| release date | August 20 2004 |
| studio | Warner Bros. |
| director | Renny Harlin |
| writer | William Peter Blatty |
| starring | Stellan Skarsgård, Isabella Scorupco, Alessandra Martines, James D'Arcy, Ilario Bisi-Pedro |
| rating | R |
| tagline | A new chapter of evil |
| site | exorcistthebeginning.warnerbros.com |
| trailer 1 | Trailer #1 |
Lars Von Trier, the Danish director behind Antichrist, will be taking on the apocalypse with Melancholia, an “end of the world” thriller with a so-called apocalypse being caused by Earth colliding with another planet. Deadline revealed today the entire cast starting with the lead, Kirsten Dunst. Charlotte Gainsbourg (Antichrist), Kiefer Sutherland (Lost Boys, Mirrors), Charlotte Rampling (Angel Heart), Alexander Skarsgaard (“True Blood”), Stellan Skarsgard (Exorcist: The Beginning ) and Udo Kier (Suspiria) are also attached. The film will begin shooting in Sweden this July, with a budget of around $8 million. Antichrist was quite a controversial film, it’ll be interesting to see his spin on a disaster film. (more…) READ MORE
Y2K, 9/11, war and a a horrid recession, a major escape we had this decade was in the form of film, notorious for thriving during National crisis. Leading up to New Year’s Eve where we’ll ring in 2010, Bloody Disgusting will be looking back at the entire decade year by year through the eyes of various staff writers. Check back each day for a profound reflection from Ryan Daley, David Harley, Tex, BC and yours truly. Inside you’ll find Tex Massacre’s personal look back at the year 2005, the birth of so-called “torture porn”! Please share your memories for each year below, there are so many stories to be told! (more…) READ MORE
Inside we’ve posted Nelson’s negative review of George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead, which arrives at retailers on May 20th from Dimension Extreme and Genius Products. The the film will follow a group of college students shooting a horror movie in the woods who stumble upon a real zombie uprising. When the onslaught begins, they seize the moment as any good film students would, capturing the undead in a “cinema verite” style that causes more than the usual production headaches. (more…) READ MORE
Warner Home Video UK has announced The Exorcist: The Complete DVD Resurrection for release on October 17th, according to Davis DVD. The boxed set will include the currently available editions of The Exorcist (the original version), Exorcist II: The Heretic, The Exorcist III and Exorcist: The Beginning. Presented for the first time ever following a successful premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, this set also will include director Paul Schrader’s much talked about Dominion: A Prequel to The Exorcist. This original atmospheric prequel was rejected by producing studio Morgan Creek and later reshot by director Renny Harlin as “Exorcist: The Beginning.” Retail will be £32.99. You can find the artwork over at DVD Answers. (more…) READ MORE
Could a little film called Paul Schrader’s Exorcist: The Beginning be proof that studios don’t know what’s good for us? Not that they ever did, but this could be a swift kick in their rear ends. Apparently the buzz from the special screening of the film in Brussels and the positive Variety review have prompted a quick release for the film, according to Fox News. “The payoff is that Morgan Creek and Warner Brothers are going to release “Paul Schrader’s Exorcist: The Beginning,” in the next two months.” Excited? I am now! Follow the link for the full story and expect tons of news on the film to begin popping up soon. (more…) READ MORE
I don’t often post reviews to other sites, but Variety it a big boy and when they say something, you can’t help but listen. If you read on, you can check out Variety’s review fo Paul Schrader’s version of Warner Bros. Exorcist: The Beginning, which starred Gabriel Mann, Stellan Skarsgard, Clara Bellar, Ralph Brown and Israel Adurama. Click here for trailers, clips and tons of images… (more…) READ MORE
Ok, excuse me for being a skeptic, but I am finding it really hard to believe that Paul Schrader’s version of Exorcist: The Beginning is that good. It’s going to be pretty hard for it to be any more of a mess than Harlin’s version and I’m sure it will be a good time, but perfection? Man I can’t wait to check this baby out! Click here to read a raving review for Warner Bros. ‘bastard child,’ which might see a theatrical release in the very near future. (more…) READ MORE
B-D reader Justin writes in that he just purchased the Australian DVD for Renny Harlin’s Exorcist: The Beginning, which hits DVD here in the States on March 1st- and to his surprise their was the trailer for Paul Schrader’s version of the film! The news gets better, Justin uploaded the trailer from the film, which can be downloaded by clicking the link inside! Warner Bros. plans on releasing Schrader’s cut sometime in the near future, but still haven’t announced whether it’ll hit theaters… (more…) READ MORE
Warner Bros. Paul Schrader version of Exorcist: The Beginning, which is now being called Exorcist: The Prequel by the festival, is about to get a test run this February in Berlin. Schrader was replaced by Renny Harlin, who then went on to shoot an entirely different $50 million (review) film with changes in the key cast. Inside you’ll find the full story on the world premier of Schrader’s supposed “disaster”. You can win a copy of Harlin’s version of DVD here… (more…) READ MORE
Just in time for Valentines Day, Lions Gate Home Entertainment’s Saw (DVD review, review #1, #2, #3, #4) is hitting stores across America on February 15th on DVD. Inside you can win one of (5) copies of the film, which grossed over $55 million at the box office. ‘Saw’ was directed by James Wan (interviews #1, #2), written by Leigh Whannell and stars Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Leigh Whannell, Dina Meyer, Monica Potter, Shawnee Smith and Tobin Bell. With a dead body lying between them, two men (Whannell and Elwes) wake up in the secure lair of a serial killer who’s been nicknamed “Jigsaw” by the police because of his unusual calling card.
