Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (Blu-ray) R
Go back before the beginning, to the place where evil was born.
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- ASPECT RATIO 2.35:1
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 57 minutes
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: October 13, 2020
- Originally Released: 2005
- Label: Sony
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Stellan Skarsgård, Gabriel Mann, Clara Bellar, Billy Crawford & Ralph Brown | |
Performer: | Julian Wadham & Rick Warden | |
Directed by | Paul Schrader | |
Screenwriting by | William Wisher & Caleb Carr | |
Composition by | Angelo Badalamenti, Trevor Rabin & Dog Fashion Disco | |
Produced by | James G. Robinson | |
Director of Photography: | Vittorio Storaro | |
Executive Production by | Guy McElwaine |
Entertainment Reviews:
I like both versions of Exorcist IV about the same... It's too bad that a clever editor couldn't have taken the best bits from both films and put them together into a co-directed, successful whole.
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Combustible Celluloid
Rating: 3/4 --
Exorcism aside, Dominion is well-acted, handsomely photographed and hauntingly scored.
Houston Chronicle
Rating: 6/10 --
I can't call it a success, but it is certainly an outstanding failure, an attempt to broaden the horizons of a stale genre with real discussion of the matters that consume its maker.
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Antagony & Ecstasy
The frights, the scares, they just weren't there.
Ebert & Roeper
Neither a masterpiece nor a failure, it will probably appeal mostly to those with knowledge of its death and miraculous resurrection.
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Film Journal International
It's true "Dominion" is a better prequel than "The Beginning", but in the end, that's not really saying much in either case.
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Cinema Crazed
This is as much a meditation on the nature of evil as a conventional horror picture. It is anchored by Stellan Skarsgard's performance...
Sight and Sound
Product Description:
Hollywood is littered with stories of aborted attempts at moviemaking, with many directors finding themselves unceremoniously ousted from a project when a studio gets cold feet and rejects their work. Writer-director Paul Schrader (AUTO FOCUS) found himself in this position when he completed filming on a prequel to 1973's THE EXORCIST in 2004. With Renny Harlin replacing Schrader in the director's chair, then reshooting the movie in its entirety, it seemed Schrader's vision would be forever shelved alongside countless other terminated projects. However, 2005 saw a remarkable turn of events, as Warner Bros allowed Schrader's version of the film to be released under the name DOMINION: PREQUEL TO THE EXORCIST.
Like Harlin's film, Stellan Skarsgard plays a young Father Lankester Merrin. Traveling to East Africa, Merrin hopes to forget the horrific events of World War II, and repair his tattered beliefs, which have significantly lapsed following the gruesome battles he unfortunately witnessed. Once there, the dejected priest runs into a team of archaeologists, who are unearthing a buried church which appears to have been concealed under the African landscape for several centuries. As Merrin helps the team with their discoveries, some brutal and bloody events break out, leading to his first encounter with the powerful demon who would return to haunt him in the original EXORCIST movie. While the plot is essentially the same as Harlin's film, Schrader's movie eschews Grand Guignol-esque gore, choosing to build up a dark, creepy atmosphere instead. Fans looking for gross-out delights will find themselves better-served by Harlin's version of events, but for anyone looking for a subtle counterpoint to the brutal butchery and violent profanity of the other films in the series, look no further than DOMINION.
Like Harlin's film, Stellan Skarsgard plays a young Father Lankester Merrin. Traveling to East Africa, Merrin hopes to forget the horrific events of World War II, and repair his tattered beliefs, which have significantly lapsed following the gruesome battles he unfortunately witnessed. Once there, the dejected priest runs into a team of archaeologists, who are unearthing a buried church which appears to have been concealed under the African landscape for several centuries. As Merrin helps the team with their discoveries, some brutal and bloody events break out, leading to his first encounter with the powerful demon who would return to haunt him in the original EXORCIST movie. While the plot is essentially the same as Harlin's film, Schrader's movie eschews Grand Guignol-esque gore, choosing to build up a dark, creepy atmosphere instead. Fans looking for gross-out delights will find themselves better-served by Harlin's version of events, but for anyone looking for a subtle counterpoint to the brutal butchery and violent profanity of the other films in the series, look no further than DOMINION.
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