Even if you're a scream queen who adores the 1973 horror classic
The Exorcist (featuring Linda Blair's gruesome projectile
vomitting), think twice about watching this less-than-scary prequel.

Short on storyline but tall on computer-generated special effects,
it tells the story of Father Lankester Merrin in his younger days
as he battles Satanic forces in Turkana, Kenya, in 1949.

Director Renny Harlin is better known for helming action movies
like Diehard 2 and Cliffhanger — and it
shows. The movie boasts some gorgeous CGI sequences — think
huge swarms of flies and magnificent sandstorms — but it never
conveys the atmosphere of dread and fear that is so crucial to horror
movies.