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Leslie Nielsen was always at his best when he could hook up with the "Airplane"/"Naked Gun"-team, which consisted of gifted writers like Pat Proft, Jim Abrahams and the Zucker brothers. "Repossessed" is written and directed by the guy who made "Meatballs 4". That should probably give you a fair idea of what this movie is like, though it does feature less Corey Feldman water-skiing than expected. Somewhat surprisingly there are some jokes in here that work (the bible vending machine ruled), but overall this just really feels like everyone's trying way, way too hard. Especially the visual gags have that bothersome "laugh, damn it!" feel to them, they're so close to "Naked Gun" but just not quite. Same goes for the obligatory breakings of the fourth wall, not bad but not really focused enough to generate big laughs. Nielsen's talents are rather wasted here, though I must say he is about the only element that made me keep watching. It's also a very nice touch that Linda Blair agreed to do this movie, even though I have absolutely no idea why she did. Not because of the solid screenplay, I'm pretty sure of that. This is in all ways a sub-par spoof, but I reckon it's still watchable for avid Nielsen fans.

Leslie Nielsen stars in another spoof, this time parodying The Exorcist. Linda Blair returns and spoofs her own character, as Nancy Aglet, and is again possessed by the demon. As a result, Nielsen's character, Father Jebedaiah Mayii, is called upon to help vanquish the demon - all the while the exorcism is being broadcast on live TV by a sensationalist show.

As with any Nielson spoofs, there are lots of gags from start to finish, along with some slapstick humor and endless parodies of various movies, from The Wizard of Oz to Rambo III. It was nice seeing the return of Linda Blair and she does a good job in recreating her role as the possessed girl, inserting tastefully done humor when necessary. However, the plot did lose steam by the time the movie focused on the TV show broadcasting the exorcism, which I thought made the film become more like a game-show than a comedy spoof. Therefore, it's not the best of Nielson's spoofs, but still laughable nonetheless.

Grade C+

Like Spaceballs, Repossessed was released too long after the film it is spoofing. 17 years is a long time, especially for us in the UK, where The Exorcist has only recently (1999) been released on video for the first time since pre-video censorship (c. 1984). Aside from that, too many jokes miss their targets, and too many subjects are lampooned. Some sequences are genuinely funny, such as Ernest & Fanny's TV Show (a brilliant spoof of hypocritical TV evangelists). Most, however, are not - the hospital scene is just not funny. Nielsen, Blair and Beatty give it their best, whilst Anthony Starke spends the whole film looking like he's just trodden in something unsavoury. Watch it if you will, B for effort, C- for results.

A great spoof of a classic movie, with a lot of 'one liners' from other movies. You may have to watch close to catch some of them. This movie also makes light of televangalists and the catholic church, but is in no way what I would call 'disrespectful' or sacrilegious. The fact Linda Blair reprises her role in this spoof makes it all the better. Its very 'campy' and some would say 'stupid'...but my family loved it, that includes my husband, who is a minister. It has the classic humor and campiness of other Leslie Nielsen's movies, complete with the props and literal actions of some of the lines. If you like other movies Nielsen has done, this is a 'must see'!

Leslie Nielsen's career since he appeared in Airplane! has been pretty much a reprise of the same types of zany movies again and again and again. But the quality of these films varies so drastically, it's obvious he will "whore out his talent" for a buck. For every Naked Gun movie there's crap like Repossessed or Mr. Magoo. I sure wish he were more selective in what he did--does he really need the money THAT badly?! The movie is a comedy(?) about The Exorcist, though I think I found The Exorcist to be a lot funnier. Describing how bad and why it is so bad is difficult--just trust me that there's absolutely no humor to find anywhere--particularly when they break into a song and dance number. Why? Who knows--my guess is that they just ran out of jokes and decided to wing it by breaking into song. Avoid this movie at all costs!! And don't say you were not warned!

