Consecration Review: Even Bloody, Guntoting Nuns Cant Save This Horror Movie
An overview of sanctity. Not even blood-spitting, gun-toting monks can save this horror film.
"Holy horror movie mystery ruins a good set-up with a confusing, empty ending."
Amenities:
- good morning
- Humorous atmosphere
- Great performance by Jenna Malone
Problems
- A funny ending that makes no sense
- It has no purpose and no identity
Some movies don't know where to start and take a while to get going. Not so with Sanctified , Christopher Smith's new horror film that starts off with a literal bang. The film opens with a young woman walking down a street on a seemingly normal day in London. An old monk came out and approached him. The old woman, wrapped in a white monk's robe, took out her gun and pointed it at the young woman, smiling gently. He was as shocked as the audience at this sudden turn of events.
Not a bad way to start a movie, right? What prompted this monk to commit this desperate, unusual act? she's bad The Young Woman Is A Good Hour For its 90-minute runtime, Consecration is a genuinely engaging supernatural horror film that boasts above-average cinematography and direction, and a stellar performance from its leading lady. But when the central mystery is solved, Anointment stumbles and realizes that this movie is completely staged and useless. It's a shame because the previous film promised to be better than it turned out to be.
An unholy event
After that wonderful thought, His Holiness returned after a few months. The young woman the nun is about to film is Grace (Jena Malone), a London-based optometrist. The ordinary existence of a priest in a remote Scottish village is quickly shattered by the news that his brother Michael (Stephen Saneed) has died. Worse, after killing another priest, he committed suicide. Of course, Grace doesn't think her brother will hurt her and the other nobles, so she goes to the community to find out.
As soon as he gets there, he realizes that something is wrong. All the monks keep a secret that they want to reveal but can't. Mother Superior (Janet Suzman) must hide what she doesn't want revealed. And head priest Father Romero (Danny Huston) is a little too cute for Grace's comfort. What happened to his brother?
Grace gets help from a detective (Torren Ferguson, crazy in a supposed role), but mostly figures out what she's doing on her own. It helps that her brother leaves behind a coded diary that only Grace can decipher, which brings up long memories of the siblings' horrific religious upbringing. It gradually becomes clear that Grace has more to do with the convent than she realizes and why her brother killed her, and the film soon ends with multiple stabbings, broken bones and a terrifying time travel finale. (don't ask)
Not good enough to be decent and not bad enough to work with
The journey can be just as exciting as the destination, and Purity is a very effective horror film for the first hour. Director Smith has a great sense of humor and, along with cinematographers Rob Hart and Sean Monet, uses the beautiful Scottish countryside to create a sense of melancholy. He patiently builds the central mystery of Michael's death and establishes Grace as an effective if somewhat unreliable narrator. It is difficult to create a suitable environment that would make this holy horror so believable, but Smith pulls it off and, for a time, successfully reconciles the sadness of the sanctification of grace with other worldly manifestations.
Smith has great support from Malone, who supports Grace with a no-nonsense intensity that gradually gives way to an angry belief in supernatural shenanigans. Since his debut in 1996's Bastard O'Carolina, Malone has been one of the most reliable actors in the business, never failing in every project he's taken on (from the box office hit "Football Punch" to the art form "Neon Demon"). household waste). ) is a little more convenient. Although the film closes quickly at the end, Malone assures that he is still wondering what is going on with Grace.
But man, it's a mess. Writers Smith and Laurie Cook clearly didn't know how to end the film or what Grace was supposed to portray. Is he a living symbol of supernatural gods? He is a fallen angel who performs "miracles" like an eye doctor. Or the devil reincarnated? The film is constructed in such a way that all three things could be true, but none of them have enough support to be believed or satisfied.
Bad power left
What remains is a confusing climax that destroys any goodwill initially built up. Smith is clearly influenced by horror films of the past, and it's not a stretch to think that Consecration could rank alongside The Wicker Man and Midsomer as a classic in the post-abyss horror subgenre.
But the story isn't focused, and everyone involved isn't sure what they want to be. At first it turns out that it is very foolish to delve into the brutality of faith or the quality of duplicating a woman . Overall, I'm fine with it, but the movie needs to back up what it's trying to do. This is a lack of holiness and a sin that even God cannot forgive.
Now the service is going on in the cinema hall.
