Exorcist: The Beginning (DVD)

[stacilayne]

The power of Christ compels you to rent, not buy, this DVD [details (http://www.horror.com/php/article-717-1.html)]

[lee challenger]

I had heard about all the bad vibes this movie had been generating and Ihad read articles about the troubled production and the re-filming so I approached viewing the film with caution but still trying to be open minded. I managed to get my hands on a good quality pirate copy DVD long before it's cinema release so therefore avoiding reading any English movie critics opinions of the movie.
I actually enjoyed the movie until the climax which spoilt it for me. I thought the story was good,the atmosphere was suitably dark and creepy and the film was avoiding the usual Hollywood glossy horror. I even liked the much maligned demonic hyenas.There was plenty of scary scenes and a reasonable amount of gore.
Unfortunately the grand finale lets the movie down as it becomes so predictable and quite unintentionally comical.The make up effects are second rate and the CGI looks ludicrous which left me quite deflated after preparing to wonder why the movie had been so badly criticised in America.
However I am looking forward to seeing the Paul Schrader version sometime soon as I have heard that the ending of that one is far more intense and serious without relying on colour by numbers horror and cartoony effects. I have heard it is coming out on DVD in England as a stand alone seperate package.