Review of Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) by Gordon/The Mad Artist — 29 Dec 2008
Other than a good performance by Stellan Skarsgard as a younger Father Merrin, a complete time waster and noisy exploitation flick by the erratic director Renny Harlin. The film was actually made because an already-in-the-can DOMINION: PREQUEL TO THE EXORCIST (started by John Frankenheimer, finished by Paul Schrader) was deemed by studio people "not scary enough" (and they're VERY wrong or suffering from ADD).
Avoid this mess and see the Schrader version!
This review of Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) was written by Gordon/The Mad Artist on 29 Dec 2008.
Exorcist: The Beginning has generally received mixed reviews.
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