I logged into IMDB expecting to find this film in the 250 chart. That's the 250 worst movies chart. Juvenile humour, and even worse than that, telegraphed juvenile humour. The gags are pitifully weak and forced. You can imagine the script writer putting an <insert gag> tag in the script and adding the jokes later, coz that's how it plays. The gags should flow naturally, but lines are delivered purely so that a gag can be bolted on after it, and worst of all, you know when the gags are coming, even down to the point when the main character is introduced as Father Mayii you know that a "Father Mayii", "Yes you may" line can only be minutes away. Some of the Naked Gun, Airplane, Police Squad humour can work well, but not here. It's a personal thing, but I don't like big neon lights saying "Laugh Here", I'd rather have to work it out for myself.

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!!

• She has an ungodly voice, maniacal facial expressions...
• That doesn't prove a thing, she could be related to Joe Cocker.
• No.
• Could it be she had PMS?

A comedy made as a sequel to a famous horror "The Exorcist". In the original movie, in 1973 devil takes possession of a 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 six times. The 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, maybe even more than the original.

7,5/10

My original viewing of Repossessed, back in 1990 (yes, I was one of those who stupidly paid to see this garbage at the cinema), was an experience far more disturbing than my first viewing of The Exorcist, the film it sets out to spoof (only 17 years too late): Leslie Nielsen's desperately unfunny antics and Linda Blair besmirching her own legacy prove far more difficult to endure than anything in William Friedkin's 1973 horror classic.

Written and directed by Bob 'Meatballs 4' Logan, Repossessed is a succession of quick-fire gags that repeatedly fail to hit the target. Dated topical jokes and crap sight gags abound, Ned Beatty's career hits an all-time-low with a role as a TV evangelist, and wrestler Jesse Ventura proves even more cringe-worthy than he was in Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe (also 1990—what a great year that was for terrible Jesse Ventura movies!).

It really is hard to believe how anyone ever considered any of this funny: the film makes the Scary Movie series seem like comedy gold by comparison, which is no mean feat. The finale, where Nielsen defeats the devil through the power of rock and roll, miming badly to a god-awful song while imitating several famous musicians, must go down as one of the single-most embarrassing attempts at humour I have ever witnessed.

Spoofmaster Leslie Neilsen appears in this outrageous, unofficial comedic sequel to 'The Exorcist' as Father Mayii, the exorcist pro who comes out of retirement when summoned by an idealistic priest, Father Brophy (Starke), to help out geeky suburban middle-age mom, Nancy Aglet (Blaire) who has recently been re-re-re-repossessed!

But, two tacky popular televangelists, Ernest and Fanny Ray, hosting a local religious wacko program, figure they can cash in on Nancy's dilemma and want to broadcast the exorcism.

If you love spoofs, give this one a shot. This is going to be one entertaining exorcism!

This is one major disappointing and occasionally even downright insufferable horror-parody. Ironically enough, the funniest aspects about "Repossessed" are the trivia details behind it. Apparently the initial screening tests didn't fail just once, but twice! At first the script contained almost exclusively jokes and typical situations referring to the 1973 horror landmark "The Exorcist" but, being released no less than 17 years overdue, a large part of the target audience was too young to already have seen that film and hence didn't comprehend the humor. Subsequently, entire parts of the script got replaced with more general and contemporary 80's comedy (for example: an extended sequence set inside a fitness center with guru Jake Steinfeld) in order to appeal more to younger viewers, but it still failed because … well, the movie simply isn't funny! Writer/director Bob Logan's only remotely praiseworthy accomplishment was that he (or at least his producers) managed to trap Linda Blair into playing a mocking version of the one role that made her world famous. But even that you have to put into perspective, as Blair was probably so tired of getting typecast that she considered a comical part her last resort to get rid of her 'that-Exorcist-girl' reputation. Leslie Nielsen, with his almost naturally comical charisma, narrates the events of "Repossessed" in front of a class of college students. The films opens with a flashback of Nancy's first exorcism in 1973, but then jumps forward 17 years in time, when she's a married woman with two annoying brat-children. Via the TV-set, the devil takes possession of her body and yet again she spurts gooey green stuff all over her beloved ones. Father Mayii is reluctant to perform another exorcism because of his heart condition, so Nancy relies on the inexperienced young priest Father Brophy and a couple of power-hungry Televangelists that don't even believe in demonic possession. There aren't any truly laugh-out-loud moments in "Repossessed" at all. If you're lucky, you might briefly chuckle once or twice but the majority of jokes are just plain embarrassing. There are numerous lame literal jokes and uninspired puns that'll make you roll your eyes in disbelief. For example, one character says: "The word on the street says that your career is history…" and at the same moment the camera actually shows a piece of street with the words "your career is history" painted on it. Lame! The finale is pitiable and seems to go on forever, especially when the entire cast starts imitating the greatest rock stars of the eighties. Remember the intro of "Scary Movie 2" (which simultaneously is the only worthwhile sequence in the whole film) where James Woods does a wacky 10 minutes re-enactment of "The Exorcist"? Well, it might be crude and vulgar, but that scene is much funnier and more effective as this dud.

