Exorcist: The Beginning - Wikipedia. Exorcist: The Beginning is a 2. American horror film and the prequel to the 1. The Exorcist. It is the fourth installment of The Exorcist series. It was adapted by William Wisher Jr., Caleb Carr, and Alexi Hawley and was directed by Renny Harlin. The film stars Stellan Skarsg. Reviews for Harlin's film were overwhelmingly negative, and it was not a financial success. Schrader was subsequently allowed to release his version of Dominion, which was somewhat better reviewed than Harlin's film but still earned mostly negative reviews. There are many crows and hyenas roving around the bodies. The priest reaches the dead body of another priest and tries take a small demon idol of the head of Pazuzu from his hand, but, suddenly, the dead priest briefly comes back to life and stops the living priest from taking it. Watch Full movie: The Exorcist (1973), Online Free. When a teenage girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save. Directed by William Peter Blatty. Scott, Ed Flanders, Brad Dourif, Jason Miller. A police lieutenant uncovers more than he bargained for as his. ![]() The camera pulls back to reveal that the entire valley is littered with dead soldiers, many have been crucified upside down. The film then cuts to Cairo, Egypt in 1. Father Lankester Merrin (played by Skarsg. He is haunted especially by an incident in a small village in the occupied Netherlands during World War II, where he served as parish priest: near the end of the war, a sadistic Nazi SS commander, in retaliation for the murder of a German trooper, forces Merrin to participate in arbitrary executions in order to save a full village from slaughter. After World War II, Merrin is an archaeologist in Cairo, when he is approached by a collector of antiquities named Semelier who asks him to come to a British excavation in a valley called Derati the Turkana region of Kenya. This dig is excavating a Christian. Byzantinechurch built circa 5. A. D. Semelier asks Merrin to recover an ancient relic of a demon, thought to be in the church, before the British can find it. The relic is the small head of the Pazuzu idol. Merrin agrees and travels to the dig site. He is joined by Father Francis, a Vatican scholar who was on his way to do missionary work in East Africa but was diverted by the Vatican to ensure the church is not desecrated. Upon arriving at the site, Merrin meets Major Granville, the British military officer in charge of the dig. Merrin also meets the chief excavator, a brutish man names Jefferies with visible boils on his face. Read the Latest Entertainment and Celebrity News, TV News and Breaking News from TVGuide.com. The Tomatometer rating – based on the published opinions of hundreds of film and television critics – is a trusted measurement of movie and TV. We are republishing it as part of our Horror Week festivities. The Exorcist is a classic. He also meets Sarah Novak, a doctor who spent time in a concentration camp during World War II and is haunted by what happened to her there. Merrin's translator and guide is Chuma. In addition, Merrin learns that the diggers are disappearing or leaving in droves because the local tribemen fear the church is cursed. Merrin witnesses a digger inexplicably experience a seizure. Merrin visits the dig site. Only the dome is uncovered; the rest of the church is buried beneath the earth. Merrin discovers that the church is in perfect condition, as though it had been buried immediately after its construction were completed. Merrin, Francis, and Chuma enter the church through the dome. They find it is near- pristine condition, but there are two oddities. First, all of the statues of the angels holding weapons are pointing the spears downward, whereas it is conventional for statues of angels to either have no weapons or to point them triumphantly toward heaven. Merrin and Francis deduce the sculptors were trying to depict the angels restraining something that was beneath the church. The second disturbing discovery is that someone has vandalized the church by ripping the enormous crucifix from its place on the altar and suspending it with Christ on the cross in an upside- down position, which is considered a desecration. Merrin is determined to learn more about the archaeological dig and asks to consult with the lead archaeologist, Monsieur Bession. Sarah tells Merrin that Bession went insane three weeks earlier and was transferred to a mental hospital in Nairobi. Merrin visits Bession's tent at the dig site and sees dozens of drawings of the same thing, the demon artifact the collector had asked Merrin to find. Merrin then travels to Nairobi to visit Bession. But when he enters Bession's room, he discovers Bession has carved a swastika on his chest and is speaking through demonic possession in the voice of the sadistic SS commander who tormented Merrin during the war. As Merrin registers these events, Bession slashes his own throat after saying he was . Merrin is very skeptical, but before he returns to the dig site, Father Gionetti gives him the volume of Roman rituals to use in exorcism, although Merrin claims he will never use them. Upon returning to the village, strange events continue. A local boy is attacked and