Continuity mistake: As the priest descends down the rope ladder into the church for the first time he is handed a lantern by his friend. In the next shot the camera is looking down and you can see that the friend is holding the lantern. Then the next person goes down the same rope ladder and the friend is not holding the lantern, where did the lantern go?
Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Renny Harlin
Starring: Stellan Skarsgard, Izabella Scorupco, James D'Arcy, Remy Sweeney
The nurse & wife of the chief archaelogist, in fact, was the one who is possessed and not the boy she is taking care of, as everyone suspected.The priest sent by the Vatican to help Merrin is killed by the possessed nurse.Father Merrin realizes that she is the one possessed, and with the boy at his side, exorcises her.Father Merrin returns to the Vatican, the implication is that his faith in God and the Catholic Church is restored.
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More mistakes in Exorcist: The Beginning
Father Merrin: Everbody died... Who buried them?
Trivia: Stellan Skarsgard, at age 53 when filming this movie, is nearly a decade older than Max von Sydow was at the time of filming the original movie (age 44), but is playing a younger version of the character.
Question: When first entering the church, Father Francis wonders about the weapons depicted pointing down. What is the significance of where the weapons are pointing?
Answer: Weapons on statues in conventional churches point upwards in veneration. The weapons here are pointing downwards in an offensive gesture.