An American nun embarks on a new journey when she joins a remote convent in the Italian countryside. However, her warm welcome quickly turns into a living nightmare when she discovers her new home harbours a sinister secret and unspeakable horrors.
Sydney Sweeney
Sister Cecilia
Álvaro Morte
Father Sal Tedeschi
Simona Tabasco
Sister Mary
Benedetta Porcaroli
Sister Gwen
Giorgio Colangeli
Cardinal Franco Merola
Dora Romano
Mother Superior
Giulia Heathfield Di Renzi
Sister Isabelle
Giampiero Judica
Doctor Gallo
Betti Pedrazzi
Sister Francesca
Giuseppe Lo Piccolo
Deacon Enzo
Cristina Chinaglia
Sister Friede
Niccolò Senni
Customs Official
Isabel Desantis
Young Cecilia
Viviane Florentine Nicolai
Sister Sally
Marisa Regina
Sister Joan
Laura Camassa
Young Novice
Cinzia Fantauzzi
Red Veiled Nun
Tiziano Ferracci
Weary Customs Official
Director
Michael Mohan
Screenplay
Andrew Lobel
March 28, 2024
6
Now I did quite like the underlying premiss of this take on the immaculate conception but boy, the execution and the acting are something completely different. "Cecilia" (Sydney Sweeney) is taken to a beautifully rustic convent where she is welcomed with open arms. Everyone says how pretty and blessed she is, and this rather flies in the face of her natural humility. Imagine her shock, then, when she is summoned to the cardinal (Giorgio Colangeli) and made to undergo some rather personal medical tests that reveal.... Well that'd be telling, and for a while Michael Mohan manage to sustain a little interest in just what is going on amidst the peace and quiet of this ancient sanctuary. Sadly, though, the story swiftly goes way off the rails and leaves us exposed to Sweeney's limited talents and an excess of hysteria that involves a chicken, a dimly lit catacomb and a dastardly plan that puts enormous strain on our increasingly inventive and resilient novice. As "Yoda" might have profoundly said, "loads of screaming and ketchup do not an horror film make" and after about half an hour here the writing is on the wall (perhaps the best place for it?) and my interest wained. This is a tough genre to keep interesting - there are few ideas that have not been done to death before. This has the germ of originality, but sadly it's a very small germ.