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Exorcist: The Beginning

Go back to where the horror began.

2004★ 5.4 · 9061h 54mHorror

Overview

Years before Father Merrin helped save Regan MacNeil’s soul, he first encounters the demon Pazuzu in East Africa.

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Cast

Stellan Skarsgård
as Father Lankester Merrin

David Bradley
as Father Gionetti

James D'Arcy
as Father Francis

Izabella Scorupco
as Sarah Lesno

Ben Cross
as Semelier

Julian Wadham
as Major Granville

Alan Ford
as Jefferies

Ralph Brown
as Sergeant Major

Patrick O'Kane
as Bession

Rupert Degas
as Pazuzu (uncredited)

Antonie Kamerling
as Lieutenant Kessel

Andrew French
as Chuma

Collection

The Exorcist Collection

6 films · rate on collection page

The Exorcist

1

Exorcist II: The Heretic

2

The Exorcist III

3

Exorcist: The Beginning

4

Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist

5

The Exorcist: Believer

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Release date: 2004-08-20

Budget: $80,000,000

Revenue: $78,000,586

Runtime: 1h 54m

Genres

Horror

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