With Exorcist: The Beginning, filmmakers hoped to craft an origin story for both Merrin (Stellan Skarsgård) as an exorcist and his personal relationship with the demonic entity known as Pazuzu. To do ...

It’s been 51 years since William Friedkin’s The Exorcist changed the face of horror cinema, and Hollywood has been trying to make lightning strike twice ever since. Various Exorcist sequels were made ...

The nice thing about a sequel subtitled “The Beginning” is that you can be reasonably sure it’s the end. The Exorcist (1973) included a reference to elderly Father Merrin having performed an exorcism ...

Unlike two tepid sequels to 1973's The Exorcist, new prequel Exorcist: The Beginning gets one thing right: It's all about having an exorcism. With computer effects in his arsenal and a mission to get ...