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Exorcist: The Beginning

Exorcist: The Beginning
Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)

IMDB rating: 5.10

Plot: Father Lankester Merrin thinks that he has glimpsed the face of Evil. In the years following World War II, Merrin is relentlessly haunted by memories of the unspeakable brutality perpetrated against the innocent people of his parish during the War. In the wake of all the horror he has seen, both his faith in his fellow man and his faith in the Almighty have deserted him, and he can no longer honestly call himself a man of God. Merrin has traveled far from his native Holland in a desperate attempt to try to forget and escape all the evil that he had witnessed there. While currently in Cairo, Egypt, he is approached by a collector of rare antiquities and asked to participate in a British archeological excavation in the remote Turkana region of Kenya. They have unearthed something extraordinary and unusual…a Christian Byzantine church dating from the 5th century, long before Christianity arrived in East Africa, and in inexplicably perfect condition–like it had been buried immediately after it was completed. The collector wants Merrin, an Oxford-educated archeologist, to find an ancient relic hidden within the church before the British do. Interested, Merrin agrees to take the job. But beneath the church, something much older and malevolent sleeps, waiting to be awoken. When the archeologists start excavating, strange things begin occuring, and the local Turkana tribesmen who were hired to work refuse to enter the site. Things only get worse and worse, ultimately resulting in madness and death. Merrin watches helplessly as the atrocities of war are repeated against another innocent village–atrocities he had hoped and prayed never to see again. The blood of innocents flows freely on the East African plain, but the horror has only just begun. In the place where Evil was born, Merrin will finally see its true face.

Directors: Harlin Renny

Actors: Skarsgard Stellan,D’Arcy James,Sweeney Remy,Wadham Julian,French Andrew,Brown Ralph,Cross Ben,Bradley David,Ford Alan,Kamerling Antonie,Osei Eddie,Aduramo Israel,O’Kane Patrick,Bellamy James,Thriller,Adventure,Horror,

Question about the exorcist?
At the beginning in the Iraq scene, when the priest is standing looking at the mini-sculpture of pazzuzu, the guy says "evil vs. evil". What does this mean?


Wow, that is a good question. I read the book and watched the film several times but not sure of the answer:

Pazuzu is a demon in Babylonian mythology, maybe he meant Pazuzu vs. satan

My best guess.

Gonzo | Oct 27, 2009


Pazuzu is both named as the demon antagonist of Regan MacNeil and the unwitting helper of Father Philip Lamont , as he seeks to finally free Regan from his hold.
PETER K | Oct 27, 2009


I just watched that movie for the first time a few months ago, and wondered the same thing. I watched that part a couple time just to make sure i heard (or read) correctly… thanks for asking
justme | Oct 27, 2009

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