Exorcist: The Beginning

2004-08-20 • 1h 54m • R •

Horror

5.4

User Score

842 votes

"Go back to where the horror began."

Overview

Years before Father Merrin helped save Regan MacNeil’s soul, he first encounters the demon Pazuzu in East Africa.

Renny Harlin

Director

Alexi Hawley

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Stellan Skarsgård

Father Lankester Merrin

Izabella Scorupco

Sarah Lesno

James D'Arcy

Father Francis

Julian Wadham

Major Granville

Remy Sweeney

Joseph

Andrew French

Chuma

Movie Details

Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

$80,000,000

Revenue

$78,000,586

Runtime

1h 54m

Release Date

2004-08-20

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Reviews

Narate

2025-01-01T15:57:49.606Z

"_Sometimes I think the best view of God is from Hell._" This stopped being art and is more of a Hollywood prequel for the numbers. There is a good twist that you see coming and while it was cool to see, it still is not a great movie.