• Fanedit Title: Dominion - The Reconsecrated Cut

• Original Movie Title: Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist

• Original Release Date: March 18, 2005

• Original Runtime: 1 hours, 57 minutes

• Fanedit Release Date: September 15, 2023

• Fanedit Running Time: 1 hour, 41 minutes

• Time Removed/Added: 16 minutes

• Synopsis:  Decades before Father Merrin helped save Regan MacNeil's soul, he first encounters the demon Pazuzu in Kenya. Merrin's initial battle with Pazuzu leads to the rediscovery of his faith.

• Intention: So there are two prequels to The Exorcist, the first being Dominion by Taxi Driver writer Paul Schrader. The studios weren't keen on how little gore and horror there was, so they hired on Die Hard 2 and Nightmare on Elm Street 4 director Renny Harlin, who re-shot the film in its near entirety, cutting a version called Exorcist The Beginning. This second film was the first released first, it panned, and the studio released Dominion the following year.

Shrader received a paltry amount of time and budget to finish cutting his version, which I think contributes to Dominion's less than stellar pacing, visuals, and effects. Beneath all of that though, is a surprisingly touching film that focuses on the cross between theology and culture, along with Merrin's struggle to regain his faith.

After applying filters to enhance contrast, color, and film grain, I went through pains to with that, I conclude my run of The Reconsecrated cuts for the Exorcist films.

Change list:

• Deleted Father Morning completely particularly in the final act, instead choosing to cut around his appearances, maintaining the explosive climax between Lt. Kinderman and Patient X.

• To tighten this film’s pace, I paid close attention to scene transitions

• Cut some of Blatty’s more indulgent establishing shots. I found that the more of these micro vignettes were included, the less interesting they were collectively as a whole, due to repetition.

• Adjusted visual quality by increasing visual contrast and color saturation.