The most fascinating battle in the faint-inducing horror franchise is arguably between Morgan Creek Productions and prequel director Paul Schrader. Producer James G. Robinson had initially planned to revive the series which had lain dormant since 1990’s The Exorcist III several years earlier. However, when Exorcist: The Beginning received a critical drubbing, Schrader realized there may be hope for his abandoned dream. (The local elder’s warning he’ll continue to be pursued by the devil is truly unsettling considering what we know about his future). But Schrader is undoubtedly being a bit too self-flagellating with the recent claim that, “It was not something I was really suited for.” It might not have been The Exorcist prequel the men in suits wanted, yet it’s The Exorcist prequel that’s better stood the test of time.