One of the strangest film and director pairings has been Paul Schrader and the Exorcist‘s prequel, aptly titled Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, and it was a decision he still regrets to this day. The Exorcist is regarded as one of the greatest horror movies ever made, and one of the many groundbreaking films of the 1970s that changed Hollywood. On paper, it makes sense to hire a writer and director who broke out during that period, like Schrader, thanks to his work on Taxi Driver, The Yakuza, and Rolling Thunder. The finished result was a massive struggle behind the scenes between Schrader and the studio, resulting in two different cuts of the movie being released in theaters.
The director of ‘First Reformed’ says he should not have made ‘Dominion: The Exorcist Prequel’ and, if offered today, would turn it down. Read More