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 Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)      Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)  is the worst movie I have ever seen in my 19 years as a film fanatic; it's $27.93 I will never get back. This movie has successfully dethroned  The Grudge  (2020) as the worst horror movie I have ever seen in my life.  John Boorman created an absolute mess of a movie that didn't need a sequel. It mixes an incomprehensible plot with insane visuals, laughably bad "special" effects, and phoned-in acting performances. It's a gigantic middle finger to the original film in every way imaginable. It fails to find a reason to justify its existence.        Before I continue giving this film the critical beatdown it needs, let us rewind and learn how this baffling sequel came into existence. It was 1973, and a little-known film called  The Exorcist  has released in American theaters to the unsuspecting public. The story of a girl possessed by a demonic spirit...

 Revaluated: A Cure for Wellness (2017)                          For the third edition of Revaluated,  we will be moving away from movies based on video games to the realm of psychological horror films. These movies emphasize mental, emotional, and psychological themes to mess with our heads and leave us with our jaws on the floor at the big reveal that  pays off from the well-crafted buildup in films like  Black Swan ,  The Silence of the Lambs ,  The Others , and  Psycho.   These movies rely on atmosphere and messing with the viewer's mind by exploiting the psychological fears in both the protagonist and the viewer, leaving the main threat to the viewer's imagination. With that said, let's take a look at the Gore Verbinski psychological horror flop,  A Cure for Wellness.    A Cure for Wellness is a 2017 psychological horror film directed by Gore Verbinski. He is best...