Re: Wait, Renny Harlin and Morgan Creek may have redeemed themselves

In the opening moments of the behind-the-scenes on the EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING DVD (and on the commentary), Renny Harlin specifies the possessed girl from the first Exorcist, Regan, is a “14-year-old girl”.

So clearly Morgan Creek have in mind the 14-year-old Regan from John Boorman’s THE HERETIC, and thus the HERETIC film itself, as the film they’re prequelling with “The Beginning.” I mean, really, how do they come up with “14-year-old”? They must have lost sight of the classy film they thought they were making a prequel to, the Friedkin Exorcist, and subconsciously (consciously?!) made THEIR film a truly worthy prequel to that 1977 trash.

Seriously, at this would help to explain how terrible their film was. See, Paul Schrader, apparently always took the 1973 original into account; he looked at the core, whereas Harlin and co stole heavily and ricocheted off in 1977 Boorman/Heretic Land.

Or something.

Yes, I just supply the ideas. It’s other people’s jobs to tear ’em apart. 😉

M.I.K.E.