Before filming "Exorcist: The Beginning," John Frankenheimer was set to direct the prequel. However, Frankenheimer withdrew from the movie and was replaced with director Paul Schrader, ...

"Exorcist: The Beginning," released in 2004, serves as a prequel to the series and deals with Father Lankester Merrin's ...

The Exorcist is one of the best and most consistent horror movie franchises ever, ... Harlin’s version, called Exorcist: The Beginning, was set to have more gore, more scares, and more action.

Exorcist: The Beginning largely operates on the logic that more is better, and that shoehorned in references to Friedkin’s film constitute lore. Stellan Skarsgård, the only major actor in both ...