Exorcist: The Beginning

omg, never again. was scared so badly. when watched it there was a storm and bout 5mins afta the movie finished there was a blackout. lol

The original Exorcist scared the crap out of me, but this movie just bored me. Skarsgard is a pleasure to watch, as always, and the movie is competently filmed, but it is just terrible overall. The dialogue was ridiculous, the plot was stupid, the special effects were lame, and the horror was completely non-existent. I'm not going to devote one more thought to this very poor effort.

If you were finally looking for a worthy candidate to live up to the original 1973 movie then keep looking. This film is a lot more about cheap shots at startling people than actually bringing out the kind of scare and depth that the first movie gave us. While production values are high and the movie does achieve its goal at scaring its audience it's done at the expense of a good story. The sad thing is there was room to make this a truly engaging movie, but instead they took the low road. Sorry folks. I got to admit it looks really nice. The settings and landscapes are striking and the imagery is sharp and top notch. Cinematography is beautiful and the props and costumes do give you the illusion of the 1940's timeline. Also the movie does accomplish its goal in the scare department. Sounds effects, music, lighting... they all lend themselves into making this movie a high caliber production... at least on the outside. While all these factors make the movie look good and the first p... Read more

"The demon is a liar," Father Merrin intones in the original Exorcist. "He will lie to confuse us. But he will also mix lies with the truth to attack us." Unfortunately, the same is true about certain Hollywood producers and directors. Case in point: Exorcist: The Beginning, directed by Renny Harlin. It seems the best that can be said about this film by those who prefer it over Paul Schrader's more intellectually honest rendering of the Father Merrin story is that there is better "continuity." This fallacious continuity seems to consist of bringing back the little statuette of Pazuzu, the Muslim metalworkers pounding away in Cairo, the suddenly arrested clock as Merrin pours over sketches of Pazuzu, and a puke-faced possession absurdly and ineptly reminiscent of Linda Blair's performance in the original. But these examples of "continuity" only demonstrate a lack of creativity and artistic credibility on the part of Harlin. The movie as a whole is a cinematic train-wreck. ... Read more

I wouldn't say I had high hopes for this but I at least expected it to be decent. It wasn't. I was falling asleep for the last 20 minutes and absolutely couldn't wait for it to end it was so dull. I like watching scary/horror movies in the dark in my basement near Halloween and that's twice now that Exorcist sequels completely disappointed me. Very heavy handed, it was almost like watching one of those horrible "Friday The Thirteenth" movies where the music is used to make you think something is going to happen which of course you know it's not. This was pathetic. I'd never sit through it again.

i liked the movie immensely, up until we follow the priest down into the hole to face- the GIRL DEVIL?! im sorry, forgive me if im wrong, but in the first movie, a priest talking to father carras clearly states, "the same thing happened to father merrin in africa. in that case, the possessed was a young BOY." a BOY. the little boy, which all the evidence pointed to all throughout the prequel, was the clear antagonist. why the stupid twist? there was no TWIST needed! if i wanted to see the devil in the possessed female, id watch the ORIGINAL. that was just plain STUPID. aside from that retarded mistake, this movie was GREAT. i especially liked the boy getting ripped apart by the hyenas while the possessed boy looked on... although the boy's cries of pain... whoever told the boy how to scream, where it sounds almost like he is laughing, while that screaming/laughing formula worked well for the bearded-guy in "the blair witch project", it failed here. a little authenticity will go a long ... Read more

Man... I have never been so let down by a movie. Considering, that I wanted to love this move... since the original Exorcist is my favorite horror flick of all time. I almost gave this movie 2 stars because it did make me laugh in certain supposed scary parts. Before I commented on this, I tried to think of ways to make this at least... at least 2 stars. I just couldn't do it. This was a horrible, boring, dragged out piece of garbage.

It only got good at the end when we see the chick possessed! and that was because it was funny!

I was hesitant about seeing this movie when it premiered...I finally worked up enough nerve to view it. I'm glad that I did. Stellan Skarsgard was excellent as Father Marron (??spelling??)! Watching it gave me a lot of answers as to the WHY of Pazuzu's existence in the first place.