd situations. For some reason, the makers of this monstrosity thought that he would be even funnier if he mugged and did double takes every 30 seconds. WRONG! Maybe a "funny" foreign accent would help? WRONG AGAIN! 2. The film was marketed as if it were in some way linked to the Police Squad/Naked Gun series; the poster even showed Nielson in a "Drebin" pose, wielding a crucifix and rosary beads. 3. The script was obviously the last thing anyone thought about: big joke number one; woman works out on apparatus; her breasts expand; her breasts explode! big joke number two: Linda Blair cooks dinner for her family and guess what? It's pea soup! 4.The production values are rock bottom; everything looks cheap or re-used.This is a really horrible piece of trash, one of the very few movies I felt ashamed of returning to my local rental store; AVOID!!