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Film · 10 connectionsBizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and knowledge of a Vatican investigator and a research specialist free her from its grasp?
Directed byJohn Boorman
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1973 · 122 min · Horror
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2023 · 111 min · Horror
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2005 · 116 min · Horror
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1990 · 110 min · Horror
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