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...