When Margaret (Nell Tiger Free) comes to Rome to finish her apprenticeship at a nun-run orphanage and move into finally taking her own vows and joining the brides of Christ, she is understandably thrilled. This will be the culmination of the hard work she has been doing thus far and it will lead to good […]
Read more "The Miracle of Life Is Messy: The First Omen (2024)"Cecilia (Sydney Sweeney) felt lost after her church closed outside of Detroit. She’d survived terrible events in the past and felt God was protecting her for some kind of reason, but it was not clear what that might be. However, when contact came from Italy in the form of Father Sal Tedeschi (Álvaro Morte), offering […]
Read more "The Sinister Secrets of Our Lady of Sorrows: Immaculate (2024)"It all begins ten millennia ago, with the disappearance of a very special creature from the face of the earth … but we won’t find out about in importance in this narrative for some time. The picture itself begins in the 1970s, with a big old family of hippies living, loving, and trying to eke […]
Read more "A Warning For the Curious: The Sect (1991)"When Tommy and Kate got the urge to move, they were not merely interested in a different zip code, they were looking for new lives in a place that was more relaxed and picturesque than what they’d become accustomed to in Boston. They moved away from Massachusetts altogether, leaving behind their circle of friends and […]
Read more "Where the Dead and the Rats Are Always Waiting: Christopher Golden’s The House of Last Resort"Young Iqbal (Idan Aedan) does not want to go chasing ghosts with his family on that terrible night. He’s seen too many ill omens to be comfortable. However, as his mother is the one with the real, known powers and has not shared these premonitions, his father Norman (Bront Palarea) does not see Iqbal’s concerns […]
Read more "Grow, Grow, Grow: Blood Flower (2022)"When Grace (Jena Malone) discovers her brother Michael (Steffan Cennydd) has fallen to his death after being tied to a murder in a remote convent, she needs answers. She and God parted ways some time ago, thanks to a childhood trauma that saw her adopted father (Ian Pirie) transform into an utterly mad zealot. Dad’s […]
Read more "There Is But One God … And His Shadow: Consecration (2023)"Having survived a brush with terror a few years before, Rini (Tara Basro) and her brothers Toni (Endy Arfian) and Bondi (Nasar Annuz) are living in an apartment building with their father (Bront Palarae), hoping to regain normal lives. It seems to be working, too. RIni has the opportunity to continue her college, providing she […]
Read more "May You Bow Upon Him Who Will Soon Be Born: Satan’s Slaves: Communion"When Cecilia Amato (Mariana Anghileri) loads her son Martin Garro (Octavio Belmonte) into the car and hits the road after dark, she doesn’t anticipate passing a woman stranded on the side of the road. Lucía Fígaro (Verónica Intile) tries to wave the passing car down and only succeeds in distracting Cecilia long enough for her […]
Read more "Matters of Resurrection and Memory: On the 3rd Day"In the glorious days of 1987, when religious true believers picketed sinful establishments, Sally Mewbourne (Shaina Schrooten) and her churchy pals are picketing the local adult entertainment establishment Revealers. It’s not a strip club per se nor is it a very extensive adult bookstore. It’s a hole in the wall with some adult magazines and […]
Read more "Peeping at the Apocalypse: Revealer"When Grace Haverstock (Charlotte Kirk) discovers her husband Joseph (Joe Anderson) has taken his life instead of exposing his wife and infant daughter to the black plague, she cuts him down and buried him. The landowner, Squire Pendleton (Steven Waddington), doubts a woman like her can work the land, and when he tries to extort […]
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