This is the cinematic equivalent of a fairground ride through a haunted abbey, but it lacks human empathy
movie comes very close to self-parody. Instead, it is a genuinely scary and stomach churning romp, with the distorted feel of a nightmare., plays Cecilia, a devoutly religious young American woman who, after a near death experience, signs up to join an Italian convent. It’s a very strange place, presided over by the sleek and sinister Father Tedeschi . He’s a purring, softly spoken figure who turns out to be as interested in genetics as religion.
“I don’t trust this place,” someone blandly volunteers midway through the film. Given that various residents of the nunnery have, by then, been buried alive, had their tongues ripped out, their legs broken, the soles of their feet stamped with burning crosses, this seems like a bit of an understatement.
benefits from some wonderful sound editing. The film-makers blend howls, wails, rumbles, eerie music and lots of cracking and bone crunching in an often ingenious fashion. Close your eyes and the film is almost as terrifying as when you have them open.
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