Spooky Season rolls on as Not A Bomb tackles one of the most fascinating film productions of all time, 2005’s supernatural thriller - Dominion: The Prequel to The Exorcist. After a disastrous screening with the studio, Morgan Creek then went on to retool Dominion. In essence, the studio hired a new director, replaced a big portion of the cast, spent $50 million dollars to reshoot a majority of scenes and eventually released it as Exorcist: The Beginning. The reason for this insanity? The producers and studio heads felt Dominion lacked the scares to carry the Exorcist name.

The gang brings back Jose from the Watch/Skip+ podcast to help breakdown Dominion’s themes of questioning faith, the evils of man, and moral angst. Don’t worry, there are still plenty of jokes about cartoon hyenas and horse teeth as well as Troy mispronouncing a majority of the filmmakers’ last names. This episode sounds intellectual, but it maintains the same goofiness you’ve come to expect from the hosts.

Timestamps: Intro - (0:53), Production and Development - (13:35), Box Office Results and Critical Response - (24:48), Behind the Camera - (33:34), In Front of the Camera - (55:02), Break - (63:37), Dominion Discussion - (66:00), Is it a Bomb? - (106:45), Exorcist: The Beginning Warning - (111:23), Listener Feedback - (129:33), Outro - (140:54)

Dominion: The Prequel to The Exorcist is directed by Paul Shrader and stars Stellan Skarsgard, Gabriel Mann, Clara Bellar, Billy Crawford, and Ralph Brown.

Exorcist: The Beginning is directed by Renny Harlin and stars Stellan Skarsgard, James D’Arcy, and Izabella Scorupco.

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Cast: Brad, Troy, Jose