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Release year: 2004

Storyline

In 1947, having abandoned his faith, Father Merrin joins an archaeological excavation in Kenya, where an ancient church has been unearthed and something much older waits to be awoken.

Top credits

Directors

Renny Harlin

Writers

Cast

Stellan Skarsgård — Father Merrin
Izabella Scorupco — Sarah
James D'Arcy — Father Francis
Remy Sweeney — Joseph

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Did you know

• Morgan Creek Productions fired Paul Schrader after he had submitted a completed movie, saying that he had given them "footage without any of the bloody violence the backers had wanted". He had already made it clear in interviews that he was making more of a psychological drama than an all-out gore-fest. He was fired and Renny Harlin was hired to re-shoot the movie. Almost 90% of the movie was re-shot, re-casting several roles and adding and removing characters. Following the lackluster reception to Harlin's version, though, Schrader's version was finally released as Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005).

• Both William Peter Blatty and Paul Schrader were nearly thrown out of this film's premiere for loudly laughing during the screening.

• Nearly the entire cast (barring only Stellan Skarsgård) were either unavailable for the reshoots, or refusing to return out of loyalty to Paul Schrader.