# Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist (2005)

> An archaeologist-priest confronting demonic possession in colonial Kenya must reclaim a faith shattered by wartime guilt.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/7316

## Facts

- Runtime: 116 min
- Genres: Horror
- Director: Paul Schrader
- Cast: Stellan Skarsgård, Gabriel Mann, Clara Bellar, Billy Crawford, Ralph Brown, Israel Aduramo, Andrew French, Antonie Kamerling
- TMDB rating: 5.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449086/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: slow
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: brooding, austere, foreboding, serious horror night, religious horror marathon

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- [The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)](https://ember.film/movie/284241)
- [Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)](https://ember.film/movie/6550)
- [Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)](https://ember.film/movie/6054)
- [The Borderlands (2014)](https://ember.film/movie/120832)
- [The Church (1989)](https://ember.film/movie/25633)
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- [The Pope's Exorcist (2023)](https://ember.film/movie/537518)
- [The First Omen (2024)](https://ember.film/movie/295500)
- [The Nun (2018)](https://ember.film/movie/296870)
- [The Exorcist (1973)](https://ember.film/movie/4730)

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