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Inside you’ll find two new images from Paul Schrader’s version of Exorcist: The Beginning, which Warner Bros. is still trying to decide what to do with. The film is rated R by the MPAA and the plan is a limited theatrical release, which could change at any moment. Renny Harlin’s second version hits DVD on March 1st… (more…) READ MORE
When Warner Bros. announced it might release Paul Shrader’s version of ‘Exorcist: The Beginning‘ in theaters, I was speechless. If it was so bad in the first place that they had Renny Harlin redo the entire movie, why are they sticking it in theaters? Well it might happen, so we might as well look forward to it. I received an email today from Marychan14 who discovered the film just received an “R” rating by the MPAA. According to some regular visitors of the site, I don’t like PG-13 movie, so I guess I should be ecstatic… (more…) READ MORE
After all the stories, all the fighting, all the changes- you should know the story behind Warner Bros. Exorcist: The Beginning- or Renny Harlin’s version. Well inside you’ll find a link to footage from Schrader’s Version along with photos from the first version of the film. The original cut that promoted major reshoots is set to hit theaters in 2005. Money whores… (more…) READ MORE
Here’s some news I never expected to hear- and yet at the same time it’s something that doesn’t surprise me when it comes to Warner Bros. After all the bullsh1te and all the problems and reshooting the entire freaking movie with Renny Harlin, Warner Bros. is mulling the idea of releasing Paul Shrader’s version of Exorcist: The Beginning in limited theaters before a DVD release. I’ve talked to numerous people who were linked to Shrader’s version who ALL said it was a pile of crap. Read on for this interesting scoop… (more…) READ MORE
First off we have another look at Renny Harlin’s Exorcist: The Beginning; Lyle Henretty’s mixed review can be read here. With Alien vs Predator (review) recently hitting theaters, we thought it would appropriate to get some other ‘Alien’ reviews up, so click here to read a review for Alien: Director’s Cut. Last but not least we have another review for Edgar Wright’s Shaun of the Dead, which hits theaters thanks to Rogue Films on September 24th. You can read yet another positive review by clicking here. (more…) READ MORE
For all of you who are totally freaking out over Fox’s Alien vs Predator receiving a PG-13 by the MPAA- relax!! I’ve got one major word for you- POLTERGEIST… Remember this freaky film? Steven Spielberg’s terrifying horror film about ghosts was rated PG, yeah, PG! Poltergeist is easily one of the scariest films ever made and the MPAA are filled with a bunch of morons- so take a big breath and don’t worry about it. The film is made, if it sucks it sucks, there’s always Exorcist: The Beginning a week later (heh)… (more…) READ MORE
Now here’s something interesting- a brand spanking new site called Bloody News has posted two reviews for the novelization of Paul Shrader’s version of Exorcist: The Beginning, which should appear on DVD around the same time as Renny Harlin’s re-shot version. You can check out a positive and negative review on the site, click the link to check em’ out! (more…) READ MORE
If you head on over to The Green Room, you can take a look at some new possible spoiler filled images from Morgan Creek and Warner Bros. Exorcist: The Beginning, which all appeared in the newest issue of Fangoria. Renny Harlin’s version of the film, which hits theaters August 20th, stars Stellan Skarsgård, Isabella Scorupco, Alessandra Martines, James D’Arcy, Ilario Bisi-Pedro, Ralph Brown, Alan Ford, Andrew French, Antonie Kamerling, Eddie Osei and Julian Wadham. (more…) READ MORE
We’re talking about a horror film here aren’t we? What type of world do we live in when the Exorcist: The Beginning trailer is deemed to scary by the MPAA and yet I can turn on the news and watch corpses in the street and houses burning down? F%*king MPAA. Read on for the news… (more…) READ MORE
From what I hear, Paul Schrader’s cut of Warner Bros. Exorcist: The Beginning could be worse than Uwe Boll’s House of the Dead. But doesn’t that make you want to see it more, especially since they’ve already reshot the entire movie and a possible good one is one the way? Well, in the near future, you might be able to, on home video! Read on for details. (more…) READ MORE
Plagued with problems, Exorcist: The Beginning went back to the beginning and is pretty much re-filming the entire flick. But what is the current status you ask? If you head on over to Dark Horizons, you can read a large article that clears up the speculation by sorting out what’s real and what’s conjecture for now. Exorcist is set to hit theaters sometime in late 2004 from Warner Brothers Pictures. (more…) READ MORE
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