{"id":17193,"date":"2026-07-31T03:35:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T01:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/31\/film-history-doc-boorman-and-the-devil-trailer-on-making-exorcist-ii\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T03:35:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T01:35:50","slug":"the-cursed-sequel-watch-the-trailer-for-boorman-and-the-devil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/31\/the-cursed-sequel-watch-the-trailer-for-boorman-and-the-devil\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cursed Sequel: Watch the Trailer for ‘Boorman and the Devil"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Alex Billington | July 30, 2026 | Source:<\/em> YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

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Revisiting a Cinematic Misstep: The Story Behind ‘Boorman and the Devil’<\/h2>\n

“We all make failures. Try not to make a famous one…”<\/em> This haunting sentiment anchors the new trailer for Boorman and the Devil<\/em>, a compelling documentary<\/a> distributed by Yellow Veil Pictures. The film serves as a deep dive into one of the most notorious chapters in Tinseltown lore: the production of Exorcist II: The Heretic<\/em>.<\/p>\n

From Critical Acclaim to Box Office Infamy<\/h3>\n

Before the mid-70s, John Boorman was riding high on the success of gritty, genre-defining hits like Point Blank<\/em> and Deliverance<\/em>. However, his decision to helm the 1975 sequel to William Friedkin\u2019s horror masterpiece proved to be a career-defining hurdle. Exorcist II<\/em> was met with immediate, scathing reviews and dismal box office returns, a stark contrast to the cultural phenomenon of the original. In the current landscape of cinema, where sequels are often formulaic, this documentary highlights the rarity of a director attempting to reinvent a franchise so radically.<\/p>\n

The Philosophy of the “Big Swing”<\/h3>\n

The documentary, which garnered attention during its 2025 Venice Film Festival premiere, does more than just recount a failure; it serves as a meditation on the necessity of artistic risk. The director of the documentary notes, “I miss big, ambitious filmmaking that takes huge risks.” Much like Michael Cimino\u2019s Heaven\u2019s Gate<\/em>-another legendary production that famously derailed a career only to be re-evaluated by modern critics-Boorman\u2019s work on The Heretic<\/em> is now being viewed through a more forgiving lens. It represents a time when studios allowed auteurs to experiment with massive budgets, even if the results were polarizing.<\/p>\n

Why It Matters Today<\/h3>\n

As audiences prepare for the film\u2019s limited run in art house theaters this September<\/a>, the documentary invites us to reconsider the value of “swinging for the fences.” While the film was a commercial disaster in 1977, the documentary argues that the industry is currently suffering from a lack of such bold, albeit flawed, creative ambition. By interviewing the original cast and crew, the film provides a nuanced look at why Boorman\u2019s vision failed to connect with contemporary audiences, while simultaneously celebrating the audacity required to attempt such a project in the first place.<\/p>\n

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TRAILERS by Alex Billington July 30, 2026 Source: YouTube “We all make failures. Try not to make a famous one…” Yellow Veil Pictures has unveiled an official trailer for a film titled Boorman and the Devil , a fascinating documentary feature about an infamous moment in Hollywood history. After directing Point Blank and Deliverance, director<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":17194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[2710,36,2611,2612],"class_list":["post-17193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-filmtv","tag-documentaries","tag-mixtv","tag-to-watch","tag-trailer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17199,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17193\/revisions\/17199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}