killed by hyenas that seem to continuously stalk the dig, night and day. His younger brother, Joseph, enters a fugue state after watching his brother ripped to pieces. The local chief's wife gives birth to a stillborn baby who is covered in maggots. Around the same time Merrin discovers a passageway leading to a cave underneath the church that houses an ancient pagan temple with the statue of the demon Pazuzu. He also finds evidence that this temple was used to conduct human sacrifices. Upon his return, he sees the local tribe cremate the stillborn baby. This makes Merrin suspicious because there are stories of an epidemic that wiped out an entire village in the valley 5. He had been told that the dead were buried in a graveyard just outside the valley. When he digs up one of the graves of the supposed victims of this plague, it is found out to be empty. Merrin confronts Father Francis about it and Francis reveals to him about the history of the Derati valley and the real reason he was sent there. He says that 1,5. When they arrived in the valley the evil presence consumed them and they killed each other. When the lone surviving priest made it back, Emperor Justinian ordered a church be built over the site, specifically the pagan temple, and then buried to seal the evil force inside of it. Father Francis reveals to Merrin that the builders of the church never meant it to be recorded in Vatican documents, however, a vague reference to it was recorded and found in 1. Four priests subsequently came to Derati and enlisted the local tribe to help them. All of the tribesmen and the priests disappeared. The Vatican then ordered that the false graveyard be built and stories of a plague spread around to keep people away from the valley. Then the British just so happened to stumble upon the site. Francis then reveals that the Vatican sent him to see if the legend was true. When Merrin asks about the legend, Francis reveals that it is believed that the valley in Derati was the traditional spot of Lucifer's fall after the war in heaven. At the end of the film, the dig's doctor, Sarah, turns out to be the possessed individual and has the demon exorcised from her in the tunnels below the church but dies. Merrin and Joseph emerge from the church, (once again buried in sand) and history has repeated itself. Everyone at the site was killed by an evil presence from the church, except for one priest. Now, only Father Merrin and the little boy are left as the British soldiers and the local tribes have annihilated each other. Merrin returns to Rome and meets with Semelier at a cafe, explaining he was unable to find the relic, Semelier replies, . As he leaves, Merrin is revealed to be wearing a collar and is now a priest again, having regained his faith in God, after defeating the demon with holy exorcism rituals. Production. He was replaced by Paul Schrader who aimed for a psychological film and delivered what he described as . Harlin re- filmed most of the movie, with some new characters added and others deleted. The character of Father Francis, originally played by Gabriel Mann, had to be recast with D'Arcy because Mann had a scheduling conflict. Izabella Scorupco replaces Clara Bellar in a retooled version of the doctor in the village. Though both movies center around Father Merrin's exorcism of a boy in Africa in 1. Exorcist II: The Heretic where Merrin is shown in flashbacks exorcising a teenage boy named Kokomu. In both Beginning and Dominion, the location and setting are different and the boy is not named Kokomu. In The Beginning, this boy is not present; a child appears to be possessed but it's not the same character as in Dominion and its a false lead. It was released to limited showing in May 2. It received slightly better critical reception than Harlin's version. Reception. British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved January 7, 2. London: The Independent. Archived from the original on 2. November 2. 01. 3. Early 'Exorcist,' Take 2. The Devil and Father Amorth: Witnessing “the Vatican Exorcist” at Work. We have a clergy today who no longer believe in the devil, in exorcism, in the exceptional Evil the devil can instill or even in the. Jesus bestowed to cast out demons. He awoke just after dawn, said his. Joseph of Cupertino, a 1. Father Candido Amantini, his mentor. For the. next six hours, Father Amorth reviewed the mail requesting his services. Each letter contained tragic questions and. Amorth only by name and reputation. He. answered the letters, writing with a fountain pen, licking the envelopes. At two P. M., he knelt again to pray, then arose with. The hallway was empty and dark. Whispering voices and. His old adversary was waiting. At exactly three P. M. The. possessed woman, Rosa, was in her late 3. She was as dark and attractive as an Italian movie. Sophia Loren or Silvana Mangano, with a quiet demeanor. She had a. college degree but couldn’t work because of the fits and behavioral. Christian holidays. Palm Sunday, Ash Wednesday, Easter, and Pentecost. This was her. ninth exorcism with Father Amorth. As with traditional psychiatry, the. Father Amorth. had been exorcising one man for 1. Rosa arrived with her mother and father and her boyfriend, Giuliano. Her. parents were in their late 5. Giuliano. was over six feet, with the build of a heavyweight boxer and short. He was warm and considerate of Rosa, but I sensed a. With them was Roberto (Rosa, Giuliano, and Roberto are all pseudonyms). Rome. In 2. 