The Church

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The Church

R,

1989,

1h 42m,

Horror

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64%

11 Reviews

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49%

1,000+ Ratings

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64%

Tomatometer

11 Reviews

49%

Popcornmeter

1,000+ Ratings

Tourists are trapped in a cathedral cursed since the Crusades by the mayhem of German knights.

Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

Mar 15, 2002

3/4

There is no denying the dreaminess of Soavi's stream-of-consciousness horror show.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Jun 12, 2016

C+

This so-so thriller should appeal mostly to followers of Dario Argento, the Italian filmmaker noted for such gruesome scare-fest hokum.

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

Nov 3, 2013

9/10

[Michele] Soavi creates a total, apocalyptic sense of dread that never leaves even the most domestic moments of the film.

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Alex Sandell

Juicy Cerebellum

Sep 29, 2005

7/10

Even when the film gets slow, it's nearly impossible to turn away and risk missing the next beautifully framed shot.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Aug 22, 2005

2/5

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Oct 11, 2004

3.5/5

Yeah, it's pretty silly -- and yet the film induces a lingering unease that's hard to shake. I lay this at the film's fairly nasty tone and some of the more disturbing images.

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Apr 8, 2019

Hallucinatory and surreal, The Church is borderline experimental, strongly favoring aesthetic over plot. Much of the ensuing brutal and chaotic horrorscape is inventive and intriguing, but over the top effects, unexplained plot twists, and poorly defined motivations more often than not result in unintentional camp. The Church is lurid and bizarre, creatively horrific, and ridiculous.

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Anakin S

Nov 24, 2018

Italian-made horror film is slow-moving.

Hermione G

Jul 28, 2018

Must see if you like Italian horror!

Poe R

Jul 1, 2018

this movie was pretty cool in a lot of ways for being a latter day italian horror

Han S

Jan 10, 2018

Ez, gyerekek... az idei Hernád fesztivál nyitófilmje...

Hermione R

Mar 10, 2017

Great story and gore only let down by questionable acting. The Church was built on the graves of demons buried long ago. But due to some renovations being performed, they are released. The people are locked in the church and dispatched in creative ways, while a sense of dread keeps growing. This movie is lots of fun; very entertaining and creative.

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Synopsis

Tourists are trapped in a cathedral cursed since the Crusades by the mayhem of German knights.

Director: Michele Soavi
Production Co: Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinema
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 18, 2014
Runtime: 1h 42m

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