Exorcist: The Beginning

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film prequel film supernatural horror film

Exorcist: The Beginning is a 2004 supernatural horror film that serves as a prequel to the classic 1973 movie The Exorcist, exploring Father Merrin’s first encounter with demonic evil.

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Label Occurrences
Exorcist: The Beginning canonical 6
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist 4
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
prequel film ⓘ
supernatural horror film ⓘ
basedOn The Exorcist ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy William Peter Blatty ⓘ
character Cheche ⓘ
Father Francis ⓘ
Lankester Merrin ⓘ
Rachel Lesno ⓘ
cinematography Vittorio Storaro ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Renny Harlin ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
editor Simon Hilton ⓘ
Todd C. Ramsay ⓘ
followedBy Exorcist: The Beginning self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
follows The Exorcist ⓘ
genre horror film ⓘ
supernatural film ⓘ
hasTheme demonic possession ⓘ
faith and doubt ⓘ
good versus evil ⓘ
mainCharacter Lankester Merrin ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
musicBy Trevor Rabin ⓘ
narrativeFocus Father Merrin’s first encounter with demonic evil ⓘ
notableFact released after an earlier version by Paul Schrader was shelved and later reworked as Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfSeries The Exorcist film series ⓘ
prequelTo The Exorcist ⓘ
producer David Robinson ⓘ
Guy McElwaine ⓘ
James G. Robinson ⓘ
productionCompany Morgan Creek Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 2004-08-20 ⓘ
releaseYear 2004 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 114 ⓘ
screenwriter Caleb Carr ⓘ
William Wisher Jr. ⓘ
setting Africa ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
starring Izabella Scorupco ⓘ
James D'Arcy ⓘ
Remy Sweeney ⓘ
Stellan Skarsgård ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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Renny Harlin → notableWork → Exorcist: The Beginning ⓘ
Renny Harlin → directed → Exorcist: The Beginning ⓘ
Trevor Jones → knownFor → Exorcist: The Beginning ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
Trevor Jones → hasWorkedOn → Exorcist: The Beginning ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
Father Lankester Merrin → appearsInWork → Exorcist: The Beginning ⓘ
Father Lankester Merrin → appearsInWork → Exorcist: The Beginning ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
Father Lankester Merrin → fictionalUniverse → Exorcist: The Beginning ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Exorcist franchise
The Exorcist III → prequelTo → Exorcist: The Beginning ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
The Exorcist III → prequelTo → Exorcist: The Beginning ⓘ
Lauren Jones → notableWork → Exorcist: The Beginning ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Exorcist: The Beginning
Renny Lauri Mauritz Harjola → notableWork → Exorcist: The Beginning ⓘ
subject surface form: Renny Harlin
Exorcist: The Beginning → followedBy → Exorcist: The Beginning self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
Morgan Creek Productions → notableWork → Exorcist: The Beginning ⓘ