01. 2, his sister, in her 3. One day, Roberto saw her on the floor. When this. continued for several days Roberto took her to a psychiatrist, who was. Father Amorth. She required. It was Roberto who noticed Rosa at Mass, acting disturbed and. He brought her to Father Amorth in. August of 2. 01. 5. Now, for Rosa’s ninth exorcism, Father Amorth shuffled into the small. Four were middle- aged priests. For this exorcism. Father Amorth had granted me permission to attend and film it. Father Amorth thumbed his nose at the demon within Rosa, and the. Rosa’s motivation was not a death drive. She had come to. this room for the past nine months to be set free of something that had. Father Amorth insisted that anyone who came to him first seek the help. It was Father Amorth’s belief. The brother and his girlfriend. Father Amorth believed. I sat two feet away from Rosa as her torment became visible. Her family. stood against a wall to my right. Father Amorth invited everyone to join. Lord’s Prayer and Hail Mary. Then he invoked Saint. Joseph, Padre Pio, Father Amantini, and the Blessed Virgin, asking for. Rosa’s head began to nod involuntarily. Her eyes rolled back, and she. Father Amorth spoke in Latin in a loud, clear. Roman ritual of Paul V, from 1. He asked the Lord to. Father Amorth placed his right hand over her heart. The five male helpers. A foam formed at her lips.“RECEDE IN NOMINI PATRIS!” (Leave in the name of the Father.) Rosa’s. She was trying to rise and, clearly, to attack.“SANCTISSIMO DOMINE MIGRA.” (Let him go, O God Almighty.) Rosa did not. Latin, but she thrust forward and screamed in Father. Amorth’s face: “MAI!!” (Never!!)A low buzzing sound began, like a swarm of bees, as the others in the. SPIRITO, SPIRITO SANCTO. SANCTISSIMA TRINITA.” (God’s spirit, Holy Spirit, Holy Trinity. Keep evil away from her.)Then Father Amorth called out the satanic cults, the superstition, the. She reacted, growling, and screamed. MAAAAAAIIIIII!!!” The scream filled the room. Another voice from deep within her shouted in his face: “DON’T TOUCH. HER! DON’T EVER TOUCH HER!!” Her eyes were still closed. Father Amorth. yelled, “CEDE! CEDE!” (Surrender!)She reacted violently: “IO SONO SATANA.” (I am Satan.)“TODAY SATAN RULES THE WORLD. AND YES, SATAN IS IN THE VATICAN,”. FATHER AMORTH TOLD ME. The buzzing continued. Rosa grew more defiant and agitated. The room was. cold, but everyone was sweating. Except Rosa.“RECEDE ERGO NUNC!” (Leave her now.)“MAAAAAAAIIIIIII!”“Answer me!”“NO!!” “SATANA! SATANA!”“How many demons are you?”“Eighty legions!”“IN NOMINE DEO QUANDO TU EXIS?” (In the name of God, when are you. MAAAAAAI!!!” And then, “SHE IS MINE! SHE BELONGS TO ME!”“She belongs to Jesus Christ!”“WE ARE AN ARMY!!!!”“Requie creatue Dei” (Rest, creature of God), Father Amorth said. Rosa slowly awoke and sat up. She was disheveled and had no memory of. One of the priests led her into a corner as her. Father Amorth. Suddenly Rosa began to. Gradually she returned to a normal state. Father Amorth smiled, as the mood in the room changed. Everyone sang “Happy Birthday” to him, in Italian. Everyone but Rosa.“Many things happened over the years that made me believe I was. Rosa told me afterward. After two years, I had to do something.”I asked her if she had been treated by physicians or psychoanalysts. I can feel the Devil suffering inside. Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, and Jason Miller in Friedkin’s The Exorcist, 1. From AF Archive/Alamy. Lucifer Rising. Father Amorth was born Gabriele Amorth, the son of a lawyer, in the town. Modena, in the north of Italy. In his teens, during the Second World. War, he joined the Italian Resistance, and then he became Giulio. Andreotti’s deputy in the youth wing of the Christian Democratic Party. Roman Catholic centrist party. He left that position and was ordained. In 1. 98. 6 he was assigned by the vicar of Rome to assist Father. Candido Amantini, then the chief exorcist in Rome. When Father Amantini. Father Amorth was named his successor. In the years that. Vatican Exorcist,”. Rome’s chief exorcist,” and “the Dean of Exorcists.” He has. International Association of Exorcists. Currently there are. Rome and some 3. 00 around the world within the Catholic. Church, Father Amorth said, many of them trained by him. I had been curious to meet Father Amorth for many years. In the early. 1. 