The Church
Directed by Michele Soavi
Ravenous demons imprison visitors inside an ancient church in the third entry in the Italian "DEMONS" series. Though Mario Bava's son Lamberto directed the first two films, for this entry, assistant director Michele Soavi (CEMETERY MAN) took over, while Bava and DEMONS 1 and 2 co-writer Dario Argento penned the screenplay. The result is a heart-stopping nightmare featuring an onslaught of gory horrors that will have you steering clear of old churches on your next Italian vacation. Asia Argento stars, while Philip Glass (CANDYMAN) provides the scary score.
Ravenous demons imprison visitors inside an ancient church.
Cast: Hugh Quarshie, Tomas Arana
Member Reviews
Excellent Classic horror of brilliant 1980s Italian directors. I see folks thought the stories werent connected, yes they are. You need to watch the qhole film. The earlier part in the past is directly part of the later modern church happenings.
great movie 🥰
A couple interfering scenes, but, like everybody else said, there's no cohesion. It was all so random and unrelated.
i unfortunately started to watch it and i got initially interested until about 45 min and really nothing was happening so i told myself 15 min more after 1hr of not much the one reviewer who discribed it as a bunch of vignettes was spot on with no real cohesion to the story, this is so far off the first two demon movies to call it a sequel is extremely erroneous it is a stand alone not scary or horrific movie. i am sorry i wasted an hour of my life with it.
i sort of ruined this for myself by thinking it was going to be a different sort of movie! i was expecting more of a texture piece, something more hedonistic. but it is good! it's very respectable as what is is: a texturally pleasant occult mystery set in a crumbling old cathedral. it has some pretty resonant images here and there, and lands a particular mood effectively, even if it doesn't quite hit the notes. i dig it and i'll like it more on my second viewing.