The whole film could easily have been condensed into a half hour. Most of the time scenes are dragged out, unnecessary material is introduced: I was very bored. The end result, for me, was a 4/10 rating because the premise was good and the acting was fine. The makeup of the devil girl towards the end was silly. Not much more to say.

The Exorcist: The Beginning (2004): Dir: Renny Harlin / Cast: Stellan Skarsgard, Isabella Scorupco, James D'Arcy, Alan Ford, Julian Wadham: Prequel to the 1973 masterpiece taking us back where the confrontation began. Stellan Skarsgard plays Father Merrin who is summoned to an African Archaeological site where a Church is unearthed. This Church has a mysterious past where thousands lay dead and an unspeakable evil possesses a boy named Joseph. Surprisingly well written and suspenseful but a scene where a pack of hyenas attack and mangle a boy will likely turn off certain viewers. The Biblical arguments regarding Satan aren't exactly scripture based either. A big improvement for director Renny Harlin who made the dreadful Deep Blue Sea as well the the expensive flop Cutthroat Island. Excellent performance by Skarsgard as Merrin who is haunted by a past incident. Isabella Scorupco plays a nurse with a mysterious past and an unspeakable fate. James D'Arcy plays a young Priest overseeing the discoveries, and witnessing first hand the outreaches of evil. Alan Ford steals scenes as a contact with a facial disease but that is the least of his problems. As prequels go, this one at least lives up to its hype. It is visually well crafted and attempts to apply intelligence where many of the sequels faltered. Not as broad or striking as the original but a haunting back story nonetheless. Score: 9 / 10

As always never keep my hopes high about sequels, prequels and... but this one surprised big time.When the movies started and Mr. Merrin was approached and sent there to investigate in a desert i thought, okay, this is going to be either very good or unwatchable, and it turned out to be a very good Exorcist.I really enjoyed The Beginning from the starting point till the very end of it it started good, it developed slowly but brilliantly it didn't leave any questions unanswered from Father Merrins earlier life.The original one left me wondering why the figurine that Father Merrin found meant to him, but it is very well explained in The Beginning.There were also some very scary moments and scenes in this movie that every horror fan expects to see in a horror movie. And apart from these goodies it has very surprising events that keep the movie very very watchable.But there were some discrepancies historical as well as factual that are preventing me from giving ten stars to The Beginning, but still a very good horror movies.

I have tired to watch this movie a few times, only well, i fell a sleep in the first 2 times, I did put a bit late, so i decided to give it another today, when day was light. Now that I have seen the whole movie, I don't think it was all that bad, there were some creepy moment in this movie that worked really.There were really cool bloody scenes that really liked in this all though I don't think It really fitted in this movie. There was really calm moment in this movie, which do feel little boring at times.The acting wasn't great in some part of the movie, I felt some of actor Could not be bother that near the end of the movie as the acting didn't look as lazy at the start. 5/10 But I not sure if, i Should see Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005) - I Heard it kinda of the same! (I Will give it watch maybe next week)