97. I directed the film The Exorcist, I had not witnessed an. Maybe this would be an opportunity to complete the circle, to. I am an agnostic. I believe the power of God and the human soul are. I don’t associate the teachings of Jesus with the politics. Roman Catholic Church. The authors of the New Testament—none of. Jesus—were creating a religion, not writing history. I had no particular interest in the spiritual or the supernatural when. Bill Blatty asked me to direct the film of his novel, The. Exorcist. Six years before, I had told him one of his scripts was. As a result, he believed I was the only director who would. We didn’t know each other well at the time, and I. I could manage a difficult film such. The Exorcist. Then my film The French Connection opened successfully. Blatty had started writing his novel 2. Cottage City, Maryland. The. case had been chronicled at great length in 1. The Washington Post. Catholic sources saying that the boy had been possessed and. The reporter, Bill Brinkley, was given. Washington, D. C., diocese. But Blatty, then. Georgetown University, couldn’t get anyone involved. Blatty and I wanted the film to be as realistic as possible, with the. We had a technical adviser for the exorcism. Rev. John Nicola, assistant director of the National Shrine of. Immaculate Conception in Washington. He was considered an expert on. More than any film I’ve directed, The Exorcist inspired me to the point. I made it. I rejected all constraints, creative. The studio, Warner Bros., thought I had taken leave of my. I made the film believing in the reality of exorcism. The Science of Evil. Last April, I was in Lucca, Italy, to receive the Puccini Prize for my. On an impulse, I e- mailed a friend in Rome, Andrea Monda. I asked him if he thought Father Amorth. Word came back shortly: “FATHER AMORTH CAN SEE YOU. AT 9 AM ON APRIL 5 AT THE SOCIET. His face was heavily lined, his voice and. He smiled and said, “The Devil has made me. He had agreed to meet with me because he admired my movie. In his book. An Exorcist Tells His Story, published in 1. It is thanks to the movies that we find a renewed interest in. Exorcisms. Vatican Radio, on February 2, 1. William. Friedkin, the director of the movie, The Exorcist. The. director stated that he wanted to tell the facts of an episode. When a Jesuit. priest was asked . He cited the great. Father, you write of dialogues you’ve had with Satan. Have you ever. seen him?” I asked Father Amorth.“Satan is pure spirit. He often appears as something else, to mislead. He sometimes appears. The ritual of exorcism is not practiced by an. An exorcist requires specific training and must be. He can be exposed to dangerous. His prayers often cause a violent response. You’ve said publicly that you believe, referring to the current Church. Satan is in the Vatican. Do you still believe this?”“Yes. Today Satan rules the world. The masses no longer believe in God. In the New Testament, demons are cast out by Jesus. Exorcisms. were common in the Middle Ages. Perhaps every society needs explanations. As Hamlet said to Horatio, “There. Neil Martin is chief of neurosurgery at the UCLA Medical Center. He. has performed more than 5,0. On August 3, I showed him the. Rosa’s exorcism. This is his response: “Absolutely amazing. I don’t know the. She’s not separated from the environment. She’s. not in a catatonic state. She’s responding to the priest and is aware of. The energy she shows is amazing. The priest on the right is. He’s holding her down, as are the others, and. She appears to be engaged in the. You can see she has no ability to pull herself. I asked Dr. Martin if this was some kind of brain disorder. But the powerful. With. delirium you see the struggling, maybe the yelling, but this guttural. I’ve done thousands of. I haven’t seen this kind. This goes beyond anything. I’ve ever experienced—that’s for certain.”I also showed the video to Dr. Itzhak Fried, a neurosurgeon and clinical. He is based at both UCLA and the Tel- Aviv Sourasky Medical. Center. This was his conclusion: “It looks like something authentic. I don’t think there’s a loss of. She. appears to respond to the people who talk to her. It’s a striking change. I believe everything originates in the brain. The Exorcist (3/5) Movie CLIP - Head Spin (1. HDThe Exorcist movie clips: http: //j. L5a. Go. ABUY THE MOVIE: http: //bit. Vw. WK1. Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http: //bit. CLIP DESCRIPTION: As Father Merrin (Max von Sydow) attempts an exorcism, Regan's (Linda Blair) head displays remarkable versatility. FILM DESCRIPTION: Novelist William Peter Blatty based his best- seller on the last known Catholic- sanctioned exorcism in the United States. Blatty transformed the little boy in the 1. Regan, played by 1. Linda Blair. Suddenly prone to fits and bizarre behavior, Regan proves quite a handful for her actress- mother, Chris Mac. Neil (played by Ellen Burstyn, although Blatty reportedly based the character on his next- door neighbor Shirley Mac. Laine). When Regan gets completely out of hand, Chris calls in young priest Father Karras (Jason Miller), who becomes convinced that the girl is possessed by the Devil and that they must call in an exorcist: namely, Father Merrin (Max von Sydow). His foe proves to be no run- of- the- mill demon, and both the priest and the girl suffer numerous horrors during their struggles. The Exorcist received a theatrical rerelease in 2. Chris Newman's Oscar- winning sound work. CREDITS: TM & . Here you will find unforgettable moments, scenes and lines from all your favorite films. Made by movie fans, for movie fans. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR MOVIE CHANNELS: MOVIECLIPS: http: //bit. Wd. Coming. Soon: http: //bit. DVpgt. RIndie & Film Festivals: http: //bit. Yg. 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