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?

Repossessed (1990, Dir. Bob Logan) It's been some time since Father Jebedaiah Mayii (Nielsen) exorcised the devil from little Nancy Aglet (Blair), but now Nancy has grown up and has a family, the demon returns and repossesses Nancy. With Father Mayii unwilling to help, Father Luke Brophy (Starke) tries his best to help Nancy, even when TV's Ernest Weller (Beatty) plans to air the exorcism live on TV.Repossessed is one of the few spoof movies which actually focuses' on just one movie. Whilst there are a few jokes which only those who've seen the Exorcist would understand, Repossessed doesn't provide much to make it an excellent spoof movie.I hate Rock 'n' Roll! - Nancy Aglet (Linda Blair)

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.

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!