This is a rather unique parody film, as it not only spoofs The Excorcist, it's actually a comedic sequel!

Linda Blair returns, as the same character of Regan, but has changed it to Nancy and is now grown up, married and has two kids. One night something happens and her concerned husband calls the priests while the kids bet on it just being PMS.

Leslie Neilson enters the picture as Father Mayi when younger priest Father Luke Broher brings him out of retirement to once again rid Nancy/Regan of the devil possessing her inside.

The film is filled with slapstick humor, parody, spoofs of other films and is certainly not the low rated garbage Imdb has been plagued with on this film. Just because it's not a Zucker/Abraham spoof film, doesn't mean it's not good. It's certainly a hundred times better than 2001, a space travesty or Rent a Kid.

If you haven't seen this yet, and do enjoy the likes of The Naked Gun, Airplane/Flying High, Hot Shots, Spyhard etc.. then this one should not leave you disappointed. Unless you're intelligence is as low as someone who thinks a movie like this doesn't work because it came out 12-13 years after the excorcist, calling it too late, and thinking it would work better had it been released in 1979 when Nancy/Regan surely would've had teenage kids and a husband at that time!

Ignore low rated reviews, this is one movie that's very underappreciated and a hidden Leslie Neilson gem that spoof lovers will definitely agree it's way under it's deserved rating here.

Okay, so this isn't the best of spoof comedies. But I did enjoy it! It seems that Leslie Nielsen was born to make a fool of himself in movies like this. And Linda Blair can poke fun at the role that put her into the spotlight. There are better comedies, but this one is still good for a few laughs.

For many horror fans, nothing is more sacred than William Friedkin's "The Exorcist." For better or for worse, though, someone else thought differently, and in 1990, a spoof-flick was made in it's honor.

Perhaps being delivered 17 years too late, "Repossessed" earns its credibility in the casting of Linda Blair (of "The Exorcist" and its sequel) and the reliable Leslie Nielsen. Unfortunately, the humor -- which is not surprisingly derivative of "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun" -- falls flat with many dated jokes peppered amongst cornball sight-gags and tired slapstick humor. Granted, if that's your sort of thing, you'll have a good time, especially if you're familiar with the source material. Ned Beatty (who also had a role in "The Exorcist II") has perhaps the most entertaining part as a straight-up send-up of televangelist Jim Bakker. Just one of the many jokes within, though, that you won't understand if you don't remember it.

As a movie that doesn't require too much mental investment, it's a pretty painless experience (minus the grating pop/theme song) if you can forgive its flaws and lack of gigantic laughs. At the very least, it's a must-see for the horror fan with a sense of humor and begs to be a cult classic. Who knows, it could be yours?

I saw REPOSSESSED on Comedy Central one night and while many may disagree with me on this one, I think that it is Linda Blair's best work. Both Linda Blair and Leslie Nielson are at their comedic best. The premise could have used a little work, but the movie seems to serve one purpose and one purpose only: to spoof THE EXCORCIST. I like that idea since I didn't like THE EXCORCIST that much and the movie spoofs it very well yet there needs to be more to the movie. It would have worked better if the movie spoofed several movies and not just a few. Though as I said before, it is a very funny movie with the two leads giving their best performances. The music and special effects are also top-rate along with the writing. I hope that there is a REPOSSESSED 2 sometime soon.

