11 Movies Where The Reshoots Were Painfully Obvious

1. Exorcist: The Beginning

A particularly extreme example this one. Exorcist: The Beginning was originally directed by Paul Schradar, who wrote the screenplays for Taxi Driver and Raging Bull. He wanted to make a quiet and slow moving psychological thriller that didn't rely on gore or jump scares. The director of The Invasion will know what happened next.

The studio freaked out when they saw a workprint of the movie, predictably complaining that it was too slow and lacked any gore or jumps. After considering reshooting scenes to add some they made the costly decision to scrap the whole movie and start again. Die Hard 2 director Renny Harlin was brought on and delivered the gory jump fest they wanted.

When the studio saw this version they were probably tempted to scrap it too. The new version kept little pieces of Schradar's movie and his choice of leading man, Stellan Skarsgard. It received terrible reviews and didn't do great business.

Ironically the studio ended up finishing and releasing Schradar€™'s version on DVD in an attempt to recoup some of the money they'd lost over the movie. This version wasn't reviewed much better.