If you loved The Rite, try Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist has roughly 5.3× fewer votes than The Rite — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theysit in Drama / Horror territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Rite, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist is
Somewhere in the scorched Iraqi desert, a single shard of pottery catches the last red light. A priest walks away from his collar, toward ruins where something older than sin waits. The comfort of prayer has failed him once already. A good man begins to doubt whether goodness matters.
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