Father Mayii exorcised a possessed child named Nancy 17 year's ago- but now she is repossessed while watching the TV. So Father Brophy tries to get Father Mayii out of retirement to help him perform Nancy's exorcism and also it's going to be played on live TV to boost ratings for some has-beens.

This a reasonably okay spoof on 'The Exorcist' that has it fair share of hits and misses, led by Leslie Nielsen as the head priest and the one who is telling the story about the repossession to a class of students. The film itself isn't great as a whole, as you got a couple good scenes and one-liners that standout from the rest- but you got a couple scenes and lines that are incredibly in bad taste or just lame.

One thing I noticed that some gag's were borrowed in the opening sequence of the awfully bad Scary Movie 2, with the 'The Exorcist' part being the only amusing thing about that movie.

The story itself is weak and really of no importance, as it's the gags that are the main attraction, with one gag or joke after another- though some of the gags start getting really tiresome and repetitive halfway through the film. So because of the one-idea film, it drags towards the end, making it feel longer than its 80mins-running time.

The performances are nothing special, Leslie Nielsen has most of the funny parts as the retired Father Jebedaiah Mayii who makes a comeback to face his old demons (in many amusing ways) and also Ned Betty as Ernest Weller has his comical moments as the TV host. Linda Blair reprises her role that made her big- but this time mocking her performance in 'The Exorcist', as the possessed women named Nancy Aglet, while she was quite funny at first especially with the hilarious scenes involving her family- but after a while it got kind of stale and Anthony Starke plays the young unexperienced Father Luke Brophy, who is basically wooden and is pretty light of the laughs.

This is worth a look if you want to see a stupid mockery of a classic film- but still it's quite forgettable and if you want a good comedy in the same vein with Leslie Nielsen watch the Naked Gun films instead.

2/5

Low-budget, low-balled, overwhelmingly juvenile, though surprisingly tolerable "Airplane!"-like spoof of "The Exorcist", which was overdue in 1990 and--in light of the televangelist jokes--seems even more passé today. "Exorcist" star Linda Blair returns as a housewife named Nancy (in the previous film she was Regan, haha) whose body is taken over by a raucous, prankish Prince of Darkness; Leslie Nielsen is the befuddled priest. Writer-director Bob Logan seems to have earned the trust of his players, who go out on a limb trying to make this thing fly, but too many of the gags bomb out and the film's continuity is sloppy. It is nice however to see the normally put-upon Blair having a good time, dancing to "Devil With the Blue Dress On", and hamming it up in high spirits. ** from ****

Don't waste your precious time on this. If you have nothing to do, take a nap, wash your car, talk to the walls. But don't rent this movie!!

It won't make you laugh..it can't make you smile... It's lousy from beginning to end. Mr Nielsen should know when to stop. If you can't resist, you'll find yourself throwing up like Linda Blair.

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/*****).

OK, so we all know that Leslie Nielsen stars in the silliest parodies. It seemed inevitable that he would eventually star in an "Exorcist" spoof. What makes "Repossessed" especially eye-opening is that it's got Linda Blair spoofing her own famous role. So, as they just want to be as goofy as possible, much of the humor revolves around projectile vomiting (you'd better have a strong stomach for this one). Aside from that, they poke fun at what were then current events, namely with Ned Beatty as a Jim Bakker-resembling clergyman; there's also Oliver North having a memory problem, Sean Penn having a short temper, and a little something about Morton Downey. Oh, and of course they admit that they're in a movie at one point.

Yes, it's basically low humor, but they're not afraid to do whatever they want. You gotta love this one. And the next time that someone asks "May I?", you know what to say.

Linda Blair was having trouble dealing with the typecast of "Regan McNeil" or as we all know her "The Exorcist Girl". I don't blame her. So, she does the only thing she can think of and parodies her character. Thinking that she could get people to laugh at her character and let it go. Not a bad idea... until she picked up this script and thought it could succeed.

"Repossessed" tries way too hard to make people laugh. It took the typical jokes that everyone knows about "The Exorcist" and ruined it. I can't even begin to know why they would want to destroy such a classic. I'm sorry, but this was a very stupid